Who hasn’t, in a moment of regret, wished they could turn back the clock? While time travel remains out of our grasp, the ability to erase certain memories – not […]
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Muza Gondwe: The Royal African Science Prize
The audience falls deathly silent in the flamboyantly adorned grand hall where scientists from across Africa have congregated to hear the announcement. Meanwhile, in distant homelands people crowd around televisions and […]
Philipp du Cros: A Momentous Day?
Mr S looked calm and somewhat bemused by the commotion. He had twice unsuccessfully undergone standard treatment for tuberculosis (TB) and had been taking antiretrovirals for HIV for over a […]
Jane O’Brien asks: What worries you most in your career?
Good Medical Practice (2006) and other GMC guidance is all motherhood and apple pie, right? You read it once and put it on a shelf, because it doesn’t really help […]
Seye Abimbola on the scientific paper and commentary
I am at present conducting a systematic review and meta analysis that involves a detailed appraisal of the quality of studies. It has made me realise all over again how […]
Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos turns the light on for donors and non-communicable diseases in developing countries
Last week two very important persons from a big donor agency came to visit me in my office in Dhaka. These men have vast experience in global health, and the agency […]
Patrick Basham: The DoH is wrong about cessation
I’m very disappointed in the section on cessation contained within the UK Department of Health’s new tobacco control strategy. There are several problems with the DoH’s ideas on cessation (and […]
Julian Sheather on banned words
I know not whether to laugh or cry. Into my inbox has just popped an index prohibitorum, a list of words drawn up by the Local Government Association that must […]
Martin McShane: Control
Have some fun with Google. Type in “British Medical Association says yes.” It will give you about 650,000 results. Typing in “British Medical Association says no” gives you nearly 12 […]
Tony Waterston on climate change and maternal and child health
Connecting four countries by video on a Friday afternoon could be an exercise in technological disaster But with obstetricians, midwives, and paediatricians present at the delivery, a safe and healthy […]