Here’s your Tuesday roundup: Politics and health • In an analysis article, David Hunter argues that, rather than exclude politics from health, we must embrace it if we are to […]
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Nasreen Jessani: The (conflicted) role of researchers as advocates
“You must lobby the parliament for your research to be considered! Rigorous evidence needs to be coupled with intense lobbying in order for political parties, who are steered by interest […]
Kim Wolff: New drug driving legislation in the UK
On Monday 2 March, the new drug driving legislation came into force in the UK taking on board many of the recommendations from the expert panel report commissioned by the […]
The BMJ Today: Geekiness, technology, and too few physicians
Inquisitive and geeky • Patrick Vallance, head of research and development at GlaxoSmithKline, is the subject of BMJ Confidential. Vallance says that his best career move was choosing to do […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—9 March 2015
NEJM 5 Mar 2015 Vol 372 893 “A Precious Jewel—The Role of General Practice in the English NHS” is an essay by Martin Marshall from University College, London. It is […]
Gado Napo-Koura: Togo joins the Family Planning 2020 Movement
As a former medical intern, I witnessed the devastating impact that lack of access to modern family planning had on the lives of women and young girls. I recall admitting a […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Pah! Disgusting!
Emily Colas’s Just Checking is a riveting, often unsettling, account of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Reading it got my stream of consciousness ruminating about the link between disgust and stereotypy. Neasden […]
Ian Franklin: Doctors, manslaughter, and avoidable harm
The sudden surge in prosecutions of doctors in the criminal courts when patients die is alarming. There is a growing body of opinion that the charge of gross negligence manslaughter […]
“Anything you get for free is not of good quality:” perceptions of generic medicines
The number of people with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in India is increasing with each passing year. The World Health Organization estimates that NCDs could account for nearly 60% of total […]
The BMJ Today: Freezing to death, childhood asthma, and TB screening
Here’s your Friday roundup: Cold homes and winter deaths • GPs should identify people living in cold homes and visit them once a year to assess their heating needs, says the […]