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Richard Smith: A crime against knowledge
Firsthand personal experience of a great crime can make it real in a way that full intellectual understanding will not. Spend two hours in close contact with an African AIDS […]
Joe Collier on the need for ‘oholisms’
From the outside, most people appear to conduct themselves in a normal, essentially humdrum, manner. However, in many (possibly most) of us there are odd, and often secret, compulsive behavioural […]
Fiona Godlee: Why we’ve joined 10:10
I’ve just signed up, on behalf of the BMJ Group, to a commitment to cut our carbon footprint by 10% by the end of 2010. For more information on the […]
Helen Carnaghan: ENT is like a lady’s handbag – you never know what you might find!
I am now working in the department of ear, nose and throat (ENT) and I have come across my all time favourite medical saying: “A thyroid is like a lady’s […]
Tom Nolan: Swine flu estimated to be 100 times more virulent than seasonal flu
PLOS Currents: Influenza is a journal with a difference. Mixing features of a journal with those of blogs and discussion forums it’s bound to ruffle some feathers. It describes itself […]
Tom Nolan: The flu will be back after the break
Two swine flu call centres in England will close on Sunday with the loss of 1200 jobs reports The Guardian. Demand for Tamiflu has plummeted: it peaked on 27 July […]
Louise Kenny: Two men down and a ’99 flake
I’ve spent the last week relaxing in Antigua, Guatemala, hauling myself through 6 hours of Spanish lessons a day in a last minute attempt to quell the panic before I […]
Joe Collier: How spells and trances aid learning
Over the years I have sat through plenty of lectures that have been plain awful. There have also been those which simply glued me to my seat, where time flew […]
Helen Macdonald on swabs, tips, and a flu game
Is there anything new about swine flu? The Department of Health update revealed an interesting finding this week. The Guardian reports; “One of the odder aspects of the latest data […]