There is increasing evidence that eating meat has various negative outcomes. As well as red meat consumption being associated with colorectal cancer and overall increased mortality, consumption of all types […]
Year: 2018
Richard Smith: The polypill and the long journey to major impact
You’ve no doubt heard the saying that it takes 18 years for an innovation to be widely adopted in health systems. That should mean that time is up for the […]
Neville Goodman’s metaphor watch: Open things up
I haven’t yet mentioned one of the most well known metaphors in medicine: that of the lock and key for molecular interactions. Whether it was suggested previously for straightforward chemical […]
Would technology enabled remote consulting save time and add value in primary care?
Rising multimorbidity makes the evaluation and adoption of potentially time saving technologies ever more necessary, say Brian McKinstry and colleagues […]
Agnes Arnold-Forster: Doctors’ wellbeing—learning from the past can help improve the future
Much of the current focus on doctors’ emotional health is preoccupied with piecemeal solutions […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Time for tough talk with the NHS—equality or longevity?
It may be time for different salaries for different specialties in different locations to plug extreme rota gaps, say Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley […]
Lara Fairall: Remembering Bongani Mayosi
Professor Bongani Mayosi (pictured) was a great friend of mine and of the Knowledge Translation Unit (KTU)’s, sharing our vision for universal health coverage. As dean of the University of […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Sterols and steroids
One might expect that if the definition of a technical term requires the use of other technical terms, the latter should have been in existence before the former, the definiendum […]
Séverine Sabia: The role of health behaviours in cognitive ageing
The number of people living with dementia worldwide is expected to triple in the next 30 years, with 135 million people predicted to have dementia by 2050 due to population […]
Rosalind Raine on Michael Marmot: A career devoted to tackling social injustice and health
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is highlighting seven research legends whose work has shaped the NHS, as part of its celebrations for the NHS’s 70th birthday and the […]