This week, the defendant in the latest in a spate of obscenity trials in the UK was found not guilty on all counts (see links to other recent cases in The Daily Telegraph and […]
Editors at large
Domhnall MacAuley: Olympic fatigue syndrome
Square eyes and pressure sores. Emotional exhaustion. Sensory overload. These Olympics are overwhelming. I need a rest. But, expecting symptoms of withdrawal in a few days. Thank goodness we haven’t […]
David Payne: MPs and their mental health
In a Guardian newspaper article this week Juliette Jowitt caught up with four MPs—including the former GP Sarah Wollaston, who stood up in the House of Commons last month to […]
David Payne: Review of “The Doctor’s Dilemma”
Medicine’s big guns beat a path to Dr Colenso Ridgeon’s consulting room after news of his knighthood is announced. Downstairs, the wife of a consumptive painter pleads with his housekeeper […]
Domhnall MacAuley: “See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.”
“See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.” I didn’t recognise the words but the sentiments were familiar. Words of inspiration from a song that helped shape the paintings, drawings, […]
Domhnall MacAuley: The final answer to the breast screening dilemma at WONCA Europe.
Communicating risk is about numbers. If you think of any serious disease, the potential to reduce risk by 50% sounds fantastic. If the incidence is 2/10 and you reduce the […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Storm clouds and research
On an island off the west coast of Ireland, I picked up a discarded newspaper while sheltering in a bar. Browsing through, I came across an article about physical activity […]
Birte Twisselmann: Last words
For me, one of the best things about working at the BMJ is the fact that my job has kept evolving over the years. In September 2011 I took over […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Research of doubtful relevance
What happened? Remember your first days at medical school —wide eyed optimism and how you were going to change the world, save lives, cure disease, help the sick, make a […]
Tessa Richards: Schools and health—could do better
To what extent are we sabotaging the future health and wellbeing of our children through ignorance, neglect, and misguided policy? And what can we do to redress this? Discuss. Discuss? […]