The ongoing and re-escalating covid-19 pandemic has affected all areas of medical practice, but the work during the last seven months by the Acute Medicine Units (AMUs) and their staff […]
Year: 2020
Amitava Banerjee: Communicating risk in the time of corona
I entered the national lockdown in March six days early, when the UK had 1950 cases and 81 deaths from coronavirus. My lockdown was driven partly by concerns that we […]
Counting long covid in children
With the recent announcement that the NHS will provide services for patients with long covid, there was a palpable sense of triumph among the community of long haulers. We both […]
Ian Hamilton: Drug related deaths are not spread equally in our communities
The latest data show clearly how the route into and out of problems with drugs is heavily influenced by social circumstances, writes Ian Hamilton […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Medicalization
Last week, I reviewed biomedical words whose first written instances are attributed to 1970 in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). This week I have explored 1971 (Table 1). Pharmacology again […]
As genomic testing increases, it is time to focus on post test care for patients
It is time for genetics services to rethink where they are focusing their resources, argue two genetic counsellors with experience of working in NHS specialist genetic services, research, and policy […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal review—16 October 2020
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Clinical virologists have been sidelined in UK covid-19 pandemic response
Cases of covid-19 are rising again across the world. This virus is likely to become endemic, even if a vaccine is deployed. The UK pandemic response has evolved through learning, […]
How nutritional volunteer workers have taken the lead in tackling high rates of childhood malnutrition in India
High rates of childhood malnutrition and premature death in poor regions in Karnataka state in South India have spurred an innovative project to involve local women to take the lead […]
Karl Friston: New covid-19 restrictions can only work as a prelude to a restructured find, test, trace, isolate and support system
Last week it was “herd immunity.” This week it is “circuit breakers.” Everyone—from SAGE to Her Majesty’s Government, from Independent SAGE to the All-Party Parliamentary Group, from the John Snow […]