In 2010, Paolo Macchiarini, an Italian doctor and researcher, was recruited as a guest professor to the Karolinska Institute, and as a surgeon to the Karolinska University Hospital. In 2008, […]
Guest writers
Marta Balinska: Psychological distress versus mental illness
“You will know very few happy moments in life, so make the most of them.” Those are words I often heard from my late mother, leading me to believe that […]
Steve Ruffenach on accepting technology in medicine
Like every other profession, medicine has been radically changed by our friend Tech. You of course know Tech; he is that associate that is always around, always snooping where he […]
Suzanne Gordon: Why introductions matter
The other day, I was invited to give a seminar on interprofessional teamwork to a group of residents and attendees at a prestigious university medical center in Europe. The first […]
Zaher Sahloul: What can doctors do to help in Syria?
I received many emails after my last mission. One doctor emailed me to say that she was “horrified by what is happening in Syria” and she wanted to help by […]
Richard Lehman: Where next with statins?
The Lancet‘s lengthy review on statins is masterly in its discussion of many fundamental issues about trial methodology and interpretation, and makes an excellent case for the overall benefits of […]
Julian Tudor Hart: Government, healthcare professionals, and the people’s NHS: time for a new hypothesis?
Until the BMA rejected the government’s contract imposed on junior doctors in NHS England, negotiations were conducted in conventional diplomatic terms, based on a shared hypothesis that all contestants played […]
Lynda Ware: Can vitamin D help reduce asthma attacks?
Cochrane UK’s Senior Fellow in General Practice Lynda Ware looks at the new Cochrane review on Vitamin D for the management of asthma. A new Cochrane review looked at precisely […]
Thomas Bak: Language lessons to help protect against dementia
Hardly a month passes by without press reports of new wonder drugs offering glimmers of hope to patients with dementia. Unfortunately, most of these stories prove to be misleading: like […]
Frank Dobson on the opening of The Francis Crick Institute
The Francis Crick Institute for bio-medical research will open today. The present Government will claim credit for it. But the project is nearing completion only because of far-sighted decisions by […]