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Mobile phones are possibly one of the most ubiquitous pieces of technology in the 21st century. In 2003 the Office of National Statistics reported that 75% of all adults in the UK owned or used a mobile phone, and Wikipedia estimates that the UK now has more mobile phones than people. Text messaging has been [...]
An orchestrated raid in ten countries has led to the arrest of several individuals behind online pharmacies that illegally sell unlicensed or prescription-only medicines. Dozens of residential and commercial addresses in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, the UK and the USA were searched by investigators and countless counterfeit drugs were seized, [...]
A recent study by Bryson et al. has found that moderate to severe alcohol misuse increases the likelihood that patients won’t take their medication properly. Many patients do not take their medications as often as they should – i.e. on at least 80% of the days they are supposed to. In fact, a recent study [...]
One in four 4-5 year old children and one in three 10-11 year olds in England are obese or overweight, according to data from the 2007/08 National Child Measurement Program published by the NHS Information Centre. The North East, the West Midlands and London are particular obesity blackspots, and boys are more likely to be [...]
Every year the British Medical Journal team get in the festive spirit with their Christmas issue, publishing zany or amusing research. This year is no exception, with a host of genuine research papers and rigorous scientific analyses guaranteed to make you giggle. Research articles in this week’s issue of BMJ include: Head bangers: stuck between [...]
In the recent US election, several pieces of legislation that aimed to limit reproductive rights were voted down. Colorado said no to the Definition of a person initiative that would have given fertilized eggs the same rights as humans, and California rejected a proposition that would have required parents to be notified when a patient [...]
Before a clinical trial can commence a protocol – a plan of exactly how a trial will be conducted – will be formulated. As part of the planning, the individuals undertaking the trial will calculate approximately how many patients need to take part for the results to be meaningful (the ‘sample size’) and prespecify which [...]
In sickness and in health has now moved from my old Blogger site to a spangly new WordPress site that forms part of my shiny personal website, www.helenjaques.co.uk. The blog should work pretty much the same as the old site and the RSS feed is still the same, so all you need to do is [...]
Today December 1st is World AIDS Day. As many as 33 million people worldwide are living with HIV, and there are 80,000 people with HIV in the UK. The aim of World AIDS Day is to raise awareness of the challenges and consequences of the epidemic – ultimately halting the spread of the HIV virus [...]