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Maisie & George and the future of the planet
The BMJ has commissioned a video about the impact of climate change on babies born today, and how the NHS can reduce its carbon footprint. This is a trailer for the full film, which will be coming soon.
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The stories - tales from the archive
Colin Blakemore presents the BMJ's new video series. Told in seven parts, these stories delve into the BMJ's 169 year old archive to unearth some of the leading thinkers of their time, and show the contribution they have made to modern medicine.
In this first video, Colin introduces the series and shows a sneak preview of what will follow in the coming weeks. Stories will include the birth of anaesthetic, the discovery of the anopheles mosquito as the vector for malaria, and the studies that hailed the link between smoking and lung cancer. Play video >>
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2009
Vaccine disputes
Watch Bad Science author Ben Goldacre discuss MMR and the Wakefield case with Colin Blakemore, former head of the Medical Research Council.
Effect of virtual reality (VR) training on laparoscopic surgery
This video follows trainee surgeon Sofie Leisby through laparascopic surgery - from practising in VR to a real life procedure.
Tea drinking habits and oesophageal cancer in a high risk area in northern Iran
26 March
Reza Malekzadeh and other authors of this population based case-control study talk about the effect of tea drinking and oesophageal cancer in Golestan province, northern Iran
2008
Please, sir, I want some more
17 December
Today's children try out the Oliver Twist diet following a Christmas BMJ paper which analyses the gruel described in Charles Dickens' classic novel.
Credit contraction offers opportunity to close gaps in health inequities
12 November
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, chair of the World Health Organization’s commission on social determinants of health, discusses the impact of the world's financial crisis on global health.
Out of the shadows
8 October
This clip from a BBC World News series looks at community health workers' mass administration of drugs donated by pharma companies to prevent schistosomiasis, filariasis, helminthiasis, and trachoma in Niger.
Meeting the challenge of antibiotic resistance
18 September
Professor Otto Cars, infectious disease specialist at Sweden's University of Uppsala, talks about what is needed to tackle antibiotic resistance.
Randomised controlled trial of Alexander technique lessons, exercise, and massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain
19 August
What are the authors' findings about the clinical and cost effectiveness of using Alexander technique for chronic and recurrent back pain?
Small Australian town is model for community campaigns against obesity
8 August
Colac is attracting national and international attention for its approach to fighting childhood obesity, and reducing health inequalities. Ray Moynihan talks to some of the architects of and participants in the programme
Reward hospitals for improving quality, Lord Darzi says
1 July
UK health minister Ara Darzi talks about his review of the NHS in England.
Medical evidence exposes US use of torture
28 June
Suspected terrorists held at US detention facilities were "systematically subjected to torture and ill treatment," says a Physicians for Human Rights report. Trauma therapist Christian Pross talks about its findings.
Key opinion leaders: independent experts or drug representatives in disguise?
21 June
Many leading specialists are being paid generous fees to peddle influence on behalf of the world’s biggest drug companies. In two videos, former drug company sales executive Kimberly Elliott spills the beans
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