Should the journal article change, and if so, how? In this multimedia age, the workforce is increasingly populated by people who grew up with the internet, scholarly publishers anticipate the demise […]
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Edward Davies: BMJ research, Welsh rugby, and a papal death
The life of a researcher seems to me to be a thankless task. Most research concludes that more research is needed on pretty much any given subject in pretty much […]
Deborah Cohen: Despite recent scandals, implantable devices will not have to undergo clinical studies, leaked European draft legislation reveals
Metal on metal hips; breast implants; cardiac devices—the list of European device regulatory failures goes on. And it may be set to continue, if current EU proposals to “reform” device […]
David Payne: Holy Kaw! The Kawasaki ego has landed
I’m not surprised that Guy Kawasaki’s 10th book is called Enchantment: How to Woo, Influence, and Persuade. It takes some chutzpah to assume near–zero knowledge of social media at a […]
David Payne: Playing the sepsis game
There are 1.1m cases of sepsis each year in the US, costing $17bn to treat and accounting for 17% of hospital mortality. Doctors at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California […]
Neil Chanchlani: Where will your travel bug take you?
Medical students and doctors often talk about practising in other countries. I constantly hear the same tune echoed in lecture theatres or on the wards, “You can travel anywhere with […]
Domhnall MacAuley on Andy Murray, exercise tsar.
Andy Murray is the new Scottish Government Physical Activity Champion. No, not Andy Murray the tennis player. A real athlete—an elite ultra distance runner, Edinburgh GP, and sports medicine expert. […]
Deborah Cohen: Access to NICE approved drugs
In the midst of his heavy schedule, defending his controversial NHS reforms, Andrew Lansley, health secretary for England, has found the time to form a new expert panel which will contribute […]
Edward Davies: This bill is happening. Doctors will need to make it work.
Watching Andrew Lansley at the Nuffield Trust Summit last week was to watch a man surprisingly at ease. The Health Secretary is at the centre of a huge media storm, […]
Trish Groves: TED 2012 Full spectrum
Chris Anderson, TED’s curator, told us on day 1 that this would be the most ambitious TED conference yet and, for its organisers, the most terrifying because speakers had been […]