Fourteen years after a drug trial had been published, investigators —using multiple sources, including regulatory and legal documents—restored a version of the same trial and came to completely opposite conclusions. […]
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I’m at my GP surgery on the point of becoming a nuisance patient—it seems I have all the qualifications. Five years ago I was discharged from hospital after a medical […]
Desmond O’Neill: Nordic insights into the art of ageing and dying well
I hate to miss the opening ceremonies of European geriatric medicine conferences, with the individual interplay between this most complex of medical specialties with the national characteristics of the host […]
The BMJ Today: No cash in the attic
• Politics of desperation In the latest of his regular column, Nigel Hawkes comments on the impossible situation the NHS finds itself in: as prey to an austerity hungry government […]
Sharat Pandey: How can Jharkhand improve its maternal mortality rates?
Maternal death is defined as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, […]
Patrice Baptiste: Mental health issues among medical students
I was extremely saddened when I read the Student BMJ’s article on a survey of 1122 medical students, 343 of whom were suffering with mental health issues. Several astounding figures […]
The BMJ Today: Appraisals, carers, and cognitive enhancement
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William Cayley: Life saving science?
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Scarlett McNally: Challenging the stereotype of a surgeon
The social media campaign #ilooklikeasurgeon highlighted just how many women surgeons there are working in the UK and around the world. Posting photos of themselves with the caption, “I look […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—21 September 2015
NEJM 17 Sep 2015 Vol 373 1095 Well, here’s a paper that nearly caused me to stop breathing. It was certainly followed by a sharp intake of breath. Cheyne-Stokes breathing […]