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Domhnall MacAuley: No more sad/happy movies
No more sad/happy movies for me. I hate the thought that someone might see me blubbering in the cinema. Alpha males shouldn’t cry. Tonight it was The Well Digger’s Daughter. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 9 January 2012
JAMA 4 Jan 2012 Vol 307 37 The gradual makeover of JAMA takes a further step with the introduction of a series of Viewpoints in the opening section. Quite nice, […]
Leslie Shanks: False positive HIV tests: the problem no one wants to talk about (and how to solve it)
“Finally, someone is talking about this.” I heard this refrain frequently at the recent International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after […]
Research highlights – 6 January 2012
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research […]
Rachel ter Horst on hopeful initial outcomes of combination treatment in patients with HIV and visceral leishmaniasis co-infection
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a protozoan disease transmitted by sandflies, is the second biggest parasitic killer worldwide (after malaria). In Ethiopia, the host country for the recent International Conference on HIV/AIDS […]
Mit Philips on the ICASA conference: donor retreat and its consequences for patients and communities
The 2011 International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) conference in Addis Ababa was an experience in contradictions. Presentations about promising new strategies created by scientific breakthroughs, […]
Douglas Noble on the Falconer report
Last year I blogged about the commission set up by Lord Falconer on assisted suicide. It was clear from the outset that this commission was fatally flawed, not least because […]
Stephen Ginn: smartphone health apps for the future
I learnt some interesting facts about mobile phones the other day. For instance, there are 59 countries where mobile phones outnumber people. This refers to mobile phones actually in use, […]
Richard Smith: Does it still make sense for healthcare to be “free” and social care means tested?
Does it make sense for the state to pay tens of thousands of pounds for a drug that might keep a patient with cancer alive for another six weeks and […]