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Are 'smart drugs' safe for students?
Students are increasingly taking neuroenhancing drugs to fight fatigue and help them concentrate. But how safe are they – and is it cheating?
Catherine Nixey,
Guardian, 6 April 2011
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Do 'smart drugs' really make us brainier?
It is no real surprise that the use of smart drugs is on the increase. It is an attractive proposition - becoming as alert and efficient as we have the potential to be, when we need to be.
Philippa Roxby, BBC News, 3 April 2011
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Improving the quality of care in general practice
The recent root -and-branch reforms of the NHS also have profound implications for the future of general practice, in particular the dual role it is being asked to play as both commissioner and provider of care that will mean GPs taking on responsibility for costs as well as outcomes of care. The timing of the inquiry’s report is therefore propitious. General practice is at centre stage and quality must be the watchword.
The King's Fund, 24 March 2011
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Faster. Higher. Stronger. Braver.
The cynics will claim that complete eradication of doping in sports is an impossibility, so embrace what is known, and educate athletes to use the substances responsibly. The idealist will recall that sports are beloved because they allow humans to go far beyond the potential that most people see in themselves, and in others.
Jennifer Gibson,
BrainBlogger, 10 March 2011
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It’s unethical for general practitioners to be commissioners
Decisions about prioritising resources have to be made, but, given the role of doctors and the importance of trust, they should not be made by GPs. Like anyone else working in the NHS, GPs should be aware of these decisions and their difficulty. But, if anything, the GP is, and ought to be, the patient’s advocate in this process.
Mark Sheehan,
BMJ, 10 March 2011
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An irreligious approach to abortion
Is it possible to come up with a non-religious justification for rejecting an unrestricted right to abortion?
Andrew Brown,
Guardian, 28 February 2011
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A Ban on Brain-Boosting Drugs Is Not the Answer
Simply calling the use of study drugs "unfair" tells us nothing about why colleges should ban them. If such drugs really do improve academic performance among healthy students (and the evidence is scant), shouldn't colleges put them in the drinking water instead?
Matt Lamkin,
Chronicle of Higher Education, 27 February 2011
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