Anticoagulation in patients with microbleeds and TPA for stroke beyond 3 hours The 3rd World Congress on Controversies in Neurology, held in Prague October 8-11, used an all-debate format to […]
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Richard Smith at last has access to his medical records online
At last I have online access to my medical records. I wrote a blog some six months ago about how a talk by Harold Shipman’s successor had convinced me that […]
Tony Waterston on an inspirational lunch
Can a book launch set the mind afire? Unlikely – sounds more a chance to get cheap copies and the author’s autograph and maybe some nice canapés. But the launch […]
Oliver Ellis on ivory towers and elevator music
I had the good fortune to attend the Don and Dusted debate at the British Library on Wednesday (9 October). Up for debate was whether traditional scholarly work, where dons […]
Tom Nolan on flu: A lucky break
England’s chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson can sound gloomy and pessimistic but he sounded very upbeat in this week’s swine flu update, saying: “We may have got a lucky […]
Louise Kenny: Flying solo
After the blow to my confidence last week with obstetrics patients, I have developed a healthy fear of the uterus and have understandably been reluctant to see ante-natal, labouring, or […]
Georg Röggla at the 45th meeting of the EASD
The 45th annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) took place in Vienna, Austria, from September 30th to October 2nd The town centre and all […]
Tessa Richards: Jobs for health
As UK participants returned from last week’s European Health Forum in Gastein (read more), Austria, newspaper headlines calling for “Cuts in wasteful NHS bureaucracy” and “Pay freezes for high earners” […]
Joe Collier says good riddance to old-fashioned respect
I have never liked the idea of showing respect for people simply because of their social standing. I am in favour of treating people with respect in a general sort […]
Julian Sheather: Our daily bread
A few days ago I was reading an account by a journalist of a visit he had made to the refugee camps on the Nord pas de Calais coast just […]