New Bond Trailer

Country? USA.
PGY? One.
Stethoscope? Littman.
Software? Stata.
Skyfall? Done.

Nope, my life is definitely not this interesting.

From the trailer, it's clear that "Skyfall" maintains the beautiful cinematography of "Quantum of Solace," which was perhaps the most visually stunning Bond movie ever made. Hopefully the plot in this one is a bit thicker.

Global Health Focus in This Week's JAMA

Some interesting new op-ed and research pieces on global health in the latest issue of JAMA. Perhaps the most interesting is this piece by Eran Bendavid and co-authors, who examine PEPFAR (The United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) and its impact on all-cause mortality in Africa. This is important because some have argued that intense spending on HIV in this manner has crowded out spending on other important health problems. The authors use a differences-in-differences strategy (comparing mortality rates within countries before and after PEPFAR, with some areas getting funding and others not as much, holding context fixed factos across countries) and find that increased PEPFAR funding was associated with lower all cause mortality rates. (HT: Paula Chatterjee)