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Hugh Morris on City Health 2012
City Health 2012 is undoubtedly the most ambitious—and in many ways the most important event—the London Drug and Alcohol Policy Forum has hosted in the twenty years of its existence. […]
Andrew Burd on toxic beauty treatments
A recent report in the South China Morning Post described three ladies who developed septic shock and needed ICU admission after receiving “beauty” treatments in a local clinic. More details […]
Steve Yentis: Infamous names in anaesthesia—part three
My short list of infamous anaesthetists [read part one and part two of this blog series] has developed into a musing about research misconduct—and particularly fraud—in general, prompted by the […]
John Davies on working at the Paralympics
I never thought that they would ask me back to help out during the Paralympics. But the call came, and it was for Eton Manor and the wheelchair tennis events. […]
Vasiliy Vlassov: Psychiatry and political dissent in Russia
On 17 August 2012 the whole of Russian society was taken aback by the harsh court verdict given to three women—the members of the music group “Pussy Riot.” They entered […]
Sophie Reshamwalla: Move aside Doc Martin—a day in the life of a real village doctor
I sit and type this in my lounge, with the men’s Olympic football final on the TV in the background (Mexico are 1-0 up against Brazil can you believe), and […]
John Davies: An Olympics day off with Leonardo da Vinci
It’s my first day off from the Games today, as all the race swimming has finished, with diving and synchronised swimming still to go. With a major Olympic day in […]
John Davies on volunteering as part of the medical team at the Olympic Games
John Davies is a consultant anaesthetist in Lancaster, who takes part in motorsport as a competitor and as a rally doctor. He is volunteering as part of the Olympic Games […]
Richard Feinmann: Strange “neurologicals”?—think Lyme disease
I like to read “A Patient’s Journey” in the BMJ, and a recent offering was of special interest for my wife and me. It described a patient’s experience of Lyme […]