Damian Counsel has posted a link to a Pubmed abstract which attempts to cast a light on the relative importance of the width versus length. Of course, the first thing one should do with any study is read the method. Helpfully, the full paper is available free at PubMed Central. Here is the method section:
To [...]
That’s a measles virion. He used to kill children in the UK.
Due to the best efforts of maverick members of the scientific community, sensationalist media reporting, and the continuing efforts of some scientifically illiterate journalists, he’s back.
And he has killed.
Asaria and MacMahon have published a clinical review of measles in the BMJ, which reviews all [...]
Like any health professional I take an interest in the actions of my regulatory body. It isn’t exactly the most exciting of material for the general reader, but today’s report in The Times makes interesting reading. I suppose that any lawyers reading this, may have extreme sympathy for the lawyer representing the defendent. Just to [...]
Eve Garrard, who occassionally blogs here, has an interesting piece on Normblog in response to Oliver Kamm’s suggestion that:
Euthanasia must remain illegal, because doctor-assisted suicide is a contravention of what the medical profession exists for.
Pharmagossip draws my attention to news in The New York Times about Pfizer’s inhaled insulin product, Exubera:
Pfizer also said today it was postponing the widespread rollout of Exubera, its inhaled insulin, until January — more than six months after federal regulators approved the drug. Exubera, which analysts had predicted would be a blockbuster, now appears [...]
Some of the middle class may have been pleased to discover their descendents may benefit from bigger willies and perter breasts in the future as a result of the news story heavily covered by the BBC and other news agencies.
Think again.
Did I really type again? That assumes they thought the first time.
That link is [...]
A Labour MP, and Alistair Campbell, are not happy about how they have been duped into supporting a cancer pressure group industry sales drive:
Dr Gibson said he understood the campaign was about equal access to cancer treatment across Europe, but he did not know the sole funder was Roche, the world’s biggest manufacturer of cancer [...]
Experience working in a pharmacy.
At the weekend I was in Belgium, after presenting some research at the International Society of Pharmacovigilance’s conference in Leige. On the way back we popped into The Atomium. Here’s some video and photographs I grabbed.
If you find that a bit too relaxing, you can watch someone hanging onto the outside of the structure [...]