If it moves, it’s biology. If it smells, it’s chemistry. If it doesn’t work, it’s physics. Or, at least, so the saying goes. But, as I often tell my postgraduate […]
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Pallavi Bradshaw: Virtual care beyond the pandemic
While use of technology in delivering medical services has been slowly evolving over the years, covid-19 has fast-tracked large-scale adoption and led to policy change. The benefits have been indisputable […]
Ziyad Al-Aly: Is covid-19 associated with higher risk of hospitalization than seasonal influenza?
Since the early days of the covid-19 outbreak in China, public health officials, scientists, medical professionals, media commentators, and the public at large started drawing comparisons between covid-19 and seasonal […]
Aarti Bansal and Grant Blashki: Six steps to both greener and better primary care
Most primary care clinicians are well aware that the climate crisis is a health crisis and of the immediate and significant health co-benefits of climate action, such as through reduced […]
The people’s vaccine: How a covid-19 vaccine will be a test of global accountability and equity
With over 66 million confirmed cases and more than 1.5 million deaths globally, the burden of covid-19 on global health systems continues to weigh heavily. As the pandemic devastates communities around […]
Harm reduction principles can help us restore trust in public health messaging on covid-19
Public health messaging should acknowledge the holistic experiences of individuals beyond just the pathogen, say Joshua Barocas and Monica Gandhi […]
Patients and carers views must be involved in the rollout of precision medicine
The sequencing of the human genome has begun to enhance our understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying chronic diseases, for example asthma. The twentieth century model of asthma management is […]
The hidden army: how a GP-patient volunteer group responded to covid-19
When the UK government declared a national lockdown on 23 March 2020 in response to escalating rates of covid-19, Elliott Hall Medical Centre (EHMC) was overwhelmed with calls from concerned […]
Michael Marmot: Post covid-19, we must build back fairer
A fair distribution of health and wellbeing have to be at the heart of building back fairer, say Michael Marmot and colleagues […]
Millie Perry: “Could you just try bleeding this patient for me please?”
I used to dread hearing that question on placement. This may seem ridiculous, for someone who was just 18 months away from becoming an FY1, when you are famously expected […]