South East Asia now has the fastest rising NCD rates of anywhere in the world […]
Responding effectively to NCDs is now the major healthcare challenge in South East Asia
Ceinwen Giles: Giving patients a cancer diagnosis—what we need is more time
Enabling patients to fully understand their diagnosis and treatment is something best done over a period of time, says Ceinwen Giles […]
David Gilbert: Why we need patient leaders
There’s not much point in training patient leaders unless there are meaningful opportunities for them in decision-making roles […]
Cervical cancer services are the next frontier for universal healthcare coverage in LMICs
We need sustained political commitment and strategic investments in cervical cancer prevention […]
Kieran Walsh: Cardiac arrests, catholic priests, and evidence-based clinical decision support
I used to work in a hospital that was run by nuns. Priests also had a role but they were very much in second place. The main job of the priest was to give last rites at cardiac arrests. Catholic priests give last rites to people who are dying—to cleanse them of their sins. Some […]
Amy Price on shared medical appointments—just say no
It is premature to identify this strategy as medically helpful without clear outcomes and clinical trials, says Amy Price […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—18 September 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Performance
As I discussed last week, skills and knowledge constitute the art and science of medicine. To these the General Medical Council, in the first domain in its document Working with Doctors; Working for Patients, adds “performance”. This suggests a modern reworking of an ancient construct, the trivium (implying eloquence) and the quadrivium (implying knowledge). The […]
Banalata Sen and Manu Gupta: Responding to India’s climate paradox of drought or deluge
Nearly all Indian towns and cities exist in a paradox: they are water scarce in dry seasons, yet prone to severe flooding during monsoons. Earlier this summer, the entire area of south India was parched, putting pressure on already dwindling water resources. Yet come this monsoon season, as the city of Mumbai was submerged after being […]
Jeni Miller: Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are not so natural disasters
Human decisions are ramping up the intensity and frequency of such storms and making their consequences worse […]