The Swedish randomised controlled trial on mammography screening has been properly designed, conducted and analysed
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Nyström, L. Tags: Letters Source Type: research
Intubation trauma and the head and neck surgeon: issues with a shared airway
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Montgomery, J., Melia, L., ODonnell, N., MacKenzie, K. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
No transformation without reconciliation
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Source: JRSM - November 25, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Abbasi, K. Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research
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Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: Events Source Type: research
Death Notices
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Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: Death Notices Source Type: research
From JRSM Open
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Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: From & lt;I gt;JRSM Open lt;/I Source Type: research
Therapeutic fashion and publication bias: the case of anti-arrhythmic drugs in heart attack
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Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Hampton, J. Tags: From the James Lind Library Source Type: research
Ethnic variations in morbidity and mortality from lower respiratory tract infections: a retrospective cohort study
Conclusions
Substantial differences in the rates of lower respiratory tract infections amongst different ethnic groups in Scotland were found. Pakistani men and women had particularly high rates of lower respiratory tract infection hospitalisation. The reasons behind the high rates of lower respiratory tract infection in the Pakistani community are now required. (Source: JRSM)
Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Simpson, C. R., Steiner, M. F., Cezard, G., Bansal, N., Fischbacher, C., Douglas, A., Bhopal, R., Sheikh, A., on behalf of the SHELS researchers Tags: Research Source Type: research
Factors influencing junior doctors' choices of future specialty: trends over time and demographics based on results from UK national surveys
Conclusions
The increasing importance of both domestic circumstances and enthusiasm for their specialty choice in recent cohorts suggest that today’s young doctors prize both work-life balance and personal fulfilment at work more highly than did their predecessors. The differences in motivations of older and younger generations of doctors, men and women, and doctors who start medical school relatively late are worthy of note. (Source: JRSM)
Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Smith, F., Lambert, T. W., Goldacre, M. J. Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Climate change, conflict and health
Future climate change is predicted to diminish essential natural resource availability in many regions and perhaps globally. The resulting scarcity of water, food and livelihoods could lead to increasingly desperate populations that challenge governments, enhancing the risk of intra- and interstate conflict. Defence establishments and some political scientists view climate change as a potential threat to peace. While the medical literature increasingly recognises climate change as a fundamental health risk, the dimension of climate change-associated conflict has so far received little attention, despite its profound health...
Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Bowles, D. C., Butler, C. D., Morisetti, N. Tags: Review Source Type: research
The importance of being NICE
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Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Rid, A., Littlejohns, P., Wilson, J., Rumbold, B., Kieslich, K., Weale, A. Tags: Essay Source Type: research
Communication with patients before and after diagnostic tests
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Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Mackie, S., Frank, A. Tags: Letter Source Type: research
Is it time to re-appraise the weekend effect?
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Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Potluri, R. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Climate change and conflict: more than a fashionable association with health
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Source: JRSM - October 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Abbasi, K. Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research
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Source: JRSM - September 10, 2015 Category: UK Health Tags: Events Source Type: research
