PJ, 17 January 2015, Vol 294, No 7845

Watch your health: could health-tracking technology help reduce NHS burden?

Many people might have received a health-tracking watch or bracelet for Christmas. Jessica Bartlet explains why they are useful tools for individuals and, potentially, the NHS.…

Paper towels versus hot air hand dryers — which is more hygienic?

Despite the myth that hot air dryers are more hygienic, Andrew Haynes explains that paper towels are actually better for three important reasons.…

Our knowledge and understanding of e-cigarettes is still limited

A letter from M Cunningham exhorts “those in the profession opposed to e-cigarettes to come around in light of growing evidence” ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2014;293:599). To support this argument, she cites the opinion of experts who spoke at a recent co…