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Owen Bowden-Jones: New drugs, new harms, new clinical guidance
Mindmelt, Annihilation, Black Mamba, and Kronic. Welcome to the world of novel psychoactive substances (NPS), or so called “legal highs.” The past five years has seen an unprecedented increase in […]
Jocalyn Clark: Rana Plaza survivors—let down by some, lifted up by others
As the two year anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza approaches—when over 1100 people were killed and 2500 injured, mostly women garment workers—the fight for compensation continues. The […]
Jon Stamford: Patients must help design clinical trials
It is a truth universally acknowledged that clinical trials are the bedrock upon which all medical progress is based. Without successful trials new medicines are not introduced, new treatments are […]
The BMJ Today: What are doctors around the world up to?
The BMJ has reported a number of medical fraud cases in the US lately. An ophthalmologist in Florida who used to see 100 patients per day has been accused of making […]
Richard Vize: Facing the NHS funding reality
The intervention by former NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson in the election debate on the NHS exposes the chasm between manifesto rhetoric and funding reality. Nicholson pointed out […]
General election 2015: The health and care debate live blog
The BMJ was live blogging from the Health and Care debate at the British Library. Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, Andy Burnham, Shadow Heath Secretary, Norman Lamb, Minister of […]
Engaging medical diasporas with their country of origin
While discussion about the contributions of the African diaspora to their countries of origin is often centred on their financial and business resources, less attention is afforded to their participation in […]
Matthew Honeyman: Reconfiguring NHS services: necessary but fraught with difficulties
With the NHS facing growing pressures on all fronts, following the general election the next government is likely to begin a new round of NHS service reconfiguration planning. In addition, […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—20 April 2015
NEJM 16 April 2015 Vol 372 1489 Your learning task this week is to memorise “proprotein convertase subtilisin–kexin type 9 (PCSK9).” The next big lipid lowering debate will be all […]