Improve care pathways for covid now to do better when the next variant or pandemic hits
How did we let it get to this stage? Abbasi asks.1 The answers are not…
How did we let it get to this stage? Abbasi asks.1 The answers are not…
The highly transmissible delta variant of SARS-COV-2 is now dominant in Europe and North America….
This is the Leser-Trélat sign in a man in his 60s who presented with more…
A novel anti-cholesterol drug, to be given in primary care as a twice yearly injection,…
It’s all around you, especially if you venture into the world of social media: GPs…
Many uplifting things happen in medicine: babies are born safely, illnesses are prevented or cured,…
Hundreds of thousands of children’s lives could be saved each year in Africa by combining…
bmj;374/aug31_5/n2130/FAF1faWhen Robin Touquet was appointed the first consultant in emergency medicine at St Mary’s Hospital…
Medical experts in Northern Ireland are striving to pinpoint why the country has such a…
ABSTRACTAge is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. With the accelerated growth of the…
Women spend a disproportionate amount of their time carrying out three quarters of the world’s…
“There will be a need for diabetes management to catch up,” as progress made before…
bmj;374/aug27_9/n2112/FAF1faCharles Wakeley was an inspirational musculoskeletal radiologist, a dedicated doctor, and a great mentor and…
Joan Ripley (née Inwald) was born into a medical family. She emigrated to Montego Bay,…
bmj;374/aug27_7/n2111/FAF1faDavid Michael Roberts (“Mike”) died after a long illness bravely fought, at the age of…
bmj;374/aug27_6/n2117/FAF1faDamian Vincent McGivern came from a Liverpool Irish family and remained deeply attached to his…
bmj;374/aug27_5/n2110/FAF1faStanford Bourne (“Sandy”) will be especially remembered for his work in the area of bereavement…
On qualifying, David married June, a biology teacher, and after training posts moved to St…
The most serious type of heart attack, an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), is a…
Medical leaders have questioned the feasibility of a £1bn (€1.17bn; $1.37bn) government recovery plan for…
The sound of sirens across Tokyo has increased noticeably during August. After a year of…
The numbers of covid cases, hospitalisations, and deaths are continuing to rise across the UK,…
Most doctors think that sexism is an issue in medicine, the BMA has said.In a…
Glioblastoma is the most common primary brain cancer in adults.1 Some additional information has come…
In this paper by Maguire and colleagues (BMJ 2021;374:n1674, doi:10.1136/bmj.n1674, published 27 July 2021), co-author…
Protection provided by two doses of the Pfizer and the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccines wanes within…
In late July 2021, US states were reported to be sitting on around 26 million…
Four in 10 people who are clinically vulnerable generate lower levels of antibodies than healthy…
Doctors have raised concerns about the effects that a shortage of blood tubes in England…
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval to the two dose Pfizer-BioNTech…
I like that song!That’s nice, but we’re not talking about Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License”—one of…
Research by Imperial College London suggests effective test, trace, and isolate systems could reduce the…
What you need to knowWhen assessing mental health and wellbeing, consider developmental stage, functional or…
The past 18 months have been bizarre and unprecedented. It has been an unusual time…
Minerva finds it inexplicable why many general practices no longer remove impacted ear wax.1Many people…
Oliver rightly points out that hospital bed numbers were inadequate before the pandemic and will…
An east London general practice that called every one of its patients to discuss covid-19…
The representative body of more than 5000 hospitals in the US has appealed to the…
Whatever you think about NHS Digital’s GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) programme, the…
The UK’s first ever comprehensive plan designed to improve health outcomes for women is set…
It’s a winter of discontent in South Africa. Only a small fraction of the population…
It’s a chance to stop and reflectHelen Chidera Ota, surgical teaching fellow, says, “For a…
bmj;374/aug20_10/n2051/FAF1faJulian André Bradley gave so much to the local medical community, and so many of…
George Kouloumas, also known as Josh, was born in Holloway, north London, the son of…
bmj;374/aug20_8/n2054/FAF1faJ Henry Goldin was a pioneering craniofacial surgeon, known nationally and internationally, who helped transform…
The number of beds occupied in hospitals in England is nearing levels seen before the…
In August 2020, the Philippines, already under quarantine measures involving shuttered businesses, enforced curfew hours,…
The current and future effect of long covid—which includes both ongoing symptomatic covid-19 (4-12 weeks)…
“They feel like they’re doing their patients a favour by providing care, just because it’s…
Why are we seeing a surge in infections?Respiratory syncytial virus activity was very low in…