We need to count the previously invisible cost of covid-19 on people with cancer […]
Author’s perspective
The story of the PLACID Trial—a democratisation of research
It was early April and SARS-CoV-2 was just starting to spread across India. The country was under a lockdown. It was a time of collective uncertainty, as clinicians, researchers, policy […]
Petra Reinke: Reshaping undesired immune reactivity by regulatory T cells (Tregs)
As an internist in nephrology at the Charité University hospital in Berlin, I have been caring for organ transplant recipients for decades, mostly accompanying patients undergoing kidney transplantation. It has […]
It’s never too late for older adults to start exercising
Physical activity guidelines, based on the available scientific evidence, claim that achieving recommended activity levels will substantially improve individual and population lifespan and health. [1,2] Engaging in regular physical activity […]
Covid-19: Modelling the pandemic
Several predictions made by experts ahead of the UK-wide lockdown in March are confirmed in a detailed re-analysis of the data. The authors explain the background to their research […]
Raina MacIntyre: Cloth masks should be washed appropriately everyday
In 2011, we carried out a randomised controlled clinical trial of cloth masks in Vietnam, because in the course of doing face mask research, we had noticed that cloth masks […]
Janice Kwan: What I have learned about clinical decision support systems over the past decade
When I embarked upon my journey as a freshly minted physician in 2009, practicing clinical medicine involved a motley assortment of low- and high-fidelity technologies. I recall documenting notes fastidiously […]
Efficient, timely, and funded living evidence syntheses on maternal and newborn health during the pandemic
Living systematic reviews are needed to minimise research waste and maximise benefit, argues Shakila Thangaratinam When SARS-Cov-2 infection first hit the headlines, the obstetric community started its close watch on […]
Targeted intraoperative radiotherapy for early breast cancer—new evidence challenges traditional treatment
Jayant Vaidya describes how he and his team challenged the dogma of universal use of whole breast radiotherapy for breast cancer […]
Alexander Hodkinson: Asthma can take over your life, but the right support makes it easier
Asthma is more than just struggling to breathe. It’s about having inflamed or sensitive airways that need to be monitored regularly and reviewed so they don’t react to triggers with […]