African countries increased their health workforce from 1.6 million in 2013 to 5.1 million in 2022, alongside improvements in training and data use, a review by the World Health Organization Africa region office has found.1 The decade also saw a 44% increase in the number of countries with national health workforce strategies, from 27 in…
A summary of behavioral data in a simple value-based decision-making experiment. A: Reported mental effort (y-axis) is plotted against the difference in reported option values (x-axis), for all trials (black), high-confidence trials (blue) and low-confidence trials (red), respectively. B: Decision time, same format. C: The probability of choosing the first option (y-axis) is plotted against…
Jacqueline Saa has a genetic condition that leaves her unable to stand and walk on her own or hold a job. Every weekday for four years, Saa, 43, has relied on a home health aide to help her cook, bathe and dress, go to the doctor, pick up medications, and accomplish other daily tasks. She…
VIENNA — Nearly one third of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries appear to heal without surgery, according to an analysis of three-dimensional MRI data taken from the NACOX study, presented as a late-breaking poster at the recent World Congress on Osteoarthritis (OARSI) 2024 Annual Meeting. At 2 years after injury, three-dimensional MRI showed that 13…
Dr Ray O’Connor takes a look at the latest clinical studies on mental health AnxietySocial Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is highly prevalent and debilitating disorder. Treatments exist but are not accessible and/or helpful for all patients, indicating a need for accessible treatment alternatives. The aim of this randomized, clinical trial1 was to evaluate internet-delivered psychodynamic therapy…
Jacqueline Saa has a genetic condition that leaves her unable to stand and walk on her own or hold a job. Every weekday for four years, Saa, 43, has relied on a home health aide to help her cook, bathe and dress, go to the doctor, pick up medications, and accomplish other daily tasks. She…
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WASHINGTON — On a bright June day in 2018, one of the nation’s top regulators waved groceries in the air, quizzing the secretary of agriculture on which agency is charged with monitoring different types of food. Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration at the time, grinned widely as he held liquid…
Matt Morgan, consultant in intensive care medicine Cardiff mmorgan{at}bmj.comFollow Matt on X @dr_mattmorgan One of the joys of writing this column is receiving emails from readers who work across a wide spectrum of medicine, from students to retired professors. I read one such email from a retired, fellow Cardiff alumnus in response to my last…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than 20,000 volunteers have been recruited to a resource aimed at speeding up the development of much-needed dementia drugs. The cohort will enable scientists in universities and industry to involve healthy individuals who may be at increased risk of dementia in clinical trials to test whether new drugs can slow…
