“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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Research highlights – 17 June 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. […]
Andrew Burd on meltdown at Guy’s
Each morning in Hong Kong I have a routine to check emails and visit a select number of websites to update myself on the world’s events. Naturally one of these websites is the BBC. And so it was this morning that my attention was drawn to a short video clip, which I predict may well […]
Andrew Burd on 21st century catches
A few weeks ago I received a parcel in the post. I unwrapped it with care and found it was a book. A very interesting book actually, entitled Oculoplasty – Innovative Simpler Techniques. This book can be found on Amazon. It was written by an internet friend, Hemant Mehta. I have never actually met Hemant […]
Peter Lapsley: Temporary disabled badges
Now that I no longer have an axe to grind (recovery from the revision surgery on last year’s failed whole hip replacement appears to be going well), I would be interested in doctors’ reactions to the argument for the introduction of temporary disabled badges. During the six months I waited for surgery, I was in […]
Research highlights – 10 June 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. […]
Andrew Burd on the globalisation of medical education
I have just returned from Shantou in Southern China where I was attending an international conference on medical education. The conference was hosted by Shantou University and was attended by delegates from 10 of the world’s leading medical schools, all of whom have benefited from the wonderful philanthropy of Sir Li Ka-Shing. Shantou University Medical […]
Research highlights – 3 June 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. […]
Cheryl Rofer: Increased cancer risks from radiation for workers and children in Japan
I’ve finally gotten to where I’ve wanted to be in working through Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation (BEIR) VII: capable of evaluating radiation doses at Fukushima in terms of health risk. I would have liked to have been able to evaluate the radiation readings at various places around Japan in terms of health risk, but […]
Research highlights – 27 May 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. […]