House M.D. 1.02: Denialism
Once you have read the plot, you will understand what I am going to deal with in this post. TheContinue Reading
Tag: Scientific Skepticism
Cochrane Students’ Journal Club: An Introduction
Why this Journal Club? Three simple reasons.. To provide students with an opportunity to critically read literature outside their keyContinue Reading
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IMGs in the USMLE, 2011 Match
Given the growing number of medical students from India who are taking the USMLE, terms like steps, match, scramble, haveContinue Reading
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Buck-teria!
First up, a disclaimer. I know one of the researchers who conducted this short study personally and professionally. I admireContinue Reading
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Valentine’s Day Special: John Hunter
In this special series, I will try to head up to Valentine’s Day with a series of posts to celebrateContinue Reading
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7th Annual Medical Weblogs Awards by Medgadgets: I’m A Finalist
I know. I can hardly believe it myself. All these days I have read Medgadget I hoped what it wouldContinue Reading
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Death Drug on the Death Row
In the lethal injections used to execute prisoners on the death row, one of the major components is an importantContinue Reading
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The Student BMJ Cartoons Wakefield
The Student BMJ is by far the most popular medical student publication in the world. It has just run aContinue Reading
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PLoS vs Nature: The Open Access Showdown
So, remember, a few days ago I had talked about the launch of an Open Access journal from the NPGContinue Reading
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Who Will Guard the Guardians?
In a grove of trees in the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, is a statueContinue Reading
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HINARI: A Slow and Silent Death?
The Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) was an endeavor of the WHO to promote access to information inContinue Reading
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Rifaximin in IBS: A Quick Fix?
This study published in the NEJM seems to have tackled the really dicey issue of unearthing a pharmacotherapeutic agent toContinue Reading
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Timing the Tab-late
The conventional wisdom states that the intake of thyroid hormone replacement is best when done in the morning, on anContinue Reading
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ASStronomically Bad Science
<start rant/> Regret the poor pun already, but if you are a BMJ-Christmas edition fan like me, you will haveContinue Reading
