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Richard Smith: The polypill and the long journey to major impact
You’ve no doubt heard the saying that it takes 18 years for an innovation to be widely adopted in health systems. That should mean that time is up for the […]
Neville Goodman’s metaphor watch: Open things up
I haven’t yet mentioned one of the most well known metaphors in medicine: that of the lock and key for molecular interactions. Whether it was suggested previously for straightforward chemical […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Time for tough talk with the NHS—equality or longevity?
It may be time for different salaries for different specialties in different locations to plug extreme rota gaps, say Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Sterols and steroids
One might expect that if the definition of a technical term requires the use of other technical terms, the latter should have been in existence before the former, the definiendum […]
Daniel Sokol: Reflections on Bawa-Garba—a symbol of the medical profession’s discontent
The true significance of the Bawa-Garba case lies in what it represents: a profession in crisis […]
Richard Smith: Measuring research impact—all the rage but hard to get right
Somehow science managed to struggle through several thousand years, having considerable impact as it went (think electricity, atomic power, penicillin), without either defining or measuring impact, but now measuring the […]
Martin McKee: Theresa May is right. “No deal is better than a bad deal” …. for the European Union
The impact of a “no deal” on the NHS and medical research will be immediate […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . More medical Japanese
The 2018 quadrennial meeting of IUPHAR, the International Union of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, prompted me last week to reflect on Japanese words that have entered our medical vocabulary, specifically […]
Peter Brindley and Matt Morgan: Burnout in healthcare workers—are we surprised?
There is a picture of a vending machine that went viral. This is because a note was placed on the glass that describes how many of us feel: “the light […]