All eyes are on the tiny South American nation of Uruguay this week following its historic approval for the world’s first nationally controlled marijuana market. While the plan still […]
South Asia
Readers’ editor: The Liverpool Care Pathway—anyone care outside the UK?
Columnist Charles Moore asked in The Spectator magazine last week if the Liverpool Care Pathway might have inspired more confidence if it had been called, say, the Oxford Care Pathway. […]
Chandni Maheshwari on volunteering for “Doctors for You” in the Uttarakhand flood affected areas
When television channels started beaming images of the Uttarakhand flash floods the magnitude of nature took me by a surprise. Thousands were displaced, and infrastructure worth millions was damaged. The […]
Jane Parry: Why are we so resistant to calling sugar the enemy?
Sparing developing countries the fate of obesity associated diseases that plague the developed world is currently one of the most pressing global public health issues. Before we export wholesale the […]
Paul Glasziou: Beware the hyperactive therapeutic reflex
Nearly 15 years ago when I first presented the results of our systematic review on antibiotics for acute otitis media, one paediatrician snarled, “You’re making it too complicated. It’s simple: […]
Leslie Shanks: To err is humanitarian
I remember that day as if it were yesterday. It was in the middle of the chaos of the cholera outbreak that followed the refugee influx into Zaire in 1994 […]
Soumyadeep Bhaumik’s review of Indian medical papers—16 July 2013
A sudden burst of massive untimely rainfall and the consequent floods in Uttarkhand last month has killed thousands of people and affected millions more. The good news is that there […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—15 July 2013
JAMA 10 July 2013 Vol 310 149 Fifteen years ago, JAMA was my favourite journal. Its covers were always beautiful, thanks to M Therese Southgate’s choice of paintings and works […]
Ravikant Singh and Mridul Deka on the rescue effort in Uttarakhand
The recent flash floods in the mountain state of Uttarakhand struck some of the most holy temples in the Himalayas. Pilgrims from all parts of the country were trapped in […]
Richard Smith: Case reports in 16th century Europe and China
There is a huge theoretical body of knowledge about the history of the novel, but almost nothing on the history of the medical case report. Gianna Pomata from Johns Hopkins […]