Autism spectrum disorders place a tremendous burden on the sufferers and their families and carers. Parents are often desperate for treatments that might help, but are not receiving the best […]
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Annabel Bentley: Information overload…are you waving or drowning?
Information is out of control. Whether it’s a bulging email inbox of journal alerts or an unread pile of medical journals, we’re all drowning in unread and out-of-date information. But […]
Vasiliy Vlassov on a Russian medical conference without pharma support
Four hundred years ago on European maps the land that became Russia was called “Tartaria.” Now Tatarstan is a national republic in the Russian Federation. It is small by Russian […]
Anna Dixon: The NHS white paper – what do doctors think of their new roles?
The past few months have been busy for anyone like me whose job it is to make sense of the government’s policy on health care. The coalition government launched a […]
Ike Anya on awakening Nigeria’s sleeping giant
A major milestone passed in October this year, when Nigerians marked 50 years of independence. While our government celebrated, most Nigerians reflected on why the country had not fulfilled the […]
Tony Waterston: A Turkish tale of children’s rights
Istanbul by train sounds a long way, but it offers a much lower carbon footprint than flying and was also a richer experience. Not quite the Orient Express, and the […]
Jeremy Sare on Khat
There is no more baffled and frustrated group of law enforcers than the customs officers who oversee the massive and legal importation of khat into Britain. Although the plant’s […]
Martin Carroll on clean water and sanitation: leaders must walk the walk, talk the talk
We often refer to water as “the stuff of life.” Without water, our cells would shrivel and die, our brain function would be progressively impaired, and we would eventually find […]
Chris Ham: Join the debate over the future of NHS managers
Today, The King’s Fund launches a new commission on leadership and management in the NHS. The NHS is a complex organisation employing more than 1 million people and spending more […]
Andrew Mitchell: The choice for women
In the past 24 hours, 980 women will have died in pregnancy and childbirth. The risk of a woman in the UK dying from maternal causes is only 1 in […]