The Nurses ’Health Studies are long term epidemiological studies conducted on women’s health. They are among the largest investigations into risk factors for major chronic diseases in women ever conducted. Marta […]
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The BMJ Today: Relationships in medicine
Relationships are at the heart of medical practice. These relationships are built on trust and shared clinical, academic, personal, or economic goals. Two articles just published on thebmj.com explore ways to strengthen […]
The BMJ Today: Unravelling the notion of informed patient choice
“Doctor, what would you do in my shoes?” This simple plea for advice from a patient may stump many a doctor. Involving patients in decisions about their care is increasingly […]
The BMJ Today: Are GPs really “overpaid?”
With the mainstream media claiming that GPs are overpaid, whinging, and earning up to £200 000, and the specialist press claiming that practices around the country are closing owing to cuts, […]
The BMJ Today: How can you provide healthcare without healthcare staff?
The ultimate consequences of problems recruiting doctors and other healthcare workers have been highlighted this week. A report into Scotland’s worst ever outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection describes how difficulties […]
The BMJ Today: Healthcare workers—to strike or not to strike?
Earlier this week, many thousands of NHS staff across England and Northern Ireland took part in a four hour strike in protest at the government’s refusal to implement the 1% […]
The BMJ Today: Tomorrow’s World for doctors, and how hospitals are evicting patients today
I used to love watching Tomorrow’s World as a child to see how scientists thought we might be living in 10 or 20 years. I remember being told that we […]
The BMJ Today: Why are we bringing back smoking?
As an ex-smoker who gave up the habit with huge difficulty 30 years ago, I have been pleased at the way smoking has become increasingly invisible in my life. First […]
Will Stahl-Timmins: Data visualisation is beautiful
David McCandless’s talk at the Royal Statistical Society David McCandless is perhaps the best known information graphic designer of our time. He exploded onto the design stage a few years […]
The BMJ Today: Sex, babies, and future plans
I don’t get out much, but with blogs like the one by Nigel Hawkes to read, I don’t feel I need to. It gave me a great picture of the […]