I’d better start with a confession. I must have flown the Atlantic 300 times. I’ve been multiple times to New Zealand and Australia and have flown often to Japan, China, […]
Month: December 2019
Daniel Sokol: William Osler’s lasting influence on medical ethics
One hundred years ago, on 29 December 1919, Sir William Osler died in Oxford from a haemorrhage following an operation to treat his empyema. He was 70. In his obituary of […]
Innovation should support societal responsibility for health
The popular emphasis on technology being harnessed by individuals fails to consider how it can be used to improve social determinants of health, say Richard Milne, Edo Richard, Eric B […]
Alastair Noyce: Meeting the challenge of neurodegenerative diseases
We need to become better at raising public awareness of how lifestyle factors can contribute to the risk of neurodegenerative diseases, says Alastair Noyce […]
Tis the season to be jolly: Christmas should be protected from advertising which promotes harmful drinking
The Christmas and New Year period is a time of social gatherings and celebrations. In many regions, it is a time of increased purchasing, gift-giving, and, for some, over-indulgence. During […]
Paul D Thacker: Climate change is a medical, not environmental story
When world leaders gathered in Madrid this December for the UN Climate Change Conference, there was a notable difference in media coverage of global warming. When I first started covering […]
Ian Hamilton: The inequality of deaths from alcohol
Having evidence of how to reduce alcohol related harm is not enough, political will is also required, says Ian Hamilton […]
Clinician wellbeing has become a luxury rather than a basic human need
As we reach the end of the year and look back, there’s a sense that clinician wellbeing has been at the heart of what mattered in 2019 when it came […]
Rosanna Bevan: The forgotten children at Christmas
At Christmas, children’s wards and hospitals are inundated with gifts—from the public, community organisations, and private companies. Yet, some children who are in hospital over Christmas, are not in children’s […]
Roghieh Dehghan Zaklaki: Run the NHS, but do not call the UK your home
The NHS relies on migrants to work in the NHS, but implements hostile policies towards migrants seeking care, says Roghieh Dehghan Zaklaki […]