Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Do we need a double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, trial of the parachute?
The Christmas issue of BMJ, a respected medical journal, carries some interesting articles. One of them, a spoof of serious research articles, is truly hilarious. Check out "Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials."
Saturday, December 13, 2003
Appeal to end occupation of Iraq in The Lancet
The December 6 issue of The Lancet published a letter calling for an end to the occupation of Iraq. It was written in reaction to an October 18 editorial in the same medical journal calling for more international aid to the country and argues that the Iraqi people need compensation instead for the grave damage that they and their country have suffered.
