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Katherine Brown: The UK government’s relationship with the alcohol industry
Concerns have been raised about this government’s relationship with the alcohol industry and the conflict of interest this presents in delivering better public health outcomes. At a time when alcohol […]
Kallur Suresh: The aviation industry needs to address human factors in aviation safety
The unspeakable tragedy of the death of 150 people in what is thought to be a deliberate act of pilot suicide over the French Alps has brought into sharp focus […]
The BMJ Today: Fatal cardiovascular risk in LMICs, indefensible care, and Mission Indradhanush
• A new risk scoring system, as reported in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, has estimated that a higher percentage of people are at a greater risk of fatal cardiovascular […]
Samir Dawlatly: How general do we want general practice to be?
As a medical student I got a parking ticket and three points on my driving license. The mistake I had made was parking in the wrong place on an unmarked […]
Tiago Villanueva: Returning to medical school 10 years later
A few weeks ago, I returned to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon—the medical school from where I graduated ten years ago. The reason was to participate […]
Suzanne Cahill: What are the next steps on global action against dementia?
The first World Health Organization ministerial conference on global action against dementia which took place in Geneva was organized to encourage governments worldwide to take action to prevent dementia and improve […]
Clare Wenham and John Edmunds: How effective is this year’s flu vaccine?
This flu season, Influenza A (H3N2) has been the dominant circulating strain, with transmission occurring unusually early (November and December). By December 2014, influenza rates were higher than they had […]
The BMJ Today: Alcohol pledges, fake antibiotic fixes, and NFL payouts
• The UK government’s responsibility deal with the alcohol industry promises to remove a billion units of alcohol (about 2% of consumption) from the market, through reducing the strength of […]
William Cayley: About what are we being precise?
I’ve been too swamped with the day to day realities of teaching, patient care, and just plain real life lately to be very reflective, but Zackary Berger and Dave deBronkart finally […]