If you watch one thing today . . . See the two video clips embedded in the “Comptetent Novice” paper “A quick ward assessment of older patients by junior doctors,” and […]
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Richard Lehman’s weekly journal review—27 April 2015
NEJM 23 Apr 2015 Vol 372 Last week, dear friends, we kicked off with alirocumab and evolocumab. This week it’s the turn of nivolumab, ipilimumab, and pembrolizumab. It’s driving me […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Nose-ography
While editing the forthcoming edition of Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions, I came across a suspected teratogenic effect of high dose oral […]
Maya Annie Elias: Tobacco control in India—more needs to be done to promote smoking cessation in India
Tobacco use is one of the single largest preventable causes of death and a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases. The burden of tobacco related illnesses prompted the Government of […]
Carlos Martins: Overuse of medical tests—a new health risk factor?
A risk factor is, among other things, an aspect of personal behaviour or lifestyle that, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with health related conditions considered important […]
The BMJ Today: Cancer drugs, BMJ awards, and challenges for the NHS
• Donald Light and Joel Lexchin write about the easy ride cancer drugs get in the approval process. They point to three weaknesses: trials on cancer drugs are more often […]
David Payne at WIRED Health 2015
9.20am: I’m in London at WIRED Health 2015, “exploring the future of healthcare.” Already I’ve bumped into a would-be investor and I’ve just had a “power shot” of grapefruit juice spiked with chili. […]
David Kerr: Dr Uber
The hot topic in the technology world at the moment is the so called “sharing economy.” A great deal of money is being made by companies, such as Uber and […]
Jane Morris: Making the glorification of anorexia a crime
I make a point of telling students that an eating disorder is an illness, not a crime. It’s a more controversial statement these days. Some of my patients continue to […]
Richard Saitz: An EBM challenge—What to do when clear cut evidence doesn’t exist
This blog is part of a series of blogs linked with BMJ Clinical Evidence, a database of systematic overviews of the best available evidence on the effectiveness of commonly used […]