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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Dr Harry’s netlines: Avoiding spam
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 […]
Joe Collier on being a teacher
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 […]
Tony Waterston on climate change, Colombia, and the G20
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 […]
Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news
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 […]
Joe Collier on being older
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 […]
Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news
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 […]
Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news
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 […]
Joe Collier on being an atheist
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 […]
I see, I understand, I care, I act – thanks goodness for doctors…
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 […]