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Rethinking tobacco control
Joaquin Barnoya explains that reducing smoking is about more than targeting smokers. Particularly in the developing world, we should pay attention to smokeless tobacco and secondhand smoke [Full text] [PDF]
What they don't teach you in medical school
Why should medical students learn about management? Timothy Rittman explains the importance of thinking and learning beyond clinical skills [Full text] [PDF]
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Australian government's plan to address shortage of doctors is rejected
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Medical Association tries to stop national clinical skills test for US medical students
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Sleeping babies on their backs flattens heads
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Hospitals prescribes wine to heart attack patients
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US medical schools are allowed to consider race in admissions
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First intake of UK fast track medical students graduates
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Medical students have too little social and cultural awareness
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Horses help teach communication skills to medical students
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Women judge men's cheeks for "good genes"
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A level results are reliable measure of success in medical careers,report says
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Single pill could reduce risk of cardiovascular disease by over 80%
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Basic plastic surgery techniques and principles: wound healing
In the fourth part of our series,Ben Taylor and Aredeshir Bayat explain the first few steps on the reconstruction ladder-primary closure and skin grafts
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Escribiendo para studentBMJ lorsque otre premier langue ist nicht Englisch
studentBMJ is read and written by international medical students.But writing in a language that may not be your first is understandably difficult.Here, two of our non-native English speaking student advisers, Jasmin Arrich and Adrián Gonzáles Aguirre give some advice on how they do it and persuade you that it is possible
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Beyond the name
Names of medical syndromes fall off our tongues as we use them everyday.But who were the people who gave their names? Sammy Radstone looks into a few
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Picture quiz
Falling on an outstretched arm
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Ten minute consultation
Adverse drug event
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Strongyloidiasis
A funny sounding name, for a funny sort of illness, Ellen Welch and Geoff Gill explain how the consequences of this tropical disease can be far from funny
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Educational bits in the BMJ
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Training in the United States
The "American dream" has seen a steady flow of scientists and doctors to the United States. Asrar Rashid, Mark Twite and Sunil Bhudia have tips for doctors thinking of making "the dream" come true [Full text] [PDF]
Paediatric cardiology
Shakeel Quereshi, Susan Hobbins and Nitha Naqvi explain why they think that paediatric cardiology is an exciting and rewarding job which could appeal to you [Full text] [PDF]
Profile: It's infectious
Smallpox, anthrax, ebola and severe respiratory syndome - the diseases that most people would choose to stay clear of are some of the infections that Nick Beeching deals with on a daily basis. Ellen Welch finds out why [Full text] [PDF]
Profile: Desert marathon madness
Akbar Lalani ran almost six marathons across the sahara desert. He tell Karen Hebert about the blisters and stress fractures and the overriding triumph of finishing the race [Full text] [PDF]
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Paper plus: Understanding why Bangladeshi and Pakistani adults smoke
This month, Jocalyn Clark takes you through a qualitative study; this type of study helps us understand why phenomena, such as high smoking rates, occur [Full text] [PDF]
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Timor Lorosae
Gavin Doolan spent his elective in East Timor. Here he explains how he felt being part of a nation recovering from war, feeling that he was making a bit of a difference [Full text] [PDF]
Planning your elective: East Timor
Mark Wilson gives you some tips on how to arrange an elective in East Timor [Full text] [PDF]
Chewing tobacco,brewing epidemic
Susmita Barman explains how young people in India do not realise how chewing sweet gutkha could lead to oral cancer later in life [Full text] [PDF]
Smoking in Nigeria:is it time for a rethink?
Chibuzo Odigwe looks at smoking among young people in Nigeria. He explains the problems unique to the developing world and the particular difficulties convincing them that it isn't glamorous [Full text] [PDF]
Marrow--making a difference from both sides
Nadia Stock and Ruth Pearson got involved with Marrow, a project that recruits people to the Anthony Nolan Trust's bone marrow register. But they did not realise just how big a part the organisation would play in their lives; Ruth was asked to donate and Nadia discovered that she needed a transplant [Full text] [PDF]
BMA/STA Travel photographic competition
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