When it comes to diabetes, the language we use matters. Partha Kar explains why it is vital we are clear about the type of diabetes we are referring to […]
Year: 2020
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—31 January 2020
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Coronas
The Coronaviruses were first identified by a group of virologists (J D Almeida, D M Berry, C H Cunningham, D Hamre, M S Hofstad, L Mallucci, K McIntosh, and D […]
Is reporting of the coronavirus producing viral panic?
There are two different outbreaks: one outbreak of a coronavirus, and one of viral fake-news, argue Clare Wenham and colleagues […]
Abraar Karan: Coronavirus—containing the parallel epidemics of xenophobia and misinformation
There is a grasp for the right information amid an evolving and even bigger epidemic of misinformation […]
Richard Smith: Must capitalism end to avoid climate collapse?
Before last night’s passionate and well argued debate at the Royal Geographical Society on the motion “To stop climate collapse, we must end capitalism,” 38% of the well-heeled audience of […]
Scarlett McNally: Exercise is the miracle cure
The human, workforce, and financial costs of preventable ill-health represent a ticking time bomb for the UK economy. While increased life expectancy is good news, projections show that the average […]
Richard Smith: Junior doctors in Russia 1917; Edinburgh 1977; and now—all the same?
In A Country Doctor’s Notebook Mikhail Bulgakov describes his experiences of being a newly graduated doctor sent alone in 1917 to run a hospital in rural Russia some 24 hours […]
Mala Rao: Safe water and sanitation are integral to maternal and reproductive health care for women everywhere
Women and girls make up half of the world’s population, and half of its potential. The pivotal role they have in global socio-economic development is widely acknowledged, as is the […]
A new shot at protecting children from pneumonia: will leaders accelerate access for the millions of children left behind?
Every 39 seconds, a child dies from pneumonia—the leading infectious killer of children under the age of 5 worldwide, which claims more than 800 000 young lives each year. This […]