Avoid doing chest x rays in infants with typical bronchiolitis
What you need to knowThe diagnosis of bronchiolitis is based on history and physical examination…
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Nigel Hawkes: medical journalist and director of Straight Statistics
bmj;375/oct22_4/n2579/FAF1faIn June 2010 the medical journalist Nigel Hawkes, who has died from a heart attack…
NHS must eliminate waste to build greener health system, say medical colleges
Action is needed to eliminate waste in the health system if the NHS is to…
India’s army of unrecognised, unpaid female health workers
When Netradipa Patil met 9 month old Riya (not her real name) she was perplexed….
Covid-19: Vaccines are highly effective in preventing deaths from delta variant, study indicates
The first countrywide study of deaths caused by the delta variant of covid-19 has found…
Covid-19: Government is “wilfully negligent” in not acting on rising numbers, says BMA
The BMA has accused the UK government of being “wilfully negligent” by not immediately implementing…
Covid-19: Bolsonaro should face criminal charges over Brazil’s failed response, recommends inquiry
A Brazilian Senate inquiry into the pandemic has recommended charging the country’s far right president…
Covid-19: Gun violence in US increased 30% during pandemic
Gun violence in the United States increased by 30% during 2020-21 from pre-pandemic levels, researchers…
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England’s stalled cancer progress: the enduring effect of the covid-19 pandemic
The questions being asked by the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select committee…
Why healthcare needs rebels
Members of the Independent Scientific and Advisory Group for Emergencies may be surprised to find…
Sixty seconds on . . . “The Gasman’s Shanty”
The what?It’s a music video about the heroics of anaesthetists (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wm2hSdBtXU), written, produced, and directed…
Facial rash and ocular pain
A previously healthy man in his 60s presented to the emergency department with ocular pain,…
Corneal arcus associations . . . and other stories
Corneal arcusA cross sectional study of 10 000 people in Germany (mean age 60, range…
Team debriefings in healthcare: drawing on the strengths of other professions
As a foundation doctor and newly qualified social worker, we value Kolbe and colleagues’ recent…
Covid-19: Prioritise vulnerable patients to prevent further deterioration, says charity
Clinically extremely vulnerable people, who have been asked to shield during the covid pandemic, have…
Health inequalities and the elective backlog—understanding the problem and how to resolve it
Even before covid-19 the NHS was struggling to manage rising demand, as waiting lists continued…
Covid-19: Italy sees protests against mandatory health passports for workplaces
A demonstration in Trieste, Italy, against the mandate for health passports in the workplace turned…
Religious support for assisted dying: we must not gamble with vulnerable people’s lives in changing the law
The “new religious alliance in support of doctor assisted dying” has stated that it wishes…
Assisted dying: changing the law still has an unacceptably high price
The support of some prominent religious figures for assisted dying has added a new element…
Covid-19: UK needs more doctors to support post-pandemic recovery, say leaders
The UK must train more doctors to support the post-pandemic recovery of services, England’s national…
Agony and holiness—an alternative perspective
Notwithstanding the quote from Ecclesiasticus—“Death is better than a miserable life, and eternal rest than…
Covid-19: Government must reintroduce precautionary measures now, say health leaders
Health leaders have urged the UK government to reintroduce measures such as mandatory face coverings…
Conjunctival amyloid
This is conjunctival amyloidosis on the left eyelid of a man in his 70s (fig…
Tackling overprescribing
The UK government recently published its long awaited review led by the chief pharmaceutical officer…
Private management consultants: evaluate their work, but don’t forget to ask why their use in the NHS is so high
There is a widespread populist belief that management consulting is a racket designed to take…
Diagnosis and management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
AbstractBronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common chronic lung disease in infants and is associated…
Covid-19’s rebel scientists: has iSAGE been a success?
Before England’s “freedom day”—when the last of the covid-19 restrictions were lifted on 19 July…
Cut particulate air pollution, save lives
At a population level, reducing ambient fine particulate matter air pollution improves mean survival. This…
GPs overwhelmingly reȷect health secretary’s “rescue plan” for general practice
GPs have overwhelmingly rejected Sajid Javid’s rescue package for general practice, as 93% of those…
Risk of bias in studies on prediction models developed using supervised machine learning techniques: systematic review
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the methodological quality of studies on prediction models developed using machine learning techniques…
Creating more sustainable practice: the NHS clinical teams innovating for a greener future
A green ambulance serviceYorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust was the first ambulance service in the…
David Oliver: Daily Mail’s campaign on general practice won’t help GPs or their patients
For months several UK national newspaper titles have been carrying exhortations for GPs to return…
Corrections
In this practice pointer on care of men with BRCA variants (doi:10.1136/bmj.n2376; https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2376), the introduction…
Covid-19: Government faces legal challenge over “failure to protect care home residents”
Two women who lost their fathers to covid-19 are legally challenging what they describe as…
Covid-19: US cases drop overall but increase among children
Hospital admissions for covid-19 among children aged 5-11, who are not yet eligible for vaccination,…
Helen Salisbury: Saȷid Javid’s missed opportunity
England’s secretary of state for health and social care did not attend his face-to-face appointment…
Author’s reply to Cohn and Freedman and Greenberg
The one feature of the assisted dying debate that everyone can agree on is that…
Matt Morgan: How watching Friends may prevent your next complaint
The opening bar of the theme tune for the TV programme Friends takes me straight…
Effectiveness of consultancy services in healthcare is unclear in New Zealand
Our research on the use of consultants and contractors in the New Zealand healthcare system…
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Religious support for assisted dying: moral anchors are rooted outside faith traditions
The assertion proffered by Romain and Carey—that religious opposition to doctor assisted dying “is not…
Balint groups can support and invigorate GPs
I write in response to Helen Salisbury’s pertinent and timely column in which she states…
Campaign highlights families caught on climate crisis frontline
bmj;375/oct19_6/n2544/FAF1faPeter CatonAs government representatives from across the world prepare to travel to Glasgow to attend…
Covid-19: Ministers told to reveal names of companies in “VIP lane” for PPE contracts
The UK’s data privacy watchdog has ordered the government to reveal the names of almost…
Biblical and theological opposition to assisted dying
In their essay on the support of religious people and leaders for assisted dying, Romain…
Time to end the misuse of race in medicine: cases from nephrology
The use of race in clinical decision making across numerous biomedical specialties has come under…
Covid-19: Why Africa’s pandemic is different
“Inequity” is a word firmly attached to Africa, and not just in the pandemic. Inequity…
Acute urinary retention and risk of cancer: population based Danish cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo examine the risk of urogenital, colorectal, and neurological cancers after a first diagnosis of…
Covid-19: Silencing health workers, researchers, and journalists caused unnecessary deaths, says Amnesty
Governments are causing unnecessary covid-19 deaths by trying to silence healthcare workers, journalists, and researchers,…
Covid-19: Valneva’s vaccine produces stronger immune response than AstraZeneca’s, company reports
Valneva’s covid-19 vaccine produces significantly higher concentrations of neutralising antibodies than the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine does,…
LGBT+: Indian medical institutions are asked to amend textbooks with unscientific content
Medical institutions in India should not teach from books that contain content that discriminates against…