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Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news

April 16, 2009

A BMJ analysis of using financial incentives to achieve healthy behaviour has stirred a debate in the press this week. News agency AFP wrote that, “Health authorities and corporations are increasingly […]

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Uncategorizedchina population, Financial incentives for health, heart surgery, nicotine replacement therapy0 Comments

Dr Harry’s netlines: Avoiding spam

April 15, 2009

The widespread use of e-mail is one of the greatest advances of the internet boom and many people, certainly in the developed world now have at least one e-mail address […]

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Joe Collier on being a teacher

April 15, 2009

I have taught medical students for over forty years and, after a difficult start and the occasional hiccough, it has, overall, given me enormous satisfaction. Of the key components of […]

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Uncategorizedpharmacology, presentations, teaching2 Comments

Tony Waterston on climate change, Colombia, and the G20

April 7, 2009

As the G20 visitors flew in to their meeting on 1 April, paediatricians were gathering in York for a similar reason – to find a way of tackling the health […]

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Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news

April 2, 2009

A BMJ research paper reports that drinking hot tea is strongly linked with an increased risk of developing oesophageal cancer. The study was conducted in the Golestan province, northern Iran, where […]

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Uncategorizedhot tea, oesophageal cancer, Porton down, pregnancy, smoking, Type 2 diabetes2 Comments

Joe Collier on being older

March 30, 2009

I am now 67 and am having the time of my life. Inevitably, the way I am feeling and acting now is the product of both my age and my […]

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Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news

March 25, 2009

Using maggots to help heal ulcers does not sound like the most modern method but a BMJ paper has found that it can be effective. Researchers studied the effects of maggots […]

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Uncategorizedbmj, Diabetes, eating during childbirth, Hydrogel, maggot therapy, QDScore, ulcers1 Comment

Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news

March 18, 2009

A BMJ paper has been covered in Computer Weekly this week. The paper reported that a computerised test could be used to calculate whether patients are at risk of Type 2 […]

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Uncategorizedbmj, computerised test, JAMA, migraines, pregnancy, QDScore, Type 2 diabetes1 Comment

Joe Collier on being an atheist

March 16, 2009

My belief that a supernatural power such as a god does not exist (ie, my being an  atheist), is central to the way I think and act, and also determines […]

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Uncategorizedatheism, creationism, Darwin22 Comments

I see, I understand, I care, I act – thanks goodness for doctors…

March 15, 2009

I once heard of an experiment where a subject was placed in a room – and when smoke appeared under the door, she rightly raised the alarm immediately.  However, when […]

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