Hosting Stanford MedX is always one of the highlights of my year and a fun opportunity for me to improve…
“Injecting HIV into a cancer patient” – a case of sensationalized medical news
Many of you may have seen this video floating around Facebook or Twitter, proclaiming that scientists injected a young leukemia…
Hot off the press! Read my piece on NCDs in BMJ
Freshly published as of 7 hours ago on BMJ as a feature article! The previous BMJ link and the picture above…
The Cost of Action vs. Inaction for Curbing the NCD Epidemic
On September 18, at the UN Summit in New York, two important reports were unveiled that analysed the cost of…
Country Profiles for Non Communicable Diseases
In preparation for the UN High-Level Meeting next week, the WHO released today 193 country profiles on noncommunicable disease (NCD) trends. The country…
UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases
The UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) is approaching quickly, taking place in New York City on September 19-20, 2011. This meeting…