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Kamal R Mahtani: Beware evidence “spin”: an important source of bias in the reporting of clinical research
Does the name Malcolm Tucker ring a bell? The Malcolm Tucker I am referring to is the fictional character from the BBC political satire The Thick of it. Tucker (played […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Leave or remain
Among all the misleading statements and frank untruths with which we’ve been bombarded by both sides in the debate on the forthcoming referendum, one form of argument has not, as […]
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews—20 June 2016
NEJM 16 Jun 2016 Vol 374 Data about parasites 2335 I love it when it’s parasite time in the NEJM. Tenaciously clinging to the wall of the large bowel, tapeworms […]
Richard Smith: On being misunderstood, exploited, and abused
A friend has pointed out to me that I am listed as an “exemplary professional” on the website of the Alliance for Human Research Protection. Others on the list include […]
Emily Sena: Too many drugs, too few medicines—the translational failure of animal research
374 interventions have been reported to be effective in experimental stroke; 97 were tested in clinical trials but only one of these was shown to be effective. The principle of […]
Goher Rahbour: In the Calais refugee “Jungle”
Having read about and witnessed scenes on television of the humanitarian disaster affecting refugees across Europe, I developed a desire to help in some form. In February 2016, the United […]
David McCoy: Antibiotic resistance is also a food and climate issue
When George Osborne spoke to the IMF in April about antibiotic resistance being a greater threat to mankind than cancer, one might assume that the current government had actually listened […]
Lifebox and Medsin—making a difference to the future of safer surgery today
It’s wrong that surgery is up to a thousands times more dangerous in low resource settings. It’s wrong that 70,000 operating rooms worldwide don’t have access to a pulse oximeter. […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Delamothe
Tony Delamothe retires from The BMJ today, after nearly 30 years. His experience and expertise will be greatly missed. Here I am interested in his name. “Ant[h]ony” comes from the Roman […]