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Jane Wilcock: The digitalisation of NHS patient care should be medically tested
The rapid digitalisation of the NHS must be robust in identifying the benefits, failures, and risks of new and existing technologies, says Jane Wilcock […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—25 June 2019
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Hope Virgo: People with eating disorders should be offered help regardless of their weight
Healthcare professionals should stop using BMI as the sole measure of an eating disorder, says Hope Virgo […]
Caitjan Gainty and Grazia De Michele: The disease of “at risk”
Caitjan Gainty and Grazia De Michele explore modern medicine’s complicity in creating uncertainty and its unwillingness, once created, to address it […]
The healthcare community needs to champion healthy and sustainable urban living spaces
We need to look beyond disease and individual sector silos and take into account the potential of the social and built environment to both prevent disease, and also contribute to […]
Souzi Makri: Patient expertise in medical innovation
Patient involvement in the research and development of new medical products is essential to perpetuating innovation and best outcomes in healthcare, says Souzi Makri. […]
Dominique Vervoort: The visa conundrum in global health
Visa restrictions are preventing people from low and middle income countries from engaging in global health policy and research, says Dominique Vervoort […]
Zosia Kmietowicz: Young people at conferences—not including them is unethical
A lasting memory from the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver in early June was the abundance of young people. Katja Iversen, CEO of the gender equality and female health organisation, […]
David Zigmond: General practice is disintegrating due to its serial reforms
Why is it so difficult to get continuity of care, or even an appointment, with your GP? And why is the GP workforce now so unhappy and depleted? […]