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The BMJ Today: Lucentis vs Avastin, fracking, and delusional infestation

April 2, 2015

Good morning. Here’s what is new on thebmj.com today. The BMJ Investigation: Lucentis vs Avastin • Why have UK doctors had difficulty prescribing a cheap, safe, and effective drug (Avastin) and […]

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Neville Goodman: From metaphor to cliché

April 1, 2015

While on metaphor watch, certain phrases and ideas will recur. Metaphor is one of the broadest figures of speech. I use the Concise Oxford Dictionary (COD), which defines it as […]

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The BMJ Today: Promises, promises—the general election, the NHS, and political sensitivity over major incident reporting

April 1, 2015

• In the week of the formal launch of the UK general election campaign, with NHS policies set to take centre stage, The BMJ publishes an analysis article looking at […]

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Conor Farrington: Lords reform—bad news for expert scrutiny in Westminster?

March 31, 2015

As the general election draws near, a wide range of medical issues will be examined through political lenses in The BMJ and elsewhere. However, few (if any) pre-election medical debates […]

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Toby Shipway: The Intrepid Fenton

March 31, 2015

The Intrepid Fenton A few geographical facts: the Northern Territory in Australia is 1.36 million km2. This equates to 5½ times the area of the UK. It contains a population […]

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The BMJ Today: The joys of general practice, the dangers of glyburide, and a clash of care models

March 31, 2015

• Being a GP is still the best job in the world, writes Margaret McCartney, despite the many problems facing the profession. She notes that GPs witness the life stories […]

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Neel Sharma and Chaoyan Dong: Learning analytics—a potential tool in medical education

March 30, 2015

Technology utilization in medical training is ubiquitous. As instructors we recognise the fact that no lecture or tutorial is devoid of some form of technology. E-learning and mobile learning has […]

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Richard Lehman’s journal review—30 March 2015

March 30, 2015

NEJM 26 Mar 2015 Vol 372 1193 Is the NEJM preaching Socialism? “We believe that all financial incentives and logistic barriers to providing the least expensive drug, among drugs equivalent […]

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The BMJ Today: What airlines can learn about safety from medicine, health coaches from Dunkin’ Donuts, and a seven day NHS?

March 30, 2015

Blog: The aviation industry needs to address human factors in flight safety “Has the airline industry’s approach to safety been skewed towards the mechanical, technical, and engineering aspects of the […]

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Ahmed Rashid: Should junior doctors accept pharma support for clinical research training?

March 27, 2015

Junior clinical researchers know that there’s really only one way for them to comprehensively get on the academic ladder and prove their credibility. Those three letters that contain years of […]

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