On 13 March 2006, six healthy volunteers were given a medication that had only a code name, TGN1412, (now TAB08) in a first-in-human study; two others received placebo. TGN1412 was […]
Month: December 2019
Sarah Markham: New Year’s Eve in the emergency department
In December 2018, I had to undergo emergency surgery due to an inguinal hernia. Lying awake in the hospital ward on the first night after my operation, taking in all […]
Richard Smith: The struggle to create a new craft of dying—what is medicine’s role?
“Lyn Lofland’s The Craft of Dying (1978) is one of the most important books on post WWII death and dying practices that almost no one has read,” writes John Troyer, […]
Mary E Black: Koalas are not just for Christmas
I hang the last tiny-koala-in-a-Santa-hat on our family Christmas tree when the call from Sydney comes in. My colleagues are coughing. They are also sneezing blood. Their local coffee shop […]
Dear Father Christmas—The BMJ Patient Advisory Panel’s wish list
All I want for Christmas is…The BMJ’s patient advisory panel tell us what is on their Christmas wishlist […]
Rolling out genomic screening
Experience in Canada illustrates some of the challenges of introducing genomic screening into routine clinical care […]
The myth of ectopic pregnancy transplantation
Ohio’s bill instructing doctors to “reimplant” an ectopic pregnancy is part of a worrisome trend of lawmakers inventing unproven therapies related to reproductive health, say Daniel Grossman and Yanett Anaya […]
I’m dreaming of a green Christmas
Most of us see the Christmas holiday season as an opportunity to slow down, take stock, and “just be.” Accordingly, we had planned a predictable article about recommitting to old-fashioned […]
There is no time for recrimination—our duty is to protect and improve health
My personal and professional beliefs have been seriously challenged by the outcome of the UK General Election 2019. Large swathes of England, where Brexit and continuing austerity will cause the […]
Martin McKee: The people have spoken—where next for Brexit?
What does the future really hold for Brexit and what does this mean for the NHS? […]