Aubrey Meyer and Robin Stott take a closer look at the climate change science behind Greta Thunberg’s and XR’s call for us all to unite […]
Month: November 2019
Laura Hallas: America has just lost its biggest gun-control candidate
Laura Hallas argues that the exit of Beto O’Rourke from the 2020 presidential race means the USA have lost their first and only true gun-control candidate […]
Stephanie D’Costa: Student secrets to success on the wards
Final year medical student Stephanie D’Costa gives her top tips for getting the most out your time on the wards. […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Interesting integers
I assert that there is no such thing as an uninteresting integer. But what is an integer? The IndoEuropean root TAG meant to touch or handle. The Latin verb tangere, […]
Alex Nowbar’s weekly review—22 November 2019
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Protracted conflict and recurrent displacement retraumatises those in northeast Syria and prevents psychological healing
As the Syrian conflict enters its ninth year, nearly 12 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Less visibly, many are also in need of mental health support. Globally, there […]
Miles Sibley: Changing the culture of learning from deaths
With the revelation that a “toxic culture” led to the deaths of mothers and babies at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, patient safety in maternity services is once […]
A sound theoretical mechanism and clinical indication are not enough—the case of Platelet Rich Plasma for Achilles tendon ruptures
A global industry has grown around using platelet rich plasma (PRP) in sports medicine. Its appeal has been heightened by use in high profile athletes. PRP has evolved over millennia. […]
Beccy Baird: Is workforce the solution to improving access to GPs?
People’s inability to get a convenient appointment with their GP practice dominates conversations about the NHS and it wasn’t a surprise that political parties would look to address access in […]
General practice is a highly respected specialty in the Netherlands—what is the secret formula?
Many GPs across Europe will say that general practice is less respected as a specialty compared with hospital-based specialties. In some countries in Europe, general practice is not recognised as […]