The UK opened its first “detention unit” in 1970—in a converted road research laboratory near Heathrow Airport. The Immigration Appeals Act 1969 had just been passed, and the UK was […]
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Richard Lehman’s journal review—4 December 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Peter Brindley and Matt Morgan: All I want for Christmas…is to slow down
Digital addiction is a real barrier to patient centred care […]
Erik Silfversten: The WannaCry cyber attack could be the first of many if the NHS takes no action
The NHS and other public sector organisations need to improve their cybersecurity processes—and fast […]
Amitava Banerjee: At what point does a disease become neglected and who decides?
My first global health experience was an elective in South Africa during medical school in 2001, at a time when antiretroviral therapy was not available to the vast majority of […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Paramedics
To begin with, flex your mental muscles. To flex (Latin flectere) means to bend; a flex is easily bent. Reflection is bending back, of objects, light (as in the retinal […]
Melissa McRae: Yemen still remains an afterthought for the international community
The scale of suffering in Yemen is hard to grasp, but should be impossible to ignore […]
Kanchan Mukherjee: Bridging the gap between India’s researchers and policy makers on NCDs
Research institutes have an important role in addressing India’s NCD burden […]
Tessa Richards: Patient and public involvement in research goes global
More and more, organisations are seeking to push the envelope towards “co-production” of research […]
Return failing drug and alcohol detoxification services to NHS control
We must draw attention to the evisceration of a previously well-functioning addiction treatment system […]