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The BMJ Today: Salty sputum and self dialysis for Swedes

February 19, 2015

Research  What are the long term effects of multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for patients with chronic low back pain? News • Chicago born Frances Glessner Lee (pictured), the “mother of CSI” […]

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The BMJ Today: Rabies, stroke, and screening

January 16, 2015

Rabies is a neglected tropical disease that predominantly affects the most vulnerable humans—children living in the most disadvantaged areas of the poorest countries. Many countries have successfully reduced the impact […]

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The BMJ Today: Polling day

January 13, 2015

Tuesday is the day we change our weekly UK poll, which enables us to promote the new topic in the weekly print issue (Tuesday is also press day). Our current […]

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The BMJ Today: My mum and Richard Smith

January 12, 2015

Yesterday my mum, who died of cancer in February 2007, would have been 91. I’m not an expert on death and so do not know whether hers was “good” or […]

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David Payne: Digital dilemmas—a day in my life at The BMJ

December 12, 2014

Wednesday December 10. 8.30am: I’m on the bus into work and checking Twitter when I see an exchange between @garyschwitzer and @bengoldacre about some embargoed papers we press released last night, […]

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The BMJ Today: Male circumcision and medical suicides

December 8, 2014

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that doctors start telling uncircumcised sexually active teenage boys they can reduce their risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted […]

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The BMJ Today: What’s in a name?

November 4, 2014

Next time you sneak a peek at an author’s affiliations, ask yourself if they mattered to you. Do you pay more attention to a study from Harvard University in the […]

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The BMJ Today: Managers need to get ‘aht the flippin’ way

November 3, 2014

Many thanks to consultant psychiatrist Geoff Searle for providing the headline for today’s BMJ Today, shamelessly stolen from his weekend rapid response to the essay about “flipping healthcare,” published last […]

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Readers’ editor: Inserts in the print issue

September 30, 2014

If you shake the current print issue of The BMJ, a cluster of inserts fall to the ground, among them a wine club promotion, an online menswear retailer, and a […]

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David Payne: A London lullaby factory, and other open buildings

September 17, 2014

A hospital “lullaby factory” and a children’s hospice extension in the style of a garden shed are among 15 health related buildings to welcome visitors as part of Open House […]

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