Émilie du Châtelet, the French aristocrat, philosopher, lover of Voltaire, and interpreter of Newton, had highly original (and possibly even correct) ideas on the route to happiness. Those who are […]
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Richard Lehman’s journal review—29 April 2013
JAMA 24 Apr 2013 Vol 309 1691 Last week I welcomed the imminent arrival of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) because it would classify every human […]
Estrella Lasry: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention—good news in a year marked by malaria emergencies
In 2012, MSF projects in several countries saw an important increase in cases of malaria, and a prolonged peak in areas of seasonal transmission. More than six emergency interventions were […]
Narinder Kapur on using Gandhi’s teachings to inspire charitable work
As a follower of Gandhi, I was always fascinated by the subtitle of his autobiography—”Experiments with truth.” Gandhi noted, “Far be it for me to claim any degree of perfection […]
Kate Elder and Jennifer Cohn: Vaccines in developing countries: why the high prices?
Global health leaders will gather in Abu Dhabi on 24 and 25 April for a vaccine summit to discuss recent accomplishments and seek ways to expand the impact of childhood […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—22 April 2013
JAMA 17 Apr 2013 Vol 309 1607 Why do some babies get colic every evening until they are about three months old? Dunno. Why do some children and adolescents get […]
Damien Brown: Working for MSF in South Sudan
My second day in South Sudan, the start of a nine month posting with MSF in this war torn, dustbowl of a town called Nasir, and I’m standing here in […]
Saurabh Gupta: Are doctors perpetual soft targets?
I recently read an article about a study in the US journal Demography on skewed sex ratios prevalent in India among the children of doctors. It mentioned that out of a sample […]
Readers’ editor blog: Our Indian readers, and why there’s more of them
At the beginning of 2013 bmj.com’s most accessed article in India typically received between 100 and 200 views. In three months the figure has more than doubled. In the first full […]
Soumyadeep Bhaumik on a national snake bite survey in India
In January when I wrote a BMJ feature titled ” Snakebite: a forgotten problem,” little did I know that just two months down the line I would be part of […]