Questioning the benefit of lung metastasectomy in colorectal cancer
In The BMJ five years ago my colleagues and I questioned the appropriateness of a…
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Almost a third of UK doctors may be burnt out and stressed, study suggests
Doctors working in emergency medicine and general practice are most at risk of exhaustion, stress,…
GMC is committed to supporting staff grade, associate specialist, and specialty doctors
Wield is right to point out that staff grade, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors…
Authors’ reply to: Sepsis recognition algorithms add to the toxic NHS working environment
We thank Martin for her response to our editorial.12 Electronic health records bring many benefits…
Evidence based transatlantic orthography
How reassuring that The BMJ allows authors to perpetuate myths, albeit whimsically, encouraging us all…
Cochrane reviewer sues Roche for claiming Tamiflu could slow flu pandemic
A UK epidemiologist and Cochrane Collaboration researcher is suing the drug company Roche in the…
GPs condemn new specifications for primary care networks
Back in July when primary care networks (PCNs) got off to a flying start, I…
Why I . . . take a lunch break
“It’s important for me to make time to eat and have a break, irrespective of…
Writing outpatient letters to patients
What you need to knowMost patients and general practitioners prefer outpatient letters to be written…
Reaching all women, children, and adolescents with essential health interventions by 2030
If the sustainable development goals (SDGs) were a marathon we’d be approaching the 14 km…
Advancing women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health and equity
In 2015 the UN secretary general launched the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) global strategy…
Structural determinants of gender inequality: why they matter for adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health
In sub-Saharan Africa, four out five new HIV infections among 15-19 year olds are in…
Junior doctor who was convicted of downloading child pornography is struck off
A junior doctor who worked in paediatrics before his arrest and conviction for downloading child…
China coronavirus: what do we know so far?
Since reports of a mysterious pneumonia-like condition began circulating in December, the public health world…
US executive heart screening programmes violate “do not harm” rule, say medics
US “executive screening programmes” offer expensive cardiovascular testing even though the tests are not justified…
Bridget Concepta “Connie” Fahey
bmj;368/jan24_19/m267/FAF1faBridget Concepta “Connie” Fahey (née MacDonagh) was part of the Irish medical generation who migrated…
WHO’s rollout of malaria vaccine in Africa: can safety questions be answered after only 24 months?
Key messagesPhase III trials of the RTS,S malaria vaccine identified three safety concerns: higher risks…
Life as a physician in obstetrics and gynaecology
A career in obstetrics and gynaecology is flexible, exciting, and fulfilling. There is a great…
Poverty status is linked to worse quality of care
People living in England’s most deprived areas of England seem to receive the worst quality…
Europe’s drug regulator wins court backing for data transparency policy
The European Union’s highest court has decisively upheld the European Medicines Agency’s right to publish…
Meningitis vaccine: cases fall in UK, but herd immunity remains elusive in Australia
The UK’s infant vaccination programme against group B meningococcal disease has resulted in a significant…
Investing in humanity: The BMJ’s divestment campaign
How do we restore hope for humanity? Many of us feel despair at a disintegrating…
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
What you need to knowConsider Duchenne muscular dystrophy in boys with delayed motor milestones, positive…
When medical information comes from Nazi atrocities
I first met the Atlas of Topographical and Applied Human Anatomy1 in 1982, when I…
Running for deputy leader of the Labour Party: five minutes with . . . Rosena Allin-Khan
“I’m a doctor first. I didn’t become an MP to stop being a doctor. Working…
Yeshi Dhonden: personal physician to the 14th Dalai Lama
bmj;368/jan23_9/m201/FAF1faCredit: The Tibetan Herbal Clinic, IndiaYeshi Dhonden, the foremost Tibetan doctor in the world, has…
CQC to reinspect dozens of care homes after uncovering “duplicate material” in reports
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to carry out dozens of reinspections of care and…
Blinding may be unnecessary, but please divest
In the hierarchy of evidence, randomised trials are near the top, trumped only by meta-analysis…
Scurvy in children . . . and other stories
ScurvyScurvy once occurred in seafarers and long distance travellers. Currently, the most vulnerable group seems…
Better health and wellbeing for all
The imminent change of leadership at the top of the World Health Organization’s European region…
An unexpected side effect of gardening
This is a picture of phytophotodermatitis (fig 1).bmj;368/jan23_4/l6969/F1F1f1Fig 1The patient was a 50 year old…
Syncope in a young woman
A previously well and active 25 year old woman with no underlying structural heart disease…
Value of kindness: “I went to the doctor and he didn’t even look at me”
The title of Klaber and Bailey’s editorial, Kindness: an underrated currency, conceals a greater wisdom…
Kindness: “Hello, my name is” badges have helped
I agree with Klaber and Bailey that we should all try to be more kind…
Brian Bartley
bmj;368/jan22_10/m151/FAF1faAfter enjoying national service as an army captain in Hong Kong and undertaking an obstetrics…
John Phillips Mckay
bmj;368/jan22_9/m153/FAF1faJohn Phillips Mckay was the loving husband of Marjorie of blessed memory, a much loved…
Jeannette Alexandra Smith
bmj;368/jan22_8/m154/FAF1faJeannette Alexandra Ferguson was born on Guernsey, the daughter of Alexander and Emily Ferguson and…
Jonathan Maw
bmj;368/jan22_7/m152/FAF1faDane Stephen Jonathan Maw, known as Jonathan, was born in Bath on 8 September 1937….
Perinatal management for premature babies should be multidisciplinary and personalised
We read the new framework from the British Association of Perinatal Medicine1 and The BMJ’s…
Gillian Bluck
bmj;368/jan22_11/m150/FAF1faGillian Bluck (“Gill”) was the daughter of a Methodist preacher and a Methodist lay preacher….
US cancer centre leaders secretly worked for China, internal report finds
Six researchers who resigned last month from Florida’s Moffitt Cancer Center admitted to opening secret…
Assisted dying: Belgian doctors stand trial in landmark case
Three Belgian doctors—two GPs and a psychiatrist—are being accused of unlawfully killing a 38 year…
The struggle for GPs to get the right care for patients with gender dysphoria
Gender dysphoria can be difficult terrain for primary care doctors. Gender identity and gender dysphoria…
How to be involved in peer teaching
In peer teaching, learners are taught by those similar in age or at a similar…
David Oliver: The risks of discharging patients early against doctors’ ȷudgment
On 13 January the BBC reported the contents of an internal email to doctors from…
Helen Salisbury: The gaps in our knowledge
At medical school we learn to recognise the patterns of symptoms and physical signs that…
Primary care networks: NHS England under pressure to rein in its ambitions
Mounting unrest over the proposed new terms and conditions for general practices to participate in…
Trump administration moves to lower nutrition standards in schools
Donald Trump’s administration has announced plans to roll back US school food nutrition standards introduced…
Antibiotic resistance: more companies are withdrawing sales reps or incentives in order to limit use, finds report
Pharmaceutical companies are tackling the overselling of antimicrobials by withdrawing their sales agents or removing…
Cast in stone: university honours female pioneers
bmj;368/jan21_12/m246/FAF1faStonewestThe names of Florence Nightingale, Alice Augusta Ball, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie have been added to…