As a full walk out is planned for this week, juniors need to ensure that they have carefully considered which side of the picket line they will stand on. Full disclosure, […]
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Junior doctors’ strike 26 – 27 April 2016: Live blog
This week, junior doctors in England will be undertaking a full withdrawal of labour between the hours of 8am and 5pm on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 April, as the ongoing […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—25 April 2016
NEJM 21 April 2016 Vol 374 Aliskiren in Cardioland 1521 What does the R in the RAA pathway stand for? I used to pose this question in lectures several times […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . A contract or a contra-act?
So, the junior hospital doctors’ “contract” has been published, and the secretary of state for health, described in BMA documents as “SoSH”, which is also an obsolete word meaning a […]
Estrella Lasry: A more holistic response to malaria is overdue
World Malaria Day 2016 Since the early 2000s the world has seen considerable success in the fight against malaria, with a significant decrease in overall numbers of cases and deaths. […]
Steve Ruffenach: Footprints old and new
A recent discovery of ancient footprints on the beach in Happisburgh, UK has set the archeological world aflutter. Scientists working at the scene have discovered pre-historic footprints left by our […]
Anne Gulland: Who wants to live forever?
Would you like to live to be 10,000? Or how about a more reasonable sounding 120? These were questions posed at an event organised by Intelligence Squared under the heading: […]
Natalie Blencowe and Jane Blazeby: Beyond Buxton—establishing when the time’s right for a surgical trial
In 1987 Martin Buxton observed that “it’s always too early [to evaluate] until suddenly, unfortunately, it’s too late.” This is particularly true in surgery. In most countries, there is rapid […]
Claire McDaniel and Daniel Marchalik: Haruki Murakami’s The Colorless Tsuluru Tazaki and the Complexity of Grief
The Doctors’ Book Club Haruki Murakami’s The Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Invoking the ubiquity of sadness, Emily Dickinson writes: “I measure every Grief I meet With narrow, […]
Richard Smith: What are medical journals for and how well do they fulfil those functions?
Last week I gave a talk to the International Society of Medical Publication Professionals entitled “Medical journals: time for something different.” My core argument was that “Medical journals have played […]