Category: Editors’ Blog

Apr 01 2015

Should we develop a global fund for cancer?

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Moneeza Walji is the CMAJ Editorial Fellow 2014–2015 In 2012, there were 14.1 million new cancer cases and 8.2 million cancer deaths. Of those, 65% were in the developing world....

Mar 31 2015

Editors' Blog

Taking care of patients admitted to hospital: practical advice from the Society of Hospital Medicine 2015 conference

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Diane Kelsall is Deputy Editor at CMAJ, and Editor of CMAJ Open While wandering past the many posters at the Society of Hospital Medicine 2015 conference, I noticed that many...

Mar 27 2015

Editors' Blog

Conference FoMo

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Erin Russell is assistant editor for CMAJ and CMAJ Open I first heard the expression “FoMo” (Fear of Missing out) about a month ago in a blog post written by...

Mar 23 2015

Editors' Blog

French doctor speaks out in pollution controversy

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK CMAJ and other medical journals have called for medical leadership on climate change and...

Mar 11 2015

Editors' Blog

AUDGPI 2015: Health checks, physical activity, prescribing and managing Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK Simon Griffin (Cambridge) was the headliner at the Association of University Departments of General...

Mar 10 2015

Editors' Blog

Some thoughts on a future research career

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK Speaking to your colleagues at your own national conference, there is no hiding place....

Mar 05 2015

Editors' Blog

“Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a Match”: Consequences of the CaRMS and US residency match agreement

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Diane Kelsall is Deputy Editor at CMAJ, and Editor of CMAJ Open Yesterday was Match Day for CaRMS (the Canadian Resident Matching Service). The results were available at noon,...

Feb 27 2015

Editors' Blog

Public Health’s ten year victory over tobacco

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Kirsten Patrick is Deputy Editor at CMAJ Today, February 27th 2015, marks the tenth anniversary of the coming into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (#FCTC10)....

Feb 16 2015

Editors' Blog

Myth busters, winter sports, tendinopathy and the law – Saturday at the CASEM-OMA symposium

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK, recently returned from attending CASEM-OMA Sports Medicine symposium in Ottawa. Myth busters...

Feb 12 2015

Editors' Blog

Preventing injury, the cycle commute and edutainment at the CASEM-OMA Sports Medicine symposium 2015

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. This week he is attending the CASEM-OMA Sports Medicine symposium in Ottawa. ...

Feb 10 2015

Editors' Blog

Rugby concussion, ski trauma and horse racing’s orthopedic textbook

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK Concussion is in the news again. In the first of the Six...

Feb 06 2015

Editors' Blog, Medical aid in dying

Physician-assisted dying in Canada: the gavel has fallen

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Kirsten Patrick is Deputy Editor at CMAJ Today is a momentous day for physicians in Canada. No matter what your opinion about whether or not physician assisted dying is...

Feb 05 2015

Editors' Blog

French general practitioners take action

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK French general practitioners went on strike today. It’s part of an extended period...

Feb 04 2015

Editors' Blog

Who’s afraid of three-parent babies?

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Kirsten Patrick is Deputy Editor at CMAJ Yesterday, after a long public consultation by the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority and a heated debate and vote in the English...