Author: British Medical Journal

Robertson discusses the notions of cure and wellness.1 In mental health, the vision of healing…

A 50 year old man presented with a two day history of “heavy legs,” reduced…

Public health experts are investigating the harm caused by gambling to allow better targeted support…

Travel is good for the mindThe UK introduced free bus travel for older people in…

Experts in public health are calling for major policy reforms to tackle the growing disparities…

bmj;366/jul17_13/l4728/FAF1faFor most medical students the first day on the ward is a time of excitement…

The number of full time stroke consultants in the NHS needs to increase by a…

Dr Sanderson (not her real name) stood half naked, about to undergo routine screening mammography…

Almost 100 additional foundation training posts were created this year after the programme was oversubscribed…

A career in anaesthesia is rewarding and challenging. Anaesthetists form the largest specialty group of…

AbstractObjectivesTo characterize the trends, drivers, and potential modifiers of increased spending by US Medicare beneficiaries…

Being a GP isn’t easy. Under-resourcing, workforce gaps, the rising complexity and volume of work,…

I received a diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma 20 years ago and had a nephrectomy….

The global ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, and over half the…

A new drug combination option for some patients with advanced breast cancer will now be…

A professor of general practice who misled his employers at Warwick Medical School about his…

Death rates from sepsis in New York state fell more quickly than in other states…

Radical change to official UK policies on drug use is being demanded as new figures…

Having undergone many gruelling months of cancer treatment, I can sympathise with the difficulties that…

On 11 June 2019, the Ugandan Ministry of Health confirmed that a child infected with…

Taylor’s comments on the “end of treatment” bell remind us that people handle challenges differently,…

I recently went to a city-wide integration workshop, involving about 200 people from the new…

I’ve recently been unwell. Thankfully, nothing too serious—a broken bone in my foot and some…

Discrimination of various forms is still rife in sections of society. Free speech is abused…

bmj;366/jul16_4/l4692/FAF1faA few years ago I was instructed to advise a client on the lawfulness of…

bmj;366/jul16_3/l4703/FAF1faCredit: Simon CraftOn 29 April 1982, Europe’s first set of twins conceived by in vitro…

Ketamine is the first truly new pharmacological approach to treating depression in the past 50…

Increased use of social media and computers and longer television viewing times are linked to…

The UK conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Durex and Lysol, will pay $1.4bn (£1.1bn; €1.2bn)…

The new government funding for rest facilities should not be labelled as only for the…

I disagree with Hawkes—a review of UK hospital food services is justified if high risk…

AbstractPre-eclampsia is a common disorder that particularly affects first pregnancies. The clinical presentation is highly…

Occupational health and general practice have many common threads, because they are both about people…

By improving clinical awareness of the signs, symptoms, causes, and treatment of carbon monoxide (CO)…

bmj;366/jul15_5/l4668/FAF1faThe son of antismoking GP Lennox Johnston, Ivor Norman Lennox Johnston attended Wallasey Grammar School…

bmj;366/jul15_4/l4677/FAF1faHenry Ernest Thomas Korn (“Tom”) was the only son of medical parents who fled Nazi…

bmj;366/jul15_3/l4667/FAF1faJohn Baker joined his mother in the family practice after his father died. After a…

bmj;366/jul15_2/l4681/FAF1faIt is with great sadness that we write of the recent passing of a brilliant…

bmj;366/jul15_1/l4679/FAF1faWilliam Charles Donald Lovett (“Donald”) was born in Ystradowen in the Vale of Glamorgan, the…

The government has instructed Health Education England to consult patients and the public on what…

bmj;366/jul12_9/l4633/FAF1faDavid Gwyn Thomas was born in Wells, Somerset, the only child of Welsh parents. A…

An experienced GP and practice partner has been suspended from the UK medical register for…

Medical defence experts have urged the UK government to hasten reform of the legal process…

Who’s the new recruit?This is the news that the NHS has partnered with Amazon to…

More than eight in 10 patients considered their overall experience of their GP practice was…

Drug makers’ payments to doctors have helped to drive the growing use of gabapentinoids, says…

bmj;366/jul12_3/l4669/FAF1faCredit: Loma Linda-PROn the morning of 26 October 1984, Leonard L Bailey and his heart…

Rimmer’s article about the firm made me reflect on the structure I grew up with.1…

There has been significant expansion in mental health support for women during pregnancy and postnatally,…

MPs in the UK parliament have voted overwhelmingly to liberalise abortion laws in Northern Ireland…