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 […]
US healthcare
Richard Lehman’s journal review—9 June 2014
NEJM 5 Jun 2014 Vol 370 2169 There is a story that when new antibiotics were arriving every few weeks in the late 1950s, drug companies had a hard time […]
The BMJ Today: Sick notes for “World Cup fever” and Obama pushes health benefits of carbon cuts
With the 2014 World Cup in Brazil fast approaching, hundreds of workers in China have been struck down with a serious bout of football fever. As Jane Parry reports, an […]
William Cayley: “If you build it, they will come”
“If you build it, they will come!” So went the catchphrase of Field of Dreams, in which an Iowa farmer is inspired by voices to build a baseball diamond in […]
The BMJ Today: Prisoners and medical professionalism
Sarah Kimball and Stephen Soldz’s editorial on The BMJ’s website today raises important questions about medical professionalism when dealing with prisoners. A recent report into the role of doctors in prisons […]
Glyn Elwyn et al: Crowdsourcing health care—hope or hype?
The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science How does the increasing interest in the use of crowdsourcing platforms, as a way to help patients, fit into the debate about […]
William Cayley: Is primary care in the US really the future?
Is primary care really the future? I’d like to say “Yes,” but I’m not so sure… (at least in the USA). There has been much talk and writing about the […]
Jim Murray: Abbvie withdraw case against European Medicines Agency
AbbVie have withdrawn their legal challenge against the release of certain company documents on Humira (adalimunab) by the EMA. This followed an offer by the agency to redact parts of […]
Jen Gunter: The Tamiflu talisman
Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) has been prescribed for my son, Oliver, multiple times. It’s possible he has taken this drug more than anyone. Oliver was born at 26 weeks gestation and was […]
The BMJ Today: The glass ceiling, upcoming elections, and big tobacco
As I look around our open plan office, towards where our editor, Fiona Godlee, sits, it would seem that the glass ceiling has been shattered at The BMJ. But, in […]