I’ve never thought that much about water. I’m vaguely aware I should drink more of it. But that’s about it. Like most people who have the luxury, I take it […]
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Research highlights – 19 November 2010
“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 […]
David Nicholl: So what happened to Jannett?
Jannett is my patient, who I have been following up since last year when she presented with Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome. The diagnosis was not straightforward, but then neither has […]
David Payne: Safe planes and the night handover
Patient safety conference organisers are fond of the analogy between aviation and medicine. Former F18 pilot Steve Kreister addressed delegates attending the paediatrics day of Risky Business 2010 in London […]
Tracey Koehlmoos: From the first global symposium on health systems research
I must confess that I am at a meeting…again. This time I am at the long awaited First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. I am in Montreux with more […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Tops docs at NAPCRG
Britain’s top doctors. The headline caught my attention in the supplement to last Saturday’s “Times.” At a time when doctors seem under almost daily attack, it was good to see […]
Peter Lapsley: From minor to major
It is good to be able to report good news from time to time, doubly so when it is two pieces of good news rolled into one. The government’s decision […]
Sandra Lako on the prospects and challenges of a functioning x ray department
The Ola During Children’s Hospital is close to having the x ray unit up and running. This is very exciting especially since it has been 6 years since the last […]
Helen Jaques: Radiation – good or bad?
Radiation has received a mixed press since the discovery of x rays 115 years ago. Wilhelm Roentgen’s exciting new finding was initially thought to be beneficial for health and was […]
Hamish Meldrum on the health white paper
It’s four months since the Department of Health published its Health White Paper for England, during which time seven additional consultations have emerged, and hundreds of organisations have responded. But […]