The obituary by Charles Warlow of Ann McPherson showed that she was not only a bilingual but a trilingual clinician, and we have to ensure that her example will stimulate […]
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Richard Lehman’s journal review – 13 June 2011
JAMA 8 June 2011 Vol 305 2295 Ovarian cancer almost always presents too late for a cure, so screening asymptomatic women must offer our best chance of reducing its high […]
Yasir Hameed: The worsening humanitarian crisis in Taiz, Yemen
The clashes have been continuing on the outskirts of Taiz city. This report from the Yemen Post says that on the 8 June pro government gunmen broke into Al Thawra Hospital (the […]
Martin McShane: Director’s cut
I picked up a book recently co-authored by Colin Price, the essence of which can be found in this slide deck. One of the key points made is that if […]
Peter Lapsley: Temporary disabled badges
Now that I no longer have an axe to grind (recovery from the revision surgery on last year’s failed whole hip replacement appears to be going well), I would be […]
David Kerr: Geoenvironmental medicine and technology
The world did not end last month after all. Harold Camping, the founder of the Family Radio Network purchased space on 1,200 billboards across the United States proclaiming doomsday for […]
Research highlights – 10 June 2011
“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 […]
Desmond O’Neill: A rare scientific hiccough at the science gallery
Despite a surprisingly large scientific heritage [1] , the Republic of Ireland has no science museum. Nature abhorring a vacuum, an innovative avenue for celebrating science was created by the opening […]
Edward Davies: NHS Reforms – be careful what you wish for
David Cameron’s speech on NHS reform this week should have marked a substantial victory for doctors’ leaders. In recent months they have been even more outspoken than usual in their […]
Tony Delamothe – Falling sperm count saga: an update
Very few BMJ original research articles are cited by 1600 other publications, so it’s dispiriting to discover that the message of one of our citation classics may have been wrong. […]