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Can being a patient help make a better doctor?
What happens when doctors are told they have chronic conditions? In this week’s BMJ three journalists meet three doctors with similar conditions to discuss the personal and professional implications of being both one of “us” and one of “them.” Mike Shooter, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has suffered... view more... (2003-06-12)
Media briefing - Space Policy: the EU and ESA Present Prospects for Further Co-operation The Green Paper on European Space Policy, and beyond
WHO? European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin European Space Agency Director-General, Antonio Rodot' view more (2003-01-23)
General Prize Shortlist Announced - Aventis Prizes for Science Books 2002
Schizophrenia, dust, scientific rivalry and life among the baboons of Africa are among the subjects covered in the shortlist for the General Prize of the Aventis Prizes for Science Books 2002. The shortlist for the General Prize, selected from 83 entries submitted this year, is: AEONS by Martin... view more... (2002-05-24)
Decision aids help patients choose best treatment options
Interactive decision aids improves patient knowledge and can help patients play a more active part in making decisions about their treatment, suggest two studies in this week's BMJ. In the first study, 205 women in the UK considering hormone replacement treatment were randomly given either normal clinical care or a computer-based interactive... view more... (2001-08-29)
Consciousness - the hardest problem in science
A Surrey scientist claims to have an answer to what is often considered to be the hardest problem in science (sometimes just known as the "Hard Problem"): why we are aware. Johnjoe McFadden, Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey, has previously proposed that consciousness is generated by the brain's electromagnetic... view more... (2002-09-05)
Aventis Prizes For Science Books - General Prize Shortlist Announced
Aliens, risk, human nature, networks, asymmetry and dark energy provide the inspiration for the books on the shortlist for the £10,000 General Prize of the Aventis Prizes for Science Books 2003. The shortlist for the General Prize, selected from 94 entries submitted this year, is: Small World by Mark Buchanan (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)... view more... (2003-05-28)
What determines consultation length?
Patients are satisfied with the care they receive from general practice, but often say that consultations are too short. A study in this week's BMJ finds that characteristics of patients have as much effect on consultation length as the characteristics of the doctor and the doctor's country. Researchers selected 190 general practitioners from six... view more... (2002-08-28)
Caltech visiting associate champions the study of solar eclipses in the modern era
Championing the modern-day use of solar eclipses to solve a set of modern problems is the goal of a review article written by Jay Pasachoff, visiting associate at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College. view more (2009-06-11)
Survey shows that scientists want training in communicating with the general public.
In a survey, commissioned by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, almost 60 per cent of researchers questioned said they have communicated with the general public but the majority had not received any specific training in this area. The findings of the survey coincide with an announcement that EPSRC is to offer researchers that... view more... (2002-03-21)
Treatment costs fall and quality improves when patients use self-treatment tools
Encouraging patients to become involved in providing their own care can reduce the cost and improve the quality of long-term medical treatment, say researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in PLoS Medicine this week. view more (2007-04-17)
Four public research organisation chiefs condemn the destruction of GMO crops
Open-field trials of genetically modified (GM) crop-plants are implemented only sparingly. This is done with due transparency and in the respect of strict regulations. They are initiated to meet one or other of the following objectives: obtain and evaluate fundamental knowledge on the biology of the plants concerned, guarantee the quality of plant... view more... (2004-10-08)
Doctors may omit information when copying letters to patients
From April 2004, patients will receive copies of all correspondence between clinicians working in the NHS as a matter of course. However, some doctors are worried about distressing patients by what they write and consequently tend to omit information, say researchers in this week's BMJ. Their study involved 76 new patients who attended two... view more... (2003-02-19)
Vitamin D can prevent fractures in older people
Vitamin D supplements reduce fractures in men and women aged over 65 living in the general community, finds a study in this week’s BMJ. view more (2003-02-26)
LOWER TEEN PREGNANCY RATES IN PRACTICES WITH YOUNG FEMALE DOCTORS
Hippisley-Cox and colleagues, from the Division of General Practice, University of Nottingham, looked at the numbers of teen pregnancies for each of the 826 general practices in the Trent region between 1994 and 1997. The Trent region has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the UK. view more (2000-03-21)
Breast cancer gene increases risk of several cancers in men
A genetic mutation implicated in an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancers also significantly increases the risk of pancreatic and prostate cancers in men, finds research in the Journal of Medical Genetics. view more (2005-09-02)
Childhood cancer survivors at increased risk of sarcoma
Survivors of childhood cancers have a ninefold increased risk of developing a secondary sarcoma—a cancer of connective or supportive tissue such as bone, fat, or muscle—compared with the general population. view more (2007-02-21)
No Evidence That Obese People Are At Higher Risk Of Complications After Surgery (pp 2001, 2032)
Results of a prospective study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that excluding obese people from surgery because of fears about postoperative complications is unjustified. Despite a lack of convincing evidence, obese people are thought to be at a higher risk of complications after surgery than those who are not obese. Pierre-Alain... view more... (2003-06-11)
Mass media campaigns can alter beliefs about back pain
New research in this week's BMJ finds that mass media campaigns can alter people's beliefs about back pain, improve knowledge and attitudes among doctors and reduce compensation claims for back problems. Researchers in Victoria, Australia measured the effectiveness of a state-wide public health campaign designed to alter beliefs about back pain.... view more... (2001-06-20)
The first 3-D map of the universe
By analyzing the COSMOS field, the largest field of galaxies ever observed with the Hubble space telescope, an international team of scientists led by researchers from the California Institute of Technology (United States) and researchers from the associated laboratories of the CNRS and the CEA , made the first three-dimensional map of dark matter... view more... (2007-03-05)
General anesthesia for hernia surgery in children and risk of later developmental problems
Children under the age of three who had hernia surgery showed almost twice the risk of behavioral or developmental problems later compared to children who had not undergone the surgery, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the College of Physicians and Surgeons. view more (2008-11-10)
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