Pictured: Tomohisa Shoko, the corresponding author. On 11 March 2011, at 2:46 pm Japan time, a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Japan’s Tohoku (northeastern) region. The […]
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K M Venkat Narayan: Smoking Jordanian doctors
During a recent trip to Jordan a waiter at the international chain hotel I was staying at seated me at a table in the midst of several smokers. When I asked for a […]
Tiago Villanueva: Barbara Starfield’s legacy
Primary healthcare gurus can’t compete with the ranks of top film or sports stars in terms of global notoriety, but Barbara Starfield, who died earlier this month in California aged 78, was one […]
Yasir Hameed: Power, fuel, food, and water shortages in Yemen
Nearly two weeks have passed since my last update here, and the situation in Yemen is still deteriorating rapidly. One of the most shocking reports I have come across said that power […]
Aser García Rada: Spain’s healthcare revolution
Spain’s state run healthcare system, one of the best in the world according to the World Health Organization, is facing a serious threat. In the face of growing privatisation, cuts […]
A blog from a Shia doctor in Bahrain
When I went to the court room for a pre-trial hearing I was shocked by the state of the detained doctors. All of them looked the same. They were in […]
Yasir Hameed: The worsening humanitarian crisis in Taiz, Yemen
The clashes have been continuing on the outskirts of Taiz city. This report from the Yemen Post says that on the 8 June pro government gunmen broke into Al Thawra Hospital (the […]
Desmond O’Neill: A rare scientific hiccough at the science gallery
Despite a surprisingly large scientific heritage [1] , the Republic of Ireland has no science museum. Nature abhorring a vacuum, an innovative avenue for celebrating science was created by the opening […]
Peter Davies: Is it time to scrap the primary-secondary care divide?
Suppose a pathologist was to say, “Because I am not a GP I do not belong here.” Or a GP was to say, “Because I am not a cardio-thoracic surgeon […]
Yasir Hameed: Yemeni doctors send their plea from the besieged city of Taiz
The health situation in the Yemeni city of Taiz is dire. The people there are suffering as a result of a brutal military offensive and siege that is cutting the […]