BMJ Video
The BMJ creates video to highlight both new research and some of the issues most important to the medical community. This page contains a full list of all our videos to date, plus some of the collections we have created. If you have any questions regarding the use of these videos, please contact jhayes{at}bmj.com for more details.
Harm reduction
HIV shoots up
Strict laws on the criminalisation of drug use and drug users are fuelling the spread of HIV and other serious harms associated with the criminal market and should be reviewed, argue epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani and other leading commentators in this video
Conflicts of Interest
WHO and the pantemic flu "conspiricies"
Key scientists advising the World Health Organization on planning for an influenza pandemic had done paid work for pharmaceutical firms that stood to gain from the guidance they were preparing
WHO has dismissed inquiries into its handling of the A/H1N1 pandemic as "conspiracy theories.
Video collections
Publishing in the BMJ
This collection of 3 videos explains the why, what and how of publishing in the BMJ. Why should you publish with us, what we look for in a paper, and how you can make the most of your research
Christmas videos
Each Christmas the BMJ commissions videos to bring a little cheer. This year's include the story of Diane de Poitiers, and her quest for youth, and a tale of the sailors stranded in the arctic.
Tales from the archive
Colin Blakemore presents the BMJ's new video series. Told in seven parts, these stories delve into the BMJ's 169 year old archive to unearth some of the leading thinkers of their time, and show the contribution they have made to modern medicine.
Full list of BMJ videos
2010
HIV shoots up
Strict laws on the criminalisation of drug use and drug users are fuelling the spread of HIV and other serious harms associated with the criminal market and should be reviewed, argue epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani and other leading commentators in this video.
WHO and the pandemic flu "conspiracies"
Key scientists advising the World Health Organization on planning for an influenza pandemic had done paid work for pharmaceutical firms that stood to gain from the guidance they were preparing. WHO has dismissed inquiries into its handling of the A/H1N1 pandemic as "conspiracy theories.
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Why submit your research to the BMJ?
We've produced a short video to help you find out about getting research published in the BMJ.
It includes interviews with published authors and clips from some of the short films we often commission to accompany important research articles.
2009
Fatal Alchemy
For Christmas 2009, the BMJ has made a video about a French research team's investigations of Diane de Poitiers remains, and its discovery that the gold she used to preserve her youth was actually slowly poisoning her
Swedish House
Our second Christmas 2009 video continues the historical investigation theme. We follow an intrepid group of Norwegian scientists and historians as they travel to the frozen tundra of Svalbard, an island in the Arctic Ocean.
Maisie & George and the future of their planet
The NHS is one of Britain's largest contributors to our carbon footprint. The BMJ has commissioned a video about the impact of climate change on babies born today, and how the NHS can reduce its carbon footprint.
The truth about Tamiflu?
A join investigation between Channel 4 News and the BMJ raises concerns over the evidence base for the drug Tamiflu (Oseltamivir).
Tales from the archive
Colin Blakemore presents the BMJ's new video series. Told in seven parts, these stories delve into the BMJ's 169 year old archive to unearth some of the leading thinkers of their time, and show the contribution they have made to modern medicine.
Vaccine disputes
Watch Bad Science author Ben Goldacre discuss MMR and the Wakefield case with Colin Blakemore, former head of the Medical Research Council.
Effect of virtual reality (VR) training on laparoscopic surgery
This video follows trainee surgeon Sofie Leisby through laparascopic surgery - from practising in VR to a real life procedure.
Tea drinking habits and oesophageal cancer in a high risk area in northern Iran
26 March
Reza Malekzadeh and other authors of this population based case-control study talk about the effect of tea drinking and oesophageal cancer in Golestan province, northern Iran
2008
Please, sir, I want some more
17 December
Today's children try out the Oliver Twist diet following a Christmas BMJ paper which analyses the gruel described in Charles Dickens' classic novel.
Credit contraction offers opportunity to close gaps in health inequities
12 November
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, chair of the World Health Organization�s commission on social determinants of health, discusses the impact of the world's financial crisis on global health.
Out of the shadows
8 October
This clip from a BBC World News series looks at community health workers' mass administration of drugs donated by pharma companies to prevent schistosomiasis, filariasis, helminthiasis, and trachoma in Niger.
Meeting the challenge of antibiotic resistance
18 September
Professor Otto Cars, infectious disease specialist at Sweden's University of Uppsala, talks about what is needed to tackle antibiotic resistance.
Randomised controlled trial of Alexander technique lessons, exercise, and massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain
19 August
What are the authors' findings about the clinical and cost effectiveness of using Alexander technique for chronic and recurrent back pain?
Small Australian town is model for community campaigns against obesity
8 August
Colac is attracting national and international attention for its approach to fighting childhood obesity, and reducing health inequalities. Ray Moynihan talks to some of the architects of and participants in the programme
Reward hospitals for improving quality, Lord Darzi says
1 July
UK health minister Ara Darzi talks about his review of the NHS in England.
Medical evidence exposes US use of torture
28 June
Suspected terrorists held at US detention facilities were "systematically subjected to torture and ill treatment," says a Physicians for Human Rights report. Trauma therapist Christian Pross talks about its findings.
Key opinion leaders: independent experts or drug representatives in disguise?
21 June
Many leading specialists are being paid generous fees to peddle influence on behalf of the world�s biggest drug companies. In two videos, former drug company sales executive Kimberly Elliott spills the beans
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