The Olympic Games are over, and what a wonderful two weeks they were. We finished the last events at the Olympic Stadium the day before the last day and there was a […]
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Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Junior
The President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh has asked Jeremy Hunt, the secretary of state for health (the SoSH), in a letter that also dealt with other […]
Madhukar Pai: New insights into the tuberculosis problem in India’s private sector
As a result of the overuse or misuse of antibiotics, antimicrobial resistant superbugs represent an extraordinary threat to global health. This threat is particularly great in India, the world’s largest […]
Lisa Steen: The wilderness of the medically unexplained
This patient perspective essay was written by Lisa Steen. She has since died. We have permission to publish the piece from her husband, Raymond Brown. I am a GP, formerly […]
Rammya Mathew on the national childhood obesity strategy—doctors need to champion public health
I was left mortified after reading about the long awaited national childhood obesity strategy. “Underwhelming” would be the single best adjective to describe it. On reading the newspaper headlines, however, […]
Nora Hellman: Responding to an outbreak of yellow fever
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Rachel Thomas: The final frontier
Six weeks without gravity. Cushioned in a single white space for the duration. Air tanks, tubes, and pressure gauges surrounding me, the calendar days marking off a gentle, indistinct blur. And […]
Richard Smith: In search of scandal in Scotland
I’m on my way to Dumfries to investigate the state of the NHS in that region, and the thought of the town is making me remember when I travelled there […]
Christopher Martyn: Research round-up
Annals of Internal Medicine Mistreatment of residents in nursing homes Conditioned by reports in the media about mistreatment of residents in nursing homes, one leaps to the conclusion that it […]
Sara Martin on emotional labour
I work at a great place in the UK. We have gorgeous facilities, friendly staff, great benefits, and—most important to this American doctor—unlimited free coffee (and tea if you’re British). […]