According to India’s 2011 census, the sex ratio in India was 943 women for every 1000 men. Yet a recent report by the United Nations reveals that the child sex ratio in India has […]
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The BMJ Today: What good are doctors?
Call it an exercise in reflective learning or a sign of deep insecurity, but articles like Richard Smith’s latest blog (“I hate going to the doctor“) always make me (mentally) […]
The BMJ Today: Going beyond the call of duty
Move over the automation of clinical algorithms and etiquette based checklists, suggests Brian Secemsky, a physician, as he shares a touching account of a patient consultation. Choosing to build a […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—4 August 2014
NEJM 31 July 2014 Vol 371 397 Set aside half an hour to enjoy this week’s New England Journal. The key articles are all about malaria, and they are free. […]
Dinesh C Sharma: India’s heart disease problem—connecting the dots
As a science and health journalist, I have written a number of stories highlighting how lifestyle ailments, like diabetes and heart disease, have emerged as major health issue in India—including […]
The BMJ Today: Essential medicines, evidence, and influence
Today an Analysis article questions the quality of applications to the World Health Organization’s essential medicines list. The WHO essential medicines list is a skeletal formulary of medicines that all […]
The BMJ Today: Improving vaccination rates
In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a press conference to discuss a recent survey, which found that rates of HPV vaccine coverage did […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—28 July 2014
NEJM 24 July 2014 Vol 371 371 Long ago I had a patient who kept having odd things happen to her. She infarcted part of her cerebellum, and then did […]
Mayank Singh: The euthanasia debate in India
The case of Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug was a landmark moment for the euthanasia debate in India. Aruna was a nurse working in the King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEM) in Mumbai. […]
The BMJ Today: More on transparency
In recent years, The BMJ has campaigned on transparency—the focus of our Open Data campaign, and an issue of vital importance if modern medicine is to retain the trust of doctors […]