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The Lancet
- [Editorial] The gender plight of humanitarian aid
World Humanitarian Day, which takes place on Aug 19 each year, celebrates the efforts of humanitarian aid workers operating in war-torn, resource deprived, or disease-affected settings to sustain huma … - [Correspondence] Coroners' investigations of stillbirths
As a practising senior coroner and a physician, we were surprised by the immediate positive stance taken in by the Editors1 on the topic of progress in investigating stillbirths. The UK Government … - [Editorial] Reaching critical mass on mass shootings
In just over a week, a spate of mass shootings devastated the USA: in Gilroy, CA, on July 28, 2019, three people were killed and 12 injured at a festival; in El Paso, TX, on Aug 3, 22 were killed and … - [Obituary] Marshall Leonard Marinker
General practitioner with a creative influence. He was born in London, UK, on March 2, 1930, and died there from the complications of leukaemia on June 10, 2019, aged 89 years. - [Correspondence] Prepregnancy calcium supplementation and pre-eclampsia
In their multicentre, randomised controlled trial, G Justsus Hofmeyr and colleagues1 showed that prepregnancy or early pregnancy calcium supplementation led to a significant reduction in recurrent pre …
New England Journal of Medicine
- Mike’s Labels
New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 381, Issue 7, Page 600-601, August 2019. - BRCA2 in Ovarian Development and Function
New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 381, Issue 7, Page 690-690, August 2019. - Alpelisib for PIK3CA-Mutated Advanced Breast Cancer
New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 381, Issue 7, Page 686-687, August 2019. - Cholesterol Crystal Embolization after Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement
New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 381, Issue 7, Page 655-655, August 2019. - Case 25-2019: A 41-Year-Old Pregnant Woman with Abdominal Pain
New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 381, Issue 7, Page 656-664, August 2019.
BMJ
- Sixty seconds on . . . ice lollies
Have you looked outside? Summer’s overThese lollies aren’t designed to cool you down on a hot day: they’re for postoperative patients.After having their tonsils out?No, although some evidence shows… … - Former patients of Derbyshire psychiatric unit will be compensated for experimental treatment
Dozens of former patients at a psychiatric hospital who claim that they were experimented on by being held down and given sodium amytal as children in the 1960s and ’70s will receive compensation in.. … - Kashmir communications blackout is putting patients at risk, doctors warn
Doctors have warned that the current situation in Indian administered Kashmir, where the government has imposed a security lockdown and communications blackout, is preventing people from seeking… … - Raising and responding to frontline concerns in healthcare
The independent inquiry into Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust announced in June 20191 is the culmination of a well worn path. Concerns about care are raised and ignored, staff are denigrated or… … - Will a new doctor emerge from Sierra Leone’s Ebola epidemic?
When James Swarray, a health officer in Sierra Leone, stepped into the red zone on his first day at the Moyamba Ebola clinic, he wondered if this was the end.“The victims of the Ebola virus were… …
JAMA
- Meditation App Improves Attention in Young Adults
Healthy young adults had significant improvements in sustained attention on cognitive tasks after using a meditation-inspired mobile app for 6 weeks in a recent randomized clinical trial, which appear … - Detecting Circulating Tumor Cells Through the Skin
Today’s methods of detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood are hampered by poor sensitivity, which limits the so-called liquid biopsies’ usefulness for catching low-level CTCs present before … - Bringing It Home: The Shift in Where Health Care Is Delivered
Many health care organizations give little more than lip service to becoming “patient-centered.” Perhaps it’s because our legal and regulatory environments preclude true system transformation that foc … - Blood Pressure and Dementia
Alzheimer disease and related dementias affect nearly 10% of US adults older than 65 years. With an aging population, the prevalence of dementia is likely to increase, adding to the enormous burden on … - Offering Emergency Buprenorphine Without a Prescription
This Viewpoint argues that buprenorphine be made available without prescription behind the counter at retail pharmacies with age and quantity restrictions similar to those used for pseudoephedrine, an …
