My sister nearly died of pneumonia earlier this year. Exceptional NHS care saved her life. But I have been left flummoxed by the lack of communication during her illness and […]
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The BMJ Today: Mediterranean diets and infant mortality
The Nurses ’Health Studies are long term epidemiological studies conducted on women’s health. They are among the largest investigations into risk factors for major chronic diseases in women ever conducted. Marta […]
Joyce Lee: Social media, Google, and the internet are medical therapy
I have to thank my colleague @SusannahFox for alerting me to this Washington Post article—about a campaign by the government in Belgium to get people to stop Googling their symptoms. Check […]
Sanna W Khawaja: An NHS full of secret agents
While I enjoy the occasional spy movie, I always find myself irritated at the protagonist, who very often spends the film focused on a mission with little or no knowledge of […]
The BMJ Today: Relationships in medicine
Relationships are at the heart of medical practice. These relationships are built on trust and shared clinical, academic, personal, or economic goals. Two articles just published on thebmj.com explore ways to strengthen […]
Kate Iorpenda: Adolescents are slipping through the cracks in HIV services
This year there has been considerable attention on adolescents and HIV, not least because of the World Health Organization’s “Health for the world’s adolescents” report, which highlighted how HIV is […]
Lawrence Haddad: Do we really need a nutrition data revolution?
The just released Global Nutrition Report makes the case for a “nutrition data revolution.” Data collection, storage, and analysis costs money—so why do we need to invest in it? Consider […]
Gill Morgan: NHS Providers’ programme for the next parliament
It’s rare for the NHS to be out of the headlines. From immediate winter pressures to the longer term challenges of promoting wellness and preventing illness, there is a continuous […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—1 December 2014
NEJM 27 November 2014 Vol 371 2061 Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan (1858-1942) was a French paediatrician who lived in the happy era of medicine when you could affix your name to […]
The BMJ Today: Unravelling the notion of informed patient choice
“Doctor, what would you do in my shoes?” This simple plea for advice from a patient may stump many a doctor. Involving patients in decisions about their care is increasingly […]