Archive: 02/05/2018
No evidence of 'gaming' after death rates for bowel surgeons published
There is no evidence that publishing patient death rates for individual bowel surgeons in England has led to risk averse behaviour or 'gaming' of data, finds a study published by The BMJ today.
May 2, 2018
Harsher drug laws won't stop violence, argues former police chief
Harsher drug prohibition won't stop violence, argue Paul Whitehouse, former Chief Constable of Sussex Police, and Jason Reed at Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP UK) which supports drug policy reform, in The BMJ today.
May 2, 2018
Californians warned about risk from British Columbia oysters
California health officials say about 100 people statewide have contracted norovirus in the past week after eating raw oysters from British Columbia, Canada.
May 2, 2018
First US death in romaine lettuce E.coli outbreak (Update)
US health authorities on Wednesday reported the first death in an outbreak of E.coli bacteria in romaine lettuce that has sickened 121 people across the United States.
May 2, 2018
An ironic health care twist for undocumented immigrants
They're in the country illegally. Or maybe they had protected status before, but lost it due to policy changes by the current presidential administration.
May 2, 2018
The DES saga: Death risk high for young women exposed in utero
A letter from three University of Chicago researchers in this week's New England Journal of Medicine updates a 47-year-old series of reports on the risks of exposure during pregnancy to a supplement, diethylstilbestrol (DES), ...
May 2, 2018
Understanding fear of guilt key in better treating OCD
Advances in our understanding of the development and persistence of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have the potential to improve treatment according to a new study by the University of Waterloo.
May 2, 2018