The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that infants should be exclusively breast fed until 6 months of age, and then to 2 years and beyond alongside complementary foods. [1] Despite this […]
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Richard Lehman’s journal review—8 May 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Emma Parish: The impact of not having enough staff is exhausting and detrimental to patient care
Last week I was at a conference discussing joy at work. This was the same week as the State of Child Health Report was released by the Royal College of […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Knowledge
As I discussed last week, new knowledge, not in itself research, is an important outcome of research and, through diffusion and dissemination, a tool for further research. GN, meaning to […]
One small step for Republicans towards repeal of the Affordable Care Act
As the American Health Care Act has passed through the House of Representatives, Allan M. Joseph and William H. Seligman assess what impact this will have. […]
Michael Brady: Sex and relationships education could transform mental and sexual health—but no child should be denied access
Last week, the Queen enshrined into law the decision from Justine Greening to make Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) mandatory in all schools. The law states that, from September 2019, […]
Richard Smith: Roger Bacon on ignorance and peer review
The Franciscan philosopher Roger Bacon (c1214-1294), who some regard as the father of modern science, argued in his great text Opus Majus that there were four sources of ignorance: Frail […]
Soham D Bhaduri: Why compulsory rural service for new doctors is a terrible idea
It’s been about four months since the Indian Ministry of Health proposed to mandate the NEXT (National Exit Test) for MBBS graduates before they become licensed and practising physicians or enter […]
Saffron Cordery: Our NHS—it’s time to face the facts
In any general election, there are the “political football” issues. A hackneyed yet apt description of what happens to the NHS in every campaign that I can remember. I think, […]
Chris Simms: Trump vs Obamacare—100 days in
Donald Trump continues to threaten to pull the trigger and scrap the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The day after his failed attempt to repeal and replace the ACA on 24 […]