If the British media are to be believed then the only thing that matters is Brexit. Regardless, as a Canadian expat, I am distracted by a different, but similarly all-consuming, […]
Month: November 2019
Alex Nowbar’s weekly review—29 November 2019
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals. […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Expiry dates of medicines
Go to your medicines cabinet and pick out a packet of medicines. If your medicines are a bit old, the chances are that you’ll have difficulty finding the expiry date, […]
The risk of overwork death (karoshi) in the wake of natural disasters
Ken Inoue, Yuri Murayama, and Sadayuki Hashioka consider how the two phenomena of natural disasters and overwork death might intersect in Japan […]
Abraar Karan: Medicine’s power problem
Every doctor, by virtue of being in a position of relative power, runs the risk of misusing it, says Abraar Karan […]
Yaguang Wei: The dangers of air pollution for human health
Fine particulate matter—also called PM2.5—is one of the most dangerous air pollutants. PM2.5 is composed of tiny solids and liquids floating in the air, and comes from a variety of […]
Julia Simons: Why I challenged Boris Johnson on the NHS and climate
A couple of weeks ago, Boris Johnson visited Addenbrookes hospital—telling almost none of the staff he would be there. I encountered him entirely by accident, as I was leaving clinic. […]
Tessa Richards: Should patient advocates adopt guerilla tactics?
Activism and new ways of getting input from a much wider range of patients and communities are needed to advance patient and public partnership in health systems […]
Leaving nobody outside our healthcare systems—in Europe or elsewhere
On 23 September 2019, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly held the first high-level meeting dedicated to universal health coverage (UHC), under the theme of “Moving Together to Build a Healthier World”. […]
Giles Maskell: True candour
Currently the approach taken to duty of candour implies a false dichotomy between “things going well” and “mistakes being made” […]