The origins of some common chronic diseases lie early in life, often before birth. This observation, championed by David Barker, has spurred several countries to start national pregnancy or birth cohorts in […]
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Ian Forgacs: Will senior doctors and the public support junior doctor’s strike action?
Support for their junior colleagues from senior doctors has thus far been strong. What surely must have been almost the entire consultant body at the Royal Free Hospital (505 of […]
Jessamy Bagenal: Junior doctors strike action—frustration and mistrust
Junior doctors received a text on Monday 4 January informing them that the negotiations over the junior doctor’s contract had ended. Industrial action in England is going to proceed. It […]
Zahra Al-Asaadi: Medical volunteering in the refugee crisis
The current refugee crisis and mass migration into Europe is the biggest since World War Two and is probably the greatest humanitarian challenge of the century. The United Nations High […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—4 January 2016
NEJM 24 & 31 Dec 2015 Vol 373 Second cancers after Hodgkin’s cure 2499 Hodgkin’s disease was one of the first cancers to move from invariably fatal to routinely curable. […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Medical anniversaries in 2016
A happy New Year to both my readers. And what a cornucopia of anniversaries we can celebrate this year. Take your pick. The topics are diverse (see also the pictures […]
Samir Dawlatly: The countdown to the 2020 GP conundrum
There can be no doubt that the problems facing general practice are complex and interconnected, and that the answers have proved elusive for many. GPs and the organisations that represent […]
Building up the research capacity of government medical officers in LMICs
The Nepal Health Research Council was established in 1991 for the purpose of: regulating health research in Nepal (ensuring the ethical conduct of health research), generating and collating evidence for […]
Sarah Pickworth: Helping refugees in Greece
Doctors of the World has been helping refugees in various locations around Greece including Idomeni on the border with Macedonia. By early autumn around 10,000 refugees were pouring across this […]
William Cayley: Christmas thoughts
The Christmas holidays annually are a time for jolliness, cheer, and fun—from “Ugly Sweater” events to “White Elephant” gifts, and even The BMJ Christmas issue. It’s all in good fun, it […]