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Rethinking the placebo effect

The placebo effect has long been harnessed for both legitimate and fraudulent use, but we’re only just discovering how and why our bodies respond positively to dummy drugs, as Anjuli Sharma reveals.

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Vaccinating a community, saving lives

Doctor Jane Harvey always goes the extra mile to care for her patients, and in recent months that’s extended to huge efforts to save lives with her coronavirus vaccination push.

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How ritual creates meaning

In a world that encourages us to quash our sense of wonder, ritual can help push away apathy and nurture life-enhancing creativity and imagination.

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A doctor, his community and coronavirus

Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.

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  • Dear Sir : B.D.H. sex hormone preparations in clinical practice.
  • Clinical pathology in practice : with a short account of vaccine-therapy / by Thomas J. Horder.
  • Clinical surgery : extracts from the reports of surgical practice between the years 1860-1876 / by T. Billroth ; translated from the original, and edited, with annotations, by C.T. Dent.
  • HIV & AIDS, the issues : an education pack for hospital doctors : this teaching resource uses case histories covering several disciplines to highlight issues raised by HIV and AIDS in clinical practice / prepared by the Department of Health and the Central Office of Information.
  • Endocrinology and metabolism : presented in their scientific and practical clinical aspects / by ninety-eight contributors ; edited by Lewellys F. Barker ; associate editors: Endocrinology, R.G. Hoskins; Metabolism, Herman O. Mosenthal.
  • From the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth Calman, MD PhD FRCS (Glas, ed) FRCP (Lond, Ed) FRCGHP FRCR MFCM FRSE ... HIV & AIDS, the issues : Dear Colleague, "HIV and AIDS - the issues" education pack for hospital doctors ...
  • From the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth Calman, MD PhD FRCS (Glas, ed) FRCP (Lond, Ed) FRCGHP FRCR MFCM FRSE ... HIV & AIDS, the issues : Dear Colleague, "HIV and AIDS - the issues" education pack for hospital doctors ...
  • Forty five different scenes telling the tale of a man with toothache, his various attempts at trying to cure himself and the final recourse to the dentist. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank after H. Mayhew.
  • Seventeen professors at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Colour process print after C.E. Miksch, 1923.
  • Steps in producing a proton CT of a human phantom head
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