There is something to be said for wearing your heart on your sleeve, and few do it to greater effect than Margaret McCartney, a GP in Glasgow. She exuded frustration […]
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Domhnall MacAuley: Evidence Live day two
Gathering evidence is clear straightforward science. Right? Not if you believe the speakers at “Evidence Live.” Today’s presentations were a challenge to believers. Fraud, misconduct, non disclosure of data, and […]
Helen Jaques: Exposing junior doctors’ working hours
Back when Christian Jessen of Embarrassing Bodies fame was training as a junior doctor, he regularly worked dangerously long hours. But then in August 2009 the European Working Time Directive […]
Richard Smith: Should the NHS be scrapped?
I’ve just been listening to a report on the radio about people with learning disorders dying 20 years prematurely because the NHS doesn’t treat them adequately. The Care Quality Commission […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Evidence Live
Essentialist or consequentialist? Patrick Bossuyt (University of Amsterdam) introduced this concept at the “Evidence Live” conference. Thinking about diagnostic testing he suggested that, rather than focus on the nuts and […]
David Shearman: The climate “tide” is still rising
Time and tide wait for no man published in the BMJ 10 years ago detailed a vital role for the medical profession in addressing climate change and was used in […]
Pritpal S Tamber: Innovation, lazy commentators, and data Darwinism
One of the most common questions I have had since becoming the clinical editor of TEDMED is what’s the “next big thing.” When I started the role I actually tried […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—25 March 2013
JAMA 20 Mar 2013 Vol 309 1125 Is aliskiren a good drug for heart failure? Despite the negative result of this Novartis-funded trial (ASTRONAUT), I think the answer is probably […]
Charles Ssonko: Familiar enemies in conflict and tuberculosis
Amid the justified excitement surrounding the development of the first new drugs to treat tuberculosis (TB) in over 50 years it is worth remembering on World TB Day that in […]
David Kerr: The social media medical highway
Should doctors avoid fame or notoriety? More than 10 years ago I achieved a modest mixture of both after being asked to leave a public house one Sunday evening for […]