Juliet Dobson: How gardens can improve health
We are lucky in BMA House to have a beautiful and well looked after garden. It is all the more of a luxury for being in the very centre of […]
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Ahmed Rashid on “Goldilocks Medicine”: the quest for “just right”
Week after week, NHS general practitioners receive messages about changes they should consider making to their clinical practice. These messages come from national and local guidelines, research papers, blogs, social […]
The BMJ Today: China, philanthropy, statistics, Minerva, and what your patient is thinking
• In his acclaimed weekly blog, Richard Lehman highlights a cluster of articles on healthcare in China. Acute kidney injury seems to be an emerging problem in China as many traditional herbal […]
The BMJ Today: The migration crisis, vaccine safety, and assisted dying
• The migration crisis and health in Europe Providing preventive care to “irregular migrants”—that is, those who do not have full legal status—as opposed to waiting until a condition must […]
The BMJ Today: Chillies and mortality, informed consent, and healthcare for Syrian refugees
• Is chilli good for your health? Jun Lv and colleagues report a large cohort study assessing the associations between the regular consumption of spicy foods and total and cause specific […]
The BMJ Today: What are doctors around the world up to?
The BMJ has reported a number of medical fraud cases in the US lately. An ophthalmologist in Florida who used to see 100 patients per day has been accused of making […]
The BMJ Today: Thinking about common and not so common conditions
• Pityriasis versicolor is a superficial fungal infection of the skin that is commonly seen in general practice. The latest practice pointer looks at its diagnosis, differential diagnosis, management, and […]
The BMJ Today: Are you worried about your cardiovascular risk?
• Sudden cardiac death is the main cause of medical death in athletes. Despite the fact that many cases of sudden cardiac death in athletes aged less than 35 are […]
The BMJ Today: Raising funds for the fight against Ebola
After a hiatus of more than 18 months, blogger Sandra Lako provides an update from Sierra Leone, where she has been working for the past nine years, improving access to […]
The BMJ Today: Editor’s delights
Self prescribing among doctors is legal and commonplace, but its potential problems have been recognised for many years, and regulators are increasingly taking a dim view, writes BMJ Careers editor […]