In this proof-of-concept study, cervical vertebral discs were removed from cadavers and transplanted into matched patients with degenerative disease of the cervical spine. […]
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Ann Intern Med 20 Mar 2007
This Dutch hospital-based study derives a clinical prediction rule called CHIP for the use of computed tomography in patients with minor head injury, […]
Fungus of the Week: Pleurotus eryngii
This is a fungus of climates warmer than the British, and has long been collected in southern Europe, where it is found in association with the sea-hollies or Eryngium species […]
Surgeons warn of MTAS interviews’ impact on NHS
The Royal College of Surgeons has warned that the plans to offer all applicants on round one of the MTAS application process an interview will have a detrimental knock-on effect […]
BMA pulls out of MTAS talks
The BMA has pulled out of talks on the review of MTAS. Proposals issued by the review group last night would have limited each junior doctor to just one interview […]
No news…could be good news?
Despite a meeting of the MTAS review group yesterday, there’s been a deathly silence from the Department of Health on its progress. All that the BMA – one of the […]
Patience, patients
Handwashing talks are the same the world over. Last time I wrote about handwashing, I got my wrists slapped by my colleagues in infection control. […]
MTAS row hits Westminster
The government’s Modernising Medical Careers agenda, following the MTAS march at the weekend, hit Westminster yesterday as health secretary Patricia Hewitt faced questioning from MPs led by Conservative health spokesman […]
Plant of the Week: Narcissus pseudo-narcissus
Wordsworth’s poem about daffodils, I wandered lonely as a cloud, has divided opinion ever since it was first published in 1807. […]
Arch Intern Med 12 Mar 2007 Vol 167
Longevity is a subject which has interested people from the dawn of history. […]