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Richard Lehman’s journal review—9 June 2014
NEJM 5 Jun 2014 Vol 370 2169 There is a story that when new antibiotics were arriving every few weeks in the late 1950s, drug companies had a hard time […]
Kevin Watkins: Universal health coverage—back on the global agenda
A few years ago, I was at a rural hospital in Eastern Province, Zambia. Doctors were trying frantically, and in the end unsuccessfully, to save the life of a five […]
K M Venkat Narayan: Global non-communicable diseases—the second in a series of reflections
On 30 April 2014, I wrote my first reflection on the topic of non-communicable diseases to whet your appetite, and promised seven more. My first reflection, if you recall, was: “Keep […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—2 June 2014
NEJM 29 May 2014 Vol 370 2071 This week’s New England Journal is dominated by three papers on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The editorial on them begins “I suspect that many […]
Julian Sheather: Public health and social power
It’s hard not to brood from time to time on some of the intractable public health problems that entangle us. Take obesity. Swimming with my boys over the weekend, I […]
The BMJ Today: The challenges of foodborne illness, HIV, tuberculosis, and scorpion stings
Being a GP myself, one of the first things I did when I arrived in London last year to work at The BMJ was register with a GP. In London, […]
The BMJ Today: Screening for lung cancer, treating warts, and prescribing the polypill
At the end of last year, the US Preventive Services Task Force launched guidelines recommending screening for lung cancer in those at high risk. These were greeted with applause by […]
K M Venkat Narayan: Letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi—please make the nation’s health an urgent priority
Dear Prime Minister Modi: Congratulations on your impressive victory in the world’s largest election, and best wishes as you take office. Talking to people in my native city of Bangalore, […]
The BMJ Today: Sham surgery and the placebo effect
Imagine you have severe gastro-oesophageal reflux. You are taking the maximum dose of your antacids and guzzling your way through bottles of Gaviscon, yet you’re still plagued by heartburn. It […]