In August 2012 the retired South African paediatrician, Professor Cyril Karabus, was detained as he passed through Dubai airport on his way home from a family wedding in Canada. When […]
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David Payne: Horsemeat and the Food Standards Agency
The horsemeat scandal has triggered calls for the UK’s food safety watchdog to have stronger regulatory powers. The Food Standards Agency was stripped of its nutrition and labelling roles in […]
Suchita Shah: The lamb’s mother and the room of hope
A day in the life of a Chilean family doctor She wipes her eyes with the backs of her hands. A thin circle of white skin against the dark tan […]
Krishnan Ganapathy: Is surgery not more than stitching and cutting ?
The genesis for this blog was listening to 34 fascinating, highly technical lectures including “How I do it” sessions at an international neurosurgical update for young neurosurgeons. Operating theatres resembled the […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—18 February 2013
JAMA 13 Feb 2013 Vol 309 559 Last week I had a go at the editors of the NEJM and The Lancet for publishing misleadingly reported pharma funded trials, in […]
Krishnan Ganapathy: Is your doctor healthy enough?
Several years ago in a study carried out at the Dept of Neurosurgery in AIIMS New Delhi, the authors continuously monitored the pulse rate, blood pressure and ECG of neurosurgeons […]
Julian Sheather: Should I sign him off sick?
Thou shalt not judge. A GP asked me recently whether he should sign patients off sick when he thought they were swinging the lead. I talk to a lot of […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Good news on UK primary care
Overwhelmed by the relentless tide of bad news stories about UK primary care? Well, this is a good news story. A webinar organised by The Commonwealth Fund (a US philanthropic […]
Rob Hampton: Fit for work
In January the government announced the establishment of a new service that will be operational in 2014. While this news seems to have gone under the radar so far, I’m […]
No (wo)man is an island…and neither is Britain when it comes to violence and HIV
Emma Bell, Susan Bewley, Silvia Petretti, Lynda Shentall, and Alice Welbourn. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) [1], increases the vulnerability of women and girls to acquiring HIV. Research from Asia, Africa, […]