Are Brean

01.12.2015: The health of the Earth and of its people are closely intertwined. This ought to call for commitment on our part as doctors. On 30 November 2015, the United Nation’s 21st Climate Summit started in Paris. There, representatives from more than 190 countries convened for what is one of the world’s...

17.11.2015: Our notions of gender identity are changing. Do we need to categorise the population according to legal gender at all? Suddenly, they seem to be appearing everywhere: strong, self-aware transgender persons in TV series such as Sense8, Transparent and Orange is the new black. Even Barack Obama has...

30.06.2015: Trust in authors and journals depends on openness about financial conflicts of interest When the editors of two of the world’s leading general medical journals come to blows in what may seem like an academic dogfight, there is reason to pay attention. It all started when the New England Journal of...

16.06.2015: The digital age changes the role of journals, but much remain the same. «In this journal there will be writing for common learning and benefit; here, as the proverb says, the manifold small streams will gather to form a mighty river. We therefore find comfort in seeing that our effort as editors...

10.03.2015: The more advanced the diagnostic methods at our disposal, the more difficult it can be to delimit the diagnosis The young patient had undergone a comprehensive assessment. Clinical, biochemical and radiological findings showed that something was wrong, but the condition did not fit into any medical...

25.06.2013: Gigantic research projects in the USA and EU are set to probe deeper into the mysteries of the brain. Brain research is an investment for the future. Now is the time to achieve a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race. With these words, President Barack Obama...

19.02.2013: It is said that medical truths are short-lived. They are also hard to find. The question sounds plausible: Which is the best treatment for distal radius fractures? Two review articles in this issue of our journal investigate exactly this issue (1, 2). Both articles emphasise the inadequacy of...

12.11.2012: Our journal is now printed on a new type of paper. At the same time, we are launching the iPad version. In combination, the changes represent the best of two worlds. «Can’t you decide what channel to watch!» I recently exclaimed to one of my teenage children, who was zapping incessantly between the...