Researchers have calculated that billions of dollars could be saved if all eye doctors in the United States used the less expensive option of two drugs (bevacizumab and ranibizumab), which […]
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The BMJ Today: Health challenges across the divide
Overdiagnosis and over-treatment of malaria is a major problem in South and central Asia, where malaria is a minority cause of febrile illness, and primary health centres often rely on […]
The BMJ Today: Candy Crush Saga, health warnings, and WHO’s financial woes
I’m a bit of an Apple lover. Not the fruit, but the company, although the odd golden delicious has been known to make an appearance in the fruit bowl. The […]
The BMJ Today: Doom and gloom in the UK and Australia
Each Tuesday at our morning meeting, we suggest ideas for the print journal’s “picture of the week” before it goes to press. If today was a Tuesday, I would propose […]
The BMJ Today: Return of the Patient’s Journey and a history lesson from Richard Lehman
Two years ago, GP Michael Frank Harris discovered a right inguinal swelling while looking in his bathroom mirror. He writes about what happened next in the return of our Patient’s […]
The BMJ Today: Is EBM broken? Then how about a nice cuppa
Is evidence based medicine broken? That’s the question that Greenhalgh et al are asking in this Analysis article. From inside The BMJ, with our attempts to shed light on unpublished […]
The BMJ Today: The rising tide of obesity
Obesity rates are rising worldwide. According to the CDC, in the US, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity over the past 20 years. A similar phenomenon has been […]
The BMJ Today: The World Cup—a win for the alcohol industry?
Today the world’s attention will be focused on the vibrant city of Sao Paulo in Brazil, where the host nation will kick off one of the biggest sporting events in […]
The BMJ Today: On with the patient revolution
Can partnership with patients be improved to the benefit of healthcare? We think so, and today we launch a strategy to help make it happen. It’s a delivery on a […]
The BMJ Today: Lifestyle counselling and screening—great expectations and false hopes
The underlying concept of screening is that an early detection of risk factors or disease is beneficial for the clinical or public health outcome. Patients, physicians, and public health authorities […]