There is a very interesting in-depth series in the New York Times on the benefits and dangers of the use of buprenorphine to treat opioid addiction. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/health/in-demand-in-clinics-and-on-the-street-bupe-can-be-savior-or-menace.html Buprenorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid that has become a major treatment option for those who are addicted and dependent on opioids. At the same time it has itself […]
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Injury prevention professionals 70% more likely to be injured than the general population (???)
This surprising finding by Mariana Brussoni in BC and colleagues in Wales rings true with me; in the last 20 or so years I have had a fractured nose from being doored, a fractured clavicle from having fallen down stairs at Sydney Airport (or was I pushed?), and a fractured heel from a fall in […]
Road use and the vision-impaired pedestrian
I was shocked to read in a recent media release by the Guide Dogs of Australia that half their vision impaired and blind clients had a near miss with a vehicle whilst they tried to cross the road at some time in the past five years, with 1 in 15 clients reporting they had actually […]
Is Cycling Safe?
As an avid cyclist myself, I was fascinated by a recent article in the New York Times titled, “How Safe Is Cycling? It’s Hard to Say.” The article touches on several fascinating points. The first is that we don’t have good data to give us an indication of exactly how dangerous cycling is compared to […]
E-bikes and injury prevention
The ever-problematic struggle between mobility and safety is not exclusive to motorised jurisdictions such as Australia or the United States. Indeed emerging evidence suggests that developing nations are particularly vulnerable as they struggle to develop, implement and enforce road rule strategies to minimise risks to safety whilst maximising the nation’s mobility. Whilst worldwide the demand for […]
Open access: I told you so
I have often inveighed against open access journals, or at least urged readers of this blog to be alert to predatory journals. Recently Retraction Watch posted an item from Science that greatly strengthens my concerns. The posting describes a paper sent to over 300 OA journals that was accepted by over one half. The only […]
The oft-forgotten ally: Patients and injury prevention
Unfortunately I have had the recent pleasure of injuring myself – not through any heroic activity such as lifting a crashed car off a small child, but, good grief, simply through removing an article of clothing – and to prevent a similar injury I had been counselled by those in the know that surgery was my only […]
Impact factor revisited
I have made my feelings about the impact factor well known but still, far too many cling to it as if it were some sort of holy grail. Now it seems I was both wrong and right: it appears to be both deeply flawed but better than any of the alternatives. Readers should weigh in […]
Jackson obituary in Daily Telegraph
As promised, this is an excerpt from an obituary for Hugh Jackson that appeared over the weekend and which was sent to me by Mike Hayes. The link to the full obituary is: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10378427/Hugh-Jackson.html “Hugh Jackson, the paediatrician, who has died aged 95, campaigned to prevent injury in children, contributing to such causes as childproof packaging […]
People in the news; Hugh Jackson, OBE –
Earlier today I received an email from the journal’s founding associate editor, Mike Hayes, informing me that Hugh Jackson had died. He was well into his nineties but when I last spoke to him a few months ago he was lucid and well informed. When the journal began I wanted Honorary Editors who had been […]