“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 papers and accompanying articles. […]
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Tony Waterston: Rain and refugees in Ramallah
In Ramallah in January, the talk is only of delight over the much needed heavy rain, even though it comes with biting cold and a strong mountain wind. For British visitors leaving the warmest autumn in decades it is a shock and in the auditorium for the graduation even the speakers wore overcoat and gloves. […]
Research highlights – 13 January 2012
“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 papers and accompanying articles. […]
Research highlights – 6 January 2012
“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 papers and accompanying articles. […]
BMJ covers get everywhere: Excessive crying in infants 2
“BMJ covers get everywhere” is a new blog we have launched featuring humorous photos of BMJ covers sent in by our readers. Please submit your photos to JDobson@bmj.com, or send a twitpic to @bmj_latest. Look at the blog at bmj.com/blogs Excessive crying in infants Photo taken by Rhona Dornan […]
Stephen Ginn: Military medicine
War may not be good for much, but it has proved to be an effective incubator for innovation. I’m not just talking about the Slinky: the development of nylon, polythene, and aerosol sprays also benefitted from conflict. The urgency of war has also lead to many of the most important innovations in medicine. It was […]
BMJ covers get everywhere: Excessive crying in infants
“BMJ covers get everywhere” is a new blog we have launched featuring humorous photos of BMJ covers sent in by our readers. Please submit your photos to JDobson@bmj.com, or send a twitpic to @bmj_latest. Look at the blog at bmj.com/blogs Excessive crying in infants Photo taken by @mellojonny […]
Vasiliy Vlassov: Russia’s new healthcare law
President Medvedev recently signed a new healthcare law. This is the final step of enacting the legislation in Russia. It has taken 13 months to get from the first draft of the bill to it being signed in—a record length of time in Putin’s Russia, where laws usually run through the legislators’ house in a […]
Research highlights – 16 December 2011
” “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 papers and accompanying articles. […]
Peter Lapsley: A gap to be closed?
It seems clear that the determined campaign to prevent healthcare-acquired MRSA within the NHS is paying substantial dividends. The financial year from April 2010 to March 2011 saw a reduction of 22% in reported cases of MRSA bacteraemia, and a 50% reduction against those reported for the year 2008/9. That “determined campaign” has included pre-op […]