Across the world, celebrations marking the International Workers’ Day herald the onset of May. Having its origins in the ‘eight hour day’ movement, which signifies “eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, […]
Editors at large
The BMJ Today: Let’s talk money
Some politicians would have us believe that the UK recession is soon to be a thing of the past, and that an economic recovery is well and truly under way, […]
The BMJ Today: Going deaf for a living
There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence that the hedonistic lifestyle favoured by musicians— particularly those of a rock ‘n’ roll persuasion—is not conducive to good health outcomes. But leaving aside such […]
The BMJ Today: Prisoners and medical professionalism
Sarah Kimball and Stephen Soldz’s editorial on The BMJ’s website today raises important questions about medical professionalism when dealing with prisoners. A recent report into the role of doctors in prisons […]
The BMJ Today: Good figures, bad figures, and no figures
New statistics on The BMJ‘s website today show improved cancer survival rates in the UK. Half of patients diagnosed with cancer today will survive for at least 10 years, whereas only […]
Jane Smith: Robot journalism
Imagine a news story written and published within three minutes of the event happening. That’s a real scenario described by Emily Bell in her T P Stead Lecture at the […]
The BMJ Today: Let me have some information
Appeals for information, transparency, and openness are the focus of three articles recently published in The BMJ. From breast cancer screening leaflets to media reporting and medical training, it seems […]
Trish Groves: Media reaction to the updated Cochrane reviews on Tamiflu and Relenza
The two updated Cochrane reviews on the benefits and harms in influenza of the neuraminidase inhibitors oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza) attracted lots of attention after The BMJ published them earlier this month. This […]
The BMJ Today: The good and the bad news for doctors and patients
When it comes to interacting with patients, most doctors’ working days, regardless of the setting, include a combination of breaking both good and bad news. It is extremely rewarding when, […]
Trish Groves: How bloggers responded to the updated Cochrane reviews on Tamiflu and Relenza
My earlier blog outlined BMJ reader feedback to the two updated Cochrane reviews on the benefits and harms in influenza of the neuraminidase inhibitors oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza). But the two research articles also […]