Taking personal responsibility for one's health is good, but cannot compensate for all the adverse social determinants. Whole Foods' John Mackey is way off the mark.
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Google launch a new citation monitoring service ... Read More »

How did GPs cope with the recent unrest in London? ... Read More »

NHS REFORM, AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, NUDGE THEORY ... Read More »

The quality of health care would eventually depend on how well the roles of the health care professional, health care facilities, medical advances and medical education are synchronized to supplement and support the central nature of faith and the hidden reality of mind-body-spirit medicine. ... Read More »

By 2020, an estimated 1.5 million people around the world will commit suicide every year. This is one of the claims made by the National Institute of Health’s latest international initiative ‘Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health’.
 
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On the morning report today one of our residents presented an interesting clinical case (from an academic point of view, of course); she had been intuitive by presenting a good list of differential diagnoses and case discussion; everyone on the meeting room were participating and we were ready for the final diagnosis to be ... Read More »

Now I’m not a designer label fanatic but if someone offered me Prada or Primark, I know which one I’d choose. The day I graduated from medical school was not only a momentous occasion because the five year slog had come to an end, but I also got to don one of King’s new Vivienne Westwood graduation gowns! ... Read More »

Experts in allergy, microbiology and home hygiene argued it out at the Wellcome Trust Debate on 30th June 2011...

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We’d all hoped for a dignified ascent to physicianhood, but getting through the foundation years can seem more like hurling yourself through a series of hoops. When did life as a junior doctor get so stressful (and I’m not talking about that patient in VF arrest on the ward)? Call me naïve, but I thought ... Read More »