On 15 September 2013, thousands of doctors and doctors-to-be will flock to the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) website to apply for a residency position in the United States. As […]
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Readers’ editor: Where has all the research news gone?
In March 2005 Ali Tonks wrote her first weekly Short Cuts column, a summary of nine papers published in the world’s other main general medical journals. The following year we […]
Jett Aislabie: Is all sponsorship equal?
Advertising and sponsorship are generally seen as necessary evils by us here at The BMJ. While we are positively fizzing with ideas for new content, we know that bringing it […]
Richard Smith: A bad case of health
I’ve been puzzling for years over how to define health without making much progress, but I thought I might take a step forward by listening to a discussion on the […]
Ian Gilmore: What is good for environmental sustainability is good for health
Welcome to a series of blogs on sustainable healthcare that will look at health, sustainability, and the interplay between the two. The blog will share ideas from experts across the […]
Sandeep Kumar Panigrahi: Do we need to look into the bottle necks of maternal and newborn health interventions?
The second Bottle Neck Analysis (BNA) workshop for maternal and newborn health interventions was held in Hyderabad on 6 and 7 of August 2013. It was conducted by the National […]
Julien Potet: How access to life saving antisera is dwindling fast, and what to do about it
What do snakebites, tetanus, and rabies have in common? Answer: Treating patients with these life threatening conditions relies on antisera, a class of immunoglobulin-rich products derived from the plasma of […]
Richard Cook: Twitter, doctors, and rules
Ever get frustrated during a consultation? How should doctors deal with that? The patient comes first of course—we, as doctors, know that and have that mantra at the centre of […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—27 August 2013
NEJM 22 Aug 2013 Vol 369 699 Vedolizumab. What a name for an important new drug. Just remember the vedo bit and the fact that it’s a monoclonal antibody, and […]
Sylviane Gindrat: “At the Doctor’s Side”—a trilogy of documentary films
I presented my documentary trilogy “At the Doctor’s Side” about family doctors in Switzerland at the Wonca World conference 2013 in Prague. Each film portrays two protagonists. In the first […]