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Jenny Vaughan: The Williams Review—a significant step forward for all
“I was deeply concerned about the unintended chilling effect on clinicians’ ability to learn from mistakes following recent court rulings, and the actions from this authoritative review will help us […]
Kanchan Mukherjee: Bedaquiline for multidrug resistant TB in India—at what cost?
The decline of TB in the developed world began long before the discovery of TB drugs. This is an important lesson for India, says Kanchan Mukherjee […]
Kinsey Hasstedt: Trump administration looks to impose “Domestic Gag Rule,” continuing its assault on reproductive health and rights
In late May, the Trump administration unveiled its latest attack on affordable birth control access, part of a much larger campaign to undermine reproductive health and rights in the United […]
Richard Smith: Why We Sleep—one of those rare books that changes your worldview and should change society and medicine
One of the professors at Edinburgh Medical School, where I was taught from 1970-76, was a world expert on sleep, but I remember hearing little about sleep at medical school. […]
Nick Hopkinson: 120 beats per minute—living and dying and making a difference
“What is a good life? For a start, a good life is one that goes on long enough. A short life may be good while it lasts, may be a […]
Prostatic artery embolisation: time to improve collaboration
Given the demographic shift towards a more elderly population, lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH-LUTS) will become more and more prevalent. Surgical treatment is often performed […]
George Davey Smith: How Jean Golding helped us understand the health of three generations
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is highlighting seven research legends whose work has shaped the NHS, as part of its celebrations for the NHS’s 70th birthday and the […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Doctor does not always know best
For centuries, old white men have argued about whether medicine is more of a science or an art. That is until, belatedly, some smart Alec—or some smart Alexa—realised that patient […]
Benjamin Mazer: Theranos’ dystopian vision lives on
When you go about testing everyone for everything, you don’t create a world of healthy people….you create a nightmare where everyone is sick […]