est Exploring the Obstacles and Opportunities for Expanded UK-Latin American Trade and Investment By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:40:01 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 14 January 2020 - 8:30am to 11:00am Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE Trade and investment between the UK and Latin America is woefully underdeveloped. Latin America’s agricultural powerhouses Brazil and Argentina only accounted for a total of 1.6% of the UK’s agricultural market across eight sectors in 2018, all of those areas in which Argentina and Brazil have substantial comparative advantages. Conversely, UK exports to the large Latin American economies remain far below their potential. To cite a few examples, in 2018 in the electrical equipment sector, the UK only exported $95.7 million of those products to Brazil, making the ninth largest economy in the world only the 42nd export market for those goods from the UK; Mexico only imported $91.4 million of UK-made electrical goods, placing it directly behind Brazil as UK’s market for those goods.As we look to the future, any improvement to the relationship will depend on two factors: 1) how the UK leaves the EU and 2) whether Latin American agricultural producers can improve their environmental practices and can meet the production standards established by the EU and likely maintained by a potential post-Brexit Britain.In the first meeting of the working group, Chatham House convened a range of policymakers, practitioners and academics to explore this topic in depth, identify the key issues driving this trend, and begin to consider how improvements might best be made. Subsequent meetings will focus on specific sectors in commerce and investment.We would like to thank BTG Pactual, Cairn Energy plc, Diageo, Equinor, Fresnillo Management Services, HSBC Holdings plc and Wintershall Dea for their generous support of the Latin America Initiative. Event attributes Chatham House Rule Department/project US and the Americas Programme, Latin America Initiative US and Americas Programme Email Full Article
est Webinar: Does COVID-19 Spell the End of America's Interest in Globalization? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:40:01 +0000 Research Event 19 May 2020 - 2:00pm to 3:00pmAdd to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Dr Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New AmericaProfessor Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy SchoolChair: Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, Director, US and Americas Programme, Chatham House This event is part of the US and Americas Programme Inaugural Virtual Roundtable Series on the US and the State of the World and will take place virtually only. Please note this event is taking place between 2pm to 3pm BST. US and Americas Programme Email Department/project US and the Americas Programme Full Article
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est No immediate COVID-19 real estate hit, say players By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:06:38 -0500 Local real estate players say it could take years for the sector to recover from the economic fallout brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. While local estimates were unavailable, the international real estate market is projecting a decline from US$... Full Article
est Windrush Film Festival to feature young talent By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:09:06 -0500 Emerging film-makers will have the opportunity to produce a short film based on the theme ‘My Windrush Story – What Windrush Means to Me’ as part of the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCFF), which will be held later this year as part of Black... Full Article
est Investigations continue into St Andrew double murder By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:32:11 -0500 Investigations continue into the murder of two men, who were shot in Swallowfield, St. Andrew yesterday evening. The incident occurred at about 6:00 p.m. Our news team understands that a Nissan AD wagon, carrying men armed with... Full Article
est Kazakhstan: Tested by Transition By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 09:45:01 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 28 November 2019 - 1:30pm to 3:30pm Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE Event participants Annette Bohr, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham HouseKassymkhan Kapparov, Founder, Economist.kzJoanna Lillis, Reporter, The Guardian, The Economist and The IndependentKate Mallinson, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham HouseDossym Satpayev, Director, Kazakhstan Risk Assessment Group; Member of the Presidium, Kazakhstan Council on International RelationsChair: James Nixey, Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House At face value at least, Central Asia’s wealthiest state has embarked on a bold experiment following the March 2019 decision by its founding father and long-standing ruler, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to resign from the presidency and initiate a managed political succession. A generational transition of this nature, untried in other former Soviet republics, brings with it high stakes. As well as seeking to secure his own legacy, having dominated the country since before independence in 1991, Nazarbayev wants to ensure Kazakhstan does not depart from the course he has set while safeguarding Kazakhstan’s stability in the context of multiple and evolving domestic and international challenges. But this is easier said than done. Is Kazakhstan ready for the challenges of the future? This event marks the launch of Chatham House’s major report Kazakhstan: Tested by Transition. Department/project Russia and Eurasia Programme Anna Morgan Administrator, Ukraine Forum +44 (0)20 7389 3274 Email Full Article
est Kazakhstan: Tested by Transition By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:22:01 +0000 27 November 2019 A partial handover of political power through an orchestrated transition takes Kazakhstan into uncharted territory. Will it be able to pursue modernization and reform, and break from its authoritarian past? Read online Download PDF Annette Bohr Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme Dr Nigel Gould-Davies Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House @Nigelgd1 Google Scholar Kate Mallinson Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme @Kate_Mallinson1 James Nixey Director, Russia and Eurasia Programme @jamesnixey Birgit Brauer Analyst, Writer and Journalist Covering Central Asia Nargis Kassenova Senior Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University Joanna Lillis Kazakhstan-Based Journalist Reporting on Central Asia Dosym Satpayev Independent Political Analyst and the Director of the Kazakhstan Risks Assessment Group Kazakhstan: Tested by Transition Kazakhstan is at a turning point in its history. At face value, at least, Central Asia’s wealthiest state has embarked on a bold experiment following the March 2019 decision by its founding father and long-standing ruler, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to resign from the presidency and initiate a managed political succession. A generational transition of this nature, untried in other former Soviet republics, brings with it high stakes. As well as looking to secure his own legacy, having dominated the country since before independence in 1991, Nazarbayev seeks to ensure Kazakhstan does not depart from the course he has set, while safeguarding regime stability in the context of multiple and evolving domestic and international challenges. This is easier said than done.The uncertainty around this project is substantial, especially considering a ‘rowback’ decree just seven months after Nazarbayev’s resignation, limiting the powers of his anointed successor, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. How long can Tokayev credibly remain president considering such a transparent undermining of his authority? Is Nazarbayev, in fact, grooming his daughter, Dariga Nazarbayeva, another relative or a power player from outside the family for the leadership in the longer term? Will the ‘Kazakh tandem’ of Nazarbayev and Tokayev function effectively, or will tensions and conflicts arise between them as many claim is happening already? How will the leadership cope with the protest mood now manifest on the streets of Kazakhstan, and address the political and socio-economic grievances fuelling this discontent? How might the political transition play out if Nazarbayev were to suddenly exit the political scene altogether?And what is the long-term transition plan for the time when Nazarbayev has departed, and how effective will it be?As Kazakhstan enters uncharted territory, the purpose of this report is twofold. First, to make the case for the West to devote more attention to Kazakhstan. The country’s relative importance in Central Asia, and as the constant focus of intense attention from China and Russia, suggests that the West is wrong to direct so little time and diplomatic effort and so few resources towards it. This is not so much a miscalculation (that would be to assume there had been a calculation in the first place) as a misstep through neglect, presupposing that the future will resemble the present – with Kazakhstan remaining stable internally, relatively inconsequential geopolitically but nevertheless a friendly ally to the West. In fact, the country’s trajectory over the next few years is of potentially strategic import. This is because even its political semi-transition presents the West with a rare opportunity to push back against the global rise of authoritarianism, in a state that is open to rational argument and economic logic.The second function of the report is to serve as a well-intentioned message to the leadership of Kazakhstan. The research undertaken by the report’s eight authors shows that Kazakhstan is at risk of failing to achieve the goals its leadership has set for the country. As significant as it has been, the partial stepping aside of Nazarbayev by no means guarantees the modernization and renewal that he and his successor have promised. Far deeper political, economic and social reforms will be needed if Kazakhstan is to meet the growing challenges to its stability, prosperity and development. Street protests since Nazarbayev’s resignation have demonstrated a level of popular disaffection far higher than the authorities acknowledge. The leadership needs to bridge the disconnect between the rulers and the ruled and start listening to its people.To avoid slipping into decline, and to resist external pressures and geopolitical overtures that could diminish the sovereignty that its leadership is so determined to safeguard, Kazakhstan needs new faces – innovators and reformers – throughout every level of the administration, as well as new ideas. This report is intended to help with the ‘ideas’ part of that proposition. It also includes a series of recommendations for Western governments and institutions and for the Kazakhstan government. Department/project Russia and Eurasia Programme, Internal Dynamics and External Interests in Central Asia Full Article
est Russia's Imperial Nostalgia: Implications for the West By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:50:01 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 31 January 2020 - 11:00am to 12:30pm Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE Event participants Sergei Medvedev, Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Higher School of Economics (Moscow) Vladimir Putin’s goal of restoring Russia’s status as a great power has led to an aggressive foreign policy and confrontation with its immediate neighbours as well as Western countries.Sergei Medvedev, author of The Return of the Russian Leviathan, will discuss the forces shaping Russian politics and society today as well as how a nostalgia for empire – still widespread in contemporary Russia - has shaped Moscow’s foreign policy.Attendance at this event is by invitation only. Event attributes Chatham House Rule Department/project Russia and Eurasia Programme, Russian Foreign Policy, The Drivers of Russian Foreign Policy Anna Morgan Administrator, Ukraine Forum +44 (0)20 7389 3274 Email Full Article
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est Unlocking Finance for Clean Energy: The Need for 'Investment Grade' Policy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 09 May 2011 07:50:50 +0000 1 December 2009 Kirsty Hamilton Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme LinkedIn As the international community looks to the period beyond the UN Copenhagen agreements on climate change, attention is focusing on the finance for implementing global emissions reductions on the ground. The requirement for significantly scaled-up investment into the solutions to climate change is a central issue, often characterized as investment flows into 'low carbon technologies'.This paper draws on five years of insights from mainstream financiers leading the exponential growth in renewable energy investment, and key issues for policy-makers seeking to foster conditions for even greater investment are identified. Related documents Programme Paper - Unlocking Finance for Clean Energypdf | 320.15 KB Department/project Energy, Environment and Resources Programme Full Article
est The Impacts of the Demand for Woody Biomass for Power and Heat on Climate and Forests By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 10:52:15 +0000 23 February 2017 Although most renewable energy policy frameworks treat biomass as carbon-neutral at the point of combustion, biomass emits more carbon per unit of energy than most fossil fuels. Download PDF Duncan Brack Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme @DuncanBrack Google Scholar 2017-02-15-woody-biomass-climate-forests-brack.jpg Fuel composed of wood chips to be used for the UEM (Usine d’Electricité de Metz) biomass plant in Metz, eastern France. Photo: Getty Images. SummaryThe use of wood for electricity generation and heat in modern (non-traditional) technologies has grown rapidly in recent years, and has the potential to continue to do so.The EU has been, and remains, the main global source of demand, as a result of its targets for renewable energy. This demand is largely met by its own forest resources and supplemented by imports from the US, Canada and Russia.Countries outside the EU, including the US, China, Japan and South Korea, have the potential to increase the use of biomass (including agricultural residues as well as wood), but so far this has not taken place at scale, partly because of the falling costs of competing renewables such as solar PV and wind. However, the role of biomass as a system balancer, and its supposed ability, in combination with carbon capture and storage technology, to generate negative emissions, seem likely to keep it in contention in the future.Although most renewable energy policy frameworks treat biomass as though it is carbon-neutral at the point of combustion, in reality this cannot be assumed, as biomass emits more carbon per unit of energy than most fossil fuels. Only residues that would otherwise have been burnt as waste or would have been left in the forest and decayed rapidly can be considered to be carbon-neutral over the short to medium term.One reason for the perception of biomass as carbon-neutral is the fact that, under IPCC greenhouse gas accounting rules, its associated emissions are recorded in the land use rather than the energy sector. However, the different ways in which land use emissions are accounted for means that a proportion of the emissions from biomass may never be accounted for.In principle, sustainability criteria can ensure that only biomass with the lowest impact on the climate are used; the current criteria in use in some EU member states and under development in the EU, however, do not achieve this as they do not account for changes in forest carbon stock.Also see Woody Biomass for Power and Heat: Impacts on the Global Climate, which assesses the impact of the use of biomass for energy on greenhouse gas emissions, how these are accounted for under international climate accounting rules, and analyses the sustainability criteria currently in use and under development to minimise negative impacts. Department/project Energy, Environment and Resources Programme, The Environmental Impact of the Use of Biomass for Power and Heat Full Article
est Isha Blender opens up about loss of her son - Shares the heartbreaking tale in latest track ‘I Wish’ By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 00:17:11 -0500 REGGAE ARTISTE Isha Blender is still coming to terms with the loss of her son, Josiah, on January 5, a mere two days after she celebrated her birthday. The daughter of legendary crooner Everton Blender said the death of a child can be one of the... Full Article
est Inner Circle to create song from winning poem - Close to 100 entries for Circle of Light contest By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 00:07:04 -0500 IT IS said that every cloud has a silver lining, and that could still hold true, even in the midst of a terrifying global pandemic. Despite COVID-19, the cycle of life continues, and out of it has sprung forth an inspiring poetry competition,... Full Article
est JCDC weighs options amid COVID-19 pause - 230 entries received for Festival Song Competition By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 00:07:52 -0500 By the month of May in any given year, the many and varied events and competitions staged by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) islandwide would have been in high gear. Each year the JCDC rolls out its much-anticipated menu board... Full Article
est 5 Questions With … Walshy Fire By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:19:26 -0500 Event producers and entertainers still have a while to figure out how to right themselves after the threat of COVID-19 has passed. But that doesn’t mean they should wait until a vaccine is developed or until people begin to brave skies and crowds... Full Article
est Diel gets booked to serenade mothers - Artiste puts together personalised ‘Majesty’ packages By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:06:10 -0500 It’s not news that the current fight against COVID-19 has overshadowed plans of artistes worldwide, having impacted some of their biggest stages and platforms with the cancellation of not only large-scale events but private ones as well. Birthday... Full Article
est Maintaining health with simple lifestyle changes By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:15:12 -0500 Let’s face it, ladies: boosting your health is not always your primary priority, but it needs to be. It doesn’t require a long, overbearing and spine-chilling regime. Simple lifestyle changes can get the job done! In the end you’ll be left with a... Full Article
est Don’t be too hasty in lifting COVID-19 restrictions – PAHO head By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:13:15 -0500 Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) director, Dr Carissa Etienne, is warning that lifting COVID-19 restrictions too soon could accelerate the spread of the virus and open the door for a dramatic upsurge in countries of the region. The warning... Full Article
est Rogue tourists arrested as Hawaii tries to curb virus spread By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:21:49 -0500 HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii authorities are cracking down on rogue tourists who are visiting beaches, riding personal watercraft, shopping and generally flouting strict requirements that they quarantine for 14 days after arriving. A newlywed... Full Article
est No imminent lockdown restrictions in hard-hit UK By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:03:38 -0500 LONDON — Britain’s minister for the environment, food and rural affairs says Prime Minister Boris Johnson won’t be announcing immediate changes to the country’s coronavirus lockdown when he addresses the nation on Sunday.... Full Article
est Deepening the pool - Western Jamaican swim clubs seek government development and new pool in region to foster training By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:18:02 -0500 Western Bureau: A number of swimming officials in western Jamaica say that the region’s struggles with underdevelopment will continue even if the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control. They say this is because they still lack proper pools to... Full Article
est PLCA eyes July RSPL restart By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:24:45 -0500 Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) vice-chairman Carvel Stewart says that the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) could return in July at the earliest. The nation’s top flight has been on hiatus since March, with four games left in the regular... Full Article
est Great leap backwards - austerity measures are hitting the vulnerable hardest By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:19:43 +0000 The UK’s austerity programme has disproportionately affected children and people with disabilities, says David Taylor-Robinson, a senior clinical lecturer in public health at the University of Liverpool. He joins us to discuss why the evidence shows the vulnerable are hit hardest by the cuts to public services, despite the UN conventions on... Full Article
est Katherine Henderson A and E consultant - lack of ward beds is hitting A and E the hardest By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:55:57 +0000 Katherine Henderson is the clinical lead of the emergency department at St Thomas's hospital in London. She worries that lack of ward space is having a domino effect throughout A and E and is the cause of increased waiting time for both patients and ambulances. If you would like to contribute to this collection, please email a brief audio... Full Article
est The BMJ requires data sharing on request for all trials By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 22 May 2015 13:22:11 +0000 The movement to make data from clinical trials widely accessible has achieved enormous success, and it is now time for medical journals to play their part. From 1 July The BMJ will extend its requirements for data sharing to apply to all submitted clinical trials, not just those that test drugs or devices. The BMJ's Elizabeth Loder explains what... Full Article
est The junior doctor protest By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:23:40 +0000 Thousands of NHS staff have demonstrated against the government’s threatened “imposition” of an “unsafe and unfair” contract for junior doctors. At a London rally on Saturday 17 October junior doctors and supporters noisily defended their trade union, as speakers accused England’s health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, of misleading the public about... Full Article
est This house believes that medicine is the best career in the world. By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:36:55 +0000 Medicine has long been a rewarding career, but doctors say the profession needs to overcome the frustrations of working in the NHS to ensure it remains so. During the Big Debate at BMJ Live in London last week six speakers argued for and against the motion, “This house believes that medicine is the best career in the world.” After presentations... Full Article
est Likelihood ratios in diagnostic tests By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:24:50 +0000 Andrew Elder, a professor at the University of Edinburgh talks about likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing, and how they’re helpful in thinking about how context changes the predictive value of a test. This is part of a wider discussion on the evidence behind clinical examination of the cardiovascular system... Full Article
est Nanny state knows best By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 11:44:39 +0000 State regulation is necessary for safety, says Simon Capewell, professor of public health and policy at the University of Liverpool. Richard Lilford, professor of public health at the University of Warwick, argues that restricting adults’ choice can undermine such aims. Read the debate: http://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i6341 Full Article
est Education round up - HIV testing, legal highs and care for relatives of the dying By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:44:23 +0000 The BMJ publishes a lot of educational articles, and in an attempt to help you with your CPD, we have put together this round-up. Our authors and editors will reflect on the key learning points in the articles we discuss, and explain how they may change their practice in light of that new understanding. In this week's round up we're... Full Article
est The evidence manifesto - better trials, better use of trial data By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:48:21 +0000 We're creating a manifesto for better evidence. The centre for Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, and the BMJ, are asking what are the problem with medical evidence, and how can we fix them? In this second discussion we went to Nottingham University, to find out what the people who create the bread and butter of EBM -... Full Article
est "The interest of diesel drivers over the interest of the public" - tackling air pollution By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:47:27 +0000 Air pollution is a truly damaging environmental insult to the human body. The numbers of premature deaths, in the UK alone, that can be attributed to it are calculated to be 40,000 a year. Yet despite this, action to tackle the problem - as with the other huge environmental issue of our time, climate change - is distinctly lacking. Robin... Full Article
est The Evidence Manifesto - it's time to fix the E in EBM By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:06:38 +0000 "Too many research studies are poorly designed or executed. Too much of the resulting research evidence is withheld or disseminated piecemeal. As the volume of clinical research activity has grown the quality of evidence has often worsened, which has compromised the ability of all health professionals to provide affordable, effective, high value... Full Article
est Suspect, investigate, and diagnose acute respiratory distress syndrome By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:42:46 +0000 Acute respiratory distress syndrome was first described in 1967 and has become a defining condition in critical care. Around 40% of patients with ARDS will die, and survivors experience long term sequelae. No drug treatments exist for ARDS, however good supportive management reduces harm and improves outcome. In this podcast, John Laffey,... Full Article
est MVA85A trial investigation - press conference. By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:34:38 +0000 Trial MVA85A - monkey trials for a booster vaccine for BCG, developed by researchers at Oxford University, is the subject of an investigation published on bmj.com. Experts warn that today’s investigation is just one example of “a systematic failure” afflicting preclinical research and call for urgent action “to make animal research more fit for... Full Article
est Can we regulate intellectual interests like financial ones? By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:07:09 +0000 We talk about financial conflicts of interest a lot atThe BMJ - and have take taken the decision that our educational content should be without them. We also talk a lot about non-financial conflicts of interest, but the choppy waters of those are much more difficult to navigate. In this podcast, we discuss whether we should, or if we could even... Full Article
est When an investigative journalist calls By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:11:23 +0000 At Evidence Live this year, the focus of the conference was on communication of evidence - both academically, and to the public. And part of that is the role that investigative journalism has to play in that. At the BMJ we’ve used investigative journalistic techniques to try and expose wrong doing on the part of government and industry - always... Full Article
est Talking honestly about intensive care By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:35:20 +0000 On the podcast, we’ve talked a lot about the limits of medicine - where treatment doesn’t work, or potentially harms. But in that conversation, we’ve mainly focused on specific treatments. Now a new analysis, broadens that to talk about patients being admitted to a whole ward - intensive care. The authors of that article contend that, often,... Full Article
est How does lifestyle affect genetic risk of stroke? By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:35:23 +0000 Cardiovascular factors are associated with risk of stroke - and those factors can be mediated by lifestyle and by genetic make up. New research published by The BMJ sets out to explore how these risks combine, and we're joined on the podcast by two of the authors - Loes Rutten-Jacobs, senior postdoctoral researcher at the German Center for... Full Article
est Goran Henriks - How an 80 year old woman called Esther shaped Swedish Healthcare By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 06:11:19 +0000 Jönköping has been at the centre of the healthcare quality improvement movement for years - but how did a forested region of Sweden, situated between it's main cities, come to embrace the philosophy of improvement so fervently? Goran Henriks, chief executive of learning and innovation at Qulturum in Jönköping joins us to explain. He also tells... Full Article
est Is opt-out the best way to increase organ donation? By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:43:46 +0000 As England’s presumed consent law for 2020 clears parliament, Veronica English, head of medical ethics and human rights at the BMA, say that evidence from Wales and other countries shows that it could increase transplantation rates. But Blair L Sadler, physician and senior adviser to California State University, consider such legal changes a... Full Article
est Talk Evidence - Recurrent VTE, CRP testing for COPD, CMO report, and a consultation By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:21:58 +0000 Helen talks about new research on prevention of recurrent VTE - and Carl things the evidence goes further, and we can extend prophylaxis for a year. 13.00 - CRP testing for antibiotic prescription in COPD exacerbations, should we start doing it in primary care settings - and what will that mean. We also hear from Chris Butler, one of the... Full Article
est Ancestry DNA tests can over or under estimate genetic disease risk By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:36:18 +0000 Direct-to-consumer genetic tests are sold online and in shops as a way to “find out what your DNA says". They insights into ancestry or disease risks; others claim to provide information on personality, athletic ability, and child talent. However, interpretation of genetic data is complex and context dependent, and DTC genetic tests may produce... Full Article
est 19 Marion Nestle By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 22:30:59 +0000 This week, Ray ventures into the notoriously complex field of nutrition with special guest, Professor Marion Nestle. Named by Forbes as one of the world's most powerful foodies, Marion’s stellar career spans five decades of research, teaching, advocacy work and the publication of countless prize-winning books. Full Article
est Testing for TB is only skin deep By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:36:01 +0000 A TB infection can take two forms, active and latent. Active disease is transmissible, and causes the damage to the lungs which makes TB one of the biggest killers in the world. In the latent form, the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis is quiescent and can stay that way for years until it becomes active and causes those clinical signs. Testing... Full Article