I have volunteered for CHIVA Africa since 2005 and have seen many changes take place with the rollout of antiretrovirals (ARVs) in KwaZulu Natal (KZN). When I compare my early […]
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Chris Ham on general practice in Australia
If familiarity breeds contempt, then distance lends perspective. This much I learned – or remembered – on a recent visit to Australia. Invited to give the keynote address at the […]
Richard Smith: Now happiness is declared a disease
The number of diseases seems to be increasing dramatically with the arrival of conditions like social phobia, attention deficit disorder, chronic procrastination syndrome, and female sexual arousal disorder. Now this […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 8 November 2010
JAMA 3 Nov 2010 Vol 304 There is no suggestion in any of the numerous works of PG Wodehouse that Jeeves might have suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, and we may […]
Louise Kenny: Gemelitos
What with being caught up in the whirlwind of Hurricane Agatha, sinkholes, volcanic eruptions, and the daily grind of life as a doctor, it has been a while since I’ve […]
Domhnall MacAuley: The SCAR project. Surviving cancer. Absolute reality.
Ambling along a New York street, a poster grabbed me by the throat. A young woman with a mastectomy scar and pregnant.* “Breast cancer is not a pink ribbon,” it […]
Desmond O’Neill reviews “Taking the keys away”
If geriatricians had a pound for every time an adult child said that it wasn’t safe for their older parent to go home from hospital, their financial standing would improve […]
Research highlights – 5 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 […]
James Raftery: What’s happening with NICE? The cancer drugs fund and “value based pricing”
The reports that NICE is to be stripped of its powers to recommend against NHS use of drugs prompts questions about the Coalition Government’s health plans. Some indication of what […]
Richard Smith: informed and uniformed consent
Informed consent has degenerated from an important and respectful act to a cumbersome, meaningless regulatory process that impedes research. That bluntly is the opinion of many researchers, and so a […]