http://www.rxpgnews.com/ Medical News and Information Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:48:36 PST en-us http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/BMJ_highlights_lack_of_international_cooperation_t_1950_1950.shtml Discussions This week, the BMJ expresses concern about the validity of a paper it published in 1992 written by Dr Ram B Singh of Moradabad, India. Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:45:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/BMJ_highlights_lack_of_international_cooperation_t_1950_1950.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/Death_on_the_road_to_international_development_1228_1228.shtml Discussions International trade is creating a global road safety crisis that only serves to inhibit development and perpetuate poverty, argues an expert in this week's BMJ. Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:54:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/Death_on_the_road_to_international_development_1228_1228.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/Challenges_over_5_decades_in_Digestive_endoscopy_1101_1101.shtml Discussions In the 2005 Lilly Lecture* at the Royal College of Physicians on Tuesday 12 April, Professor Peter Cotton outlines the development and progress of one of the greatest diagnostic and treatment tools of the twentieth century – the flexible fiberoptic endoscope. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:26:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/Challenges_over_5_decades_in_Digestive_endoscopy_1101_1101.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/HIV_testing_should_no_longer_be_given_special_stat_550_550.shtml Discussions HIV testing should no longer be accorded any special status, argue two senior doctors in this week's BMJ. Fri, 04 Mar 2005 20:53:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/HIV_testing_should_no_longer_be_given_special_stat_550_550.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/BMJ_urges_to_ban_Branding_practices_in_rural_India_468_468.shtml Discussions Inflicting burns over normal children is a non-scientific painful procedure and is unacceptable, say the authors. Stringent laws should be enforced to ban this harmful practice. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:27:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/BMJ_urges_to_ban_Branding_practices_in_rural_India_468_468.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/Equitable_Allocation_of_Antiretrovirals_in_Resourc_436_436.shtml Discussions Antiretroviral drugs change the lives of patients with HIV/AIDS—if they have access to them. Most patients in resource-poor countries cannot afford the drugs. Major initiatives are under way to expand access to antiretrovirals in developing countries, but the number of individuals in need of the drugs currently vastly exceeds the supply, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. These circumstances make for difficult decisions about treatment allocation. David Wilson and Sally Blower have shown how it is possible to design an equitable antiretroviral allocation strategy, that is, to come up with a plan that would give each individual with HIV an equal chance of receiving antiretrovirals. Their novel spatial model enables them to model the “spatial diffusion” of antiretrovirals in a resource-constrained country. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:01:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/Equitable_Allocation_of_Antiretrovirals_in_Resourc_436_436.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/Do_our_children_need_Santa_Claus_any_more_111_111.shtml Discussions Do our children need Santa Claus any more? If Father Christmas died, would their world - and ours - be a poorer place? In the December issue of the Psychiatric Bulletin, two psychiatrists discuss the role of Santa Claus in fostering childhood myths and development. Sat, 04 Dec 2004 06:12:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/discussions/Do_our_children_need_Santa_Claus_any_more_111_111.shtml