Last week I discussed Austin Bradford Hill’s 1965 lecture, “The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?”, in which he outlined what he called “nine viewpoints” that he suggested could help […]
Year: 2018
Richard Smith: The dangers of textbooks
Recently published research has found that about half of the authors of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, which is nothing short of a Bible in medicine, have received payments from […]
Amy Price: The unintended consequences of tai chi for fibromyalgia
I am a trauma survivor with chronic pain. My options for surgical relief and pain management have been exhausted as I refuse to have an internal pain pump and the […]
Chenchen Wang: Time to rethink exercise for fibromyalgia care
It’s time to explore new approaches to provide the best care for patients with chronic pain conditions […]
Cristin Lind and Kyle Knox: Co-producing conferences with patients—challenges and opportunities
Cristin Lind and Kyle Knox discuss their experience of co-producing a conference with patients […]
The case of David Sellu: a criminal court is not the right place to determine blame in complex clinical cases
In November 2013 a jury at the Old Bailey found surgeon David Sellu guilty of gross negligence manslaughter (GNM). Sellu had performed emergency surgery on the patient James Hughes who […]
Neena Modi: A bigger vision for child health
The benefits of health in fetal life, infancy, and childhood extend well beyond these periods, influencing adult wellbeing, population health, and national prosperity […]
Ravi Gupta and Aaron Kesselheim: Importing drugs—a solution to high priced generics in the US
If drug importation was allowed, nearly 40% of off-patent drugs with limited US competition could have enough competitors to help ensure low prices […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—19 March 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Krishna Chinthapalli: What Stephen Hawking taught us about determination to live and succeed
Stephen Hawking transcended astrophysics and physical disability to become the most famous scientist in the last half-century. Aside from his research output on black holes and cosmology, he received numerous […]