Category: Medicine

28/05/2018

Well, this was the modest description of a ‘new’ way to test blood. Except it wasn’t. The reality distortion field…

14/05/2018

Science 21 June 2013: 1394-1399. For most alumni, university fundraising may seem to be uncoordinated and lacking in focus—an assortment…

10/05/2018

A beautifully written vignette in the NEJM by Abigail Luger Moving On | NEJM Now I’m the one contemplating a…

07/05/2018

My third issue is more nuanced. The biggest reason for cataract blindness is the dearth of ophthalmologists. Orthopaedic surgeons in…

01/05/2018

Article in Nature. I largely agree, although my views are as much based on the hype-upon-hype that characterises so much…

20/04/2018

“Why do doctors feel the need to do this? A study in The BMJ in 2015 suggested that there is…

19/04/2018

A "world renowned" consultant radiologist has been suspended from the medical register for six months after being convicted of failing…

17/04/2018

Modern medicine is full of doctors who are already robotic. But good medicine is like any other subject that requires…

09/04/2018

This article is about truck drivers in the US, where getting a license requires a big investment. The article states…

03/04/2018

Restaurants have also lagged behind retailers in offering “experiences”, as the trade jargon has it, rather than the usual broccoli.…