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Data sharing in clinical trials: keeping score
The Good Pharma Scorecard is a vital tool in ensuring ethical and responsible data-sharing, say Jennifer E. Miller and Amy Price. […]
Joe Robinson: The terminology of walking spinal cord injury needs to change
A more appropriate medical term is required to refer to those with spinal cord injuries retaining some meaningful leg function. Joe Robinson offers “ambuplegic” as an alternative to “walkers” […]
Adam Briggs: “Sin taxes”—the language is wrong, but the evidence is clear
Boris Johnson has pledged to review the sugar levy on fizzy drinks if he becomes PM, but all that would prove is that the policy is right […]
Abraar Karan: Advice to new doctors
Abraar Karan offers his guide to new doctors who are swapping the book learning of medicine with taking care of real people […]
The transformative power of patient narratives in healthcare education
Patient narrative and experience are too often ignored as a resource for improving educational and regulatory practices, say Rebecca Baines, Charlotte Denniston, and James Munro […]
John Hyslop: Doctors declare climate emergency
Last week at the BMA Annual Representative Meeting I proposed that the BMA declare a climate emergency and campaign for carbon neutrality by 2030. The motion was passed overwhelmingly into […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Composite
Ideally, when studying the effects of an intervention one wants to measure the final outcome or outcomes. For example, the real endpoints of treating hypertension are the incidences of its […]
Amina Ahmed and Carron Layfield: Patient partnership in an academic research unit
Amina Ahmed and Carron Layfield discuss how they set up a collaborative initiative at the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology in Nottingham and what it’s achieved […]
Zoe Carre: Take home naloxone is not reaching those who most need it
Naloxone is key is to addressing the current opioid crisis, but poor systemic distribution means it isn’t saving the lives it should, says Zoe Carre […]