BMJ bloggers are in the habit of going to exotic places to listen to exciting lectures. In my time I’ve done my share of all that but a few weeks […]
Editors at large
Domhnall MacAuley attends a BMJ Masterclass
That articulated lorry hurtling towards you may be driven by one of your fat beer drinking patients- who just has fallen asleep at the wheel. Sleep apnoea used to be […]
Georg Röggla: Evidence and quality in intensive care medicine
‘The H1N1 pandemic-are we prepared?’ was the first hot topic at the 22nd congress of the European society of intensive care medicine (ESICM) in Vienna from 11th to 14th October […]
Elizabeth Loder on neurologic controversies discussed at the 3rd World Congress on Controversies in Neurology
Anticoagulation in patients with microbleeds and TPA for stroke beyond 3 hours The 3rd World Congress on Controversies in Neurology, held in Prague October 8-11, used an all-debate format to […]
Oliver Ellis on ivory towers and elevator music
I had the good fortune to attend the Don and Dusted debate at the British Library on Wednesday (9 October). Up for debate was whether traditional scholarly work, where dons […]
Georg Röggla at the 45th meeting of the EASD
The 45th annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) took place in Vienna, Austria, from September 30th to October 2nd The town centre and all […]
Tessa Richards: Jobs for health
As UK participants returned from last week’s European Health Forum in Gastein (read more), Austria, newspaper headlines calling for “Cuts in wasteful NHS bureaucracy” and “Pay freezes for high earners” […]
Domhnall MacAuley on a cure for cancer found (again)
If every media report of a cure for cancer were true, we should live forever. But, the media like a headline health story, and we cannot really blame the journalists. […]
Trish Groves: Let SPIRIT take you … towards much clearer trial protocols
Reporting statements like the CONSORT and STROBE statements are making an important and demonstrable difference to the quality of research papers by helping authors report exactly what happened in their […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Equity, human rights, and access to care
Often the only visible links between a conference and the host city are the presence of intense young researchers with carefully rolled posters and middle aged delegates with matching bags, […]