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Out of the harrowing and often tragic cases that were highlighted by the Mid Staffordshire NHS Inquiry, Sir Robert Francis has started an extremely important conversation about whistleblowing with his […]
Jim Sherifi: I am an antibiotic resistance denier
I write as a humble jobbing GP incapable of sound clinical practice without instruction, guidance, and supervision from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), my clinical commissioning group, my […]
The BMJ Today: Salty sputum and self dialysis for Swedes
Research What are the long term effects of multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for patients with chronic low back pain? News • Chicago born Frances Glessner Lee (pictured), the “mother of CSI” […]
Rick Lines: Leading on harm reduction after 2015
2015 is looking like it could be a watershed year for global health. As the United Nation’s millennium development goals come to fruition, and we move towards a post 2015 sustainable […]
The BMJ Today: Latest news on statins data and the UK government comes under fire (again)
News Statins: The Cholesterol Treatment Trials Collaboration plans to produce tabulated results of all side effects recorded in 30 randomised controlled trials of statins by the end of this year. […]
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch: The United Nations general assembly special session on drugs in 2016
In April 2016, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to evaluate drug policy in a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS). While prohibitionist policies are still the norm, […]
The BMJ Today: FGM, GULP, and #NoMoreGames
ANALYSIS Too much technology: The BMJ’s overdiagnosis theme begins today with Bjørn Morten Hofmann, who argues that we are medicalising ordinary human conditions, and we need to rethink our reflex […]
Tushar Garg: India needs to teach its doctors more about the care in healthcare
I was taking a patient’s blood pressure in a clinic when I heard one woman—who was poor, uneducated, and a first time attendee there—being asked a question by a resident […]
Richard Smith: Learning about alcohol problems from a taxi driver
When journalists arrive in a country at war their learning usually starts with taxi drivers. They see and hear a lot. They know the dark side of life, particularly those […]