New look for the BJGP
26th April 2011
The British Journal of General Practice (BJGP)
has been re-designed to make it more user-friendly and easier to
navigate.
The core is still a selection of peer-reviewed original research
papers but there are two new sections - 'debate and analysis' and
'clinical intelligence'. The Backpages have been renamed 'The
Review', and the whole look is brighter and more visual.
BJGP Editor Professor Roger Jones said: “The re-designed Journal
is more approachable, navigable and easier to digest, while
retaining the academic rigour and authoritative voice of the
previous version.
“The BJGP employs an open peer-review system, where the
identities of the authors and reviewers are known to each other,
resulting, we believe, in more constructive and respectful reviews,
which lead to better papers. “
For the first time in any primary care journal, all the
BJGPs’ original research is presented as two-page summaries written
by the authors of the papers, which are published in full on the
BJGP website. The main body of the publication remains
a selection of original research papers, which have been carefully
read, reviewed, and revised.
Cancer and primary care is the theme of the new-look May issue.
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Colorectal cancer should be considered as a possible diagnosis
in all patients with rectal bleeding but Willie Hamilton's group
from Bristol has shown that when the bleeding is accompanied by
weight loss, change in bowel habit or anaemia the predictive value
for a cancer diagnosis approaches 10%
Breast cancer diagnosis may be improved by using a simple
decision rule involving five clinical factors, according to a study
from Dublin. McCowan and colleagues report on the development
of a diagnostic aid in which increasing age, a discrete lump,
breast thickening, lymphadenopathy and a lump over 2cm in diameter
contribute to improved diagnostic accuracy.
Death rates among people with epilepsy are rising and are
associated with key risk factors, say Leone Ridsdale and colleagues
at King's College London. Continuing seizures, poor adherence to
medication, alcohol misuse, depression and previous injury
contribute to a significant increase in mortality.
South Asian patients are twice as likely as white patients to
develop cardiovascular co-morbidity according to a study from East
London by Rohini Mathur and colleagues, although their blood
pressure and cholesterol control, but not their diabetic control,
was better than white and black patients.