Covid-19: EU states report 60% rise in emergency calls about domestic violence
A 60% increase in emergency calls from women subjected to violence by their intimate partner…
Author: British Medical Journal
Covid-19: Health needs of sex workers are being sidelined, warn agencies
Agencies have criticised the lack of action to protect the health needs of sex workers…
The soaring joy of a family reunion
bmj;369/may07_9/m1832/FAF1faYara/ReutersThe meeting in Rome of Domenico di Massa with his granddaughter Cecilia for the first…
Covid-19: Number of Germans infected could be 10 times higher than official estimates
The number of people in Germany infected with covid-19, could be 10 times higher than…
Covid-19: Trump says added deaths are necessary price for reopening US businesses
A rise in mortality is a price worth paying to restart the US economy, President…
Adil El-Tayar: renowned NHS transplant surgeon who died from covid-19
bmj;369/may07_6/m1803/FAF1faPhoto credit: Abbas GhazanfarOn 25 March Adil El-Tayar, a renowned organ transplantation specialist, became the…
Covid-19: Nightingale hospitals set to shut down after seeing few patients
The mothballing of Britain’s Nightingale hospitals, some of which have yet to treat a single…
Covid-19: Campaigner calls for national guidance to stop DNR orders being made without discussion with patients and families
The daughter of a man who successfully fought to establish that patients have a right…
Covid-19: Surviving the long road ahead
More than four months after the first cases in China, we know a lot about…
Prognosis of unrecognised myocardial infarction determined by electrocardiography or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the prognosis of unrecognised myocardial infarction determined by electrocardiography (UMI-ECG) or cardiac magnetic…
Benzodiazepines and dementia . . . and other stories
Dementia, benzodiazepines, and Z-drugsA longitudinal study of a quarter of a million adults in Denmark…
Covid-19: Lack of capacity led to halting of community testing in March, admits deputy chief medical officer
The UK’s decision to stop community testing and contact tracing for covid-19 in early March…
Association between tax on sugar sweetened beverages and soft drink consumption in adults in Mexico: open cohort longitudinal analysis of Health Workers Cohort Study
AbstractObjectiveTo examine changes in categories of soft drink consumption in a cohort of Mexican adults,…
Covid-19: Projections of mortality in the US rise as states open up
Academics behind the model most cited by the White House in predicting the likely loss…
Childhood adiposity, adult body mass index, and disease in later life
The linked study by Richardson and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj.m1203) suggests that the effect of self-reported adiposity…
Violence against women during covid-19 pandemic restrictions
As the covid-19 pandemic intensifies, its gendered effects have begun to gain attention. Though data…
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Patient perspective: Gordon Sturmey and Matt Wiltshire
Having both been long stay patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) in the 2000s,…
Cow’s milk allergy guidelines are not evidence based and are beset by conflicts of interest, researchers warn
Guidelines that advise doctors to manage common infant symptoms as cow’s milk allergy are not…
Covid-19: Woman with terminal cancer should be released from care home to die with family, says judge
A High Court judge has ruled that an elderly woman with terminal cancer should be…
Covid-19: UK death toll overtakes Italy’s to become worst in Europe
The UK’s death toll from covid-19 has exceeded 32 000, making it the worst affected…
Confusion over CPR in patients with covid-19
The news on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in covid-191 is the latest example of the state…
Covid-19: the challenge of patient rehabilitation after intensive care
Covid-19 has shone a bright light on the impressive work of NHS intensive care units…
Self-protection: how NHS doctors are sourcing their own PPE
Back in early March, before the covid-19 pandemic had taken hold in the UK and…
Emergency departments must not return to pre-covid days of overcrowding and lack of safety, says college
UK emergency departments must never return to their previous state of being overcrowded, as well…
How can we prevent staff-to-staff transmission of coronavirus?
In the absence of clear guidance, primary care teams have formulated their own methods to…
Love in the time of coronavirus
John Berger’s 1995 novel To the Wedding1 was written in response to the horrors of…
Reducing risks from coronavirus transmission in the home—the role of viral load
Most people with covid-19 are cared for at home, increasing the likely exposure of household…
David Oliver: Is abuse towards doctors in government roles unfair?
The coronavirus pandemic has brought unaccustomed attention to doctors working in government departments and arm’s…
Patient perspective: Roger Boyes
Covid-19 survivors who, like me, were in the intensive care unit (ICU), are still a…
Covid-19: adverse mental health outcomes for healthcare workers
Frontline medical workers are at risk of not just adverse physical outcomes from coronavirus disease…
Occurrence, prevention, and management of the psychological effects of emerging virus outbreaks on healthcare workers: rapid review and meta-analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo examine the psychological effects on clinicians of working to manage novel viral outbreaks, and…
Covid-19: South Korea relaxes social distancing after the number of new cases drops below 10 a day
South Korea has announced it will begin easing social distancing measures from 6 May, as…
Trust boss gave misleading information to GMC about consultant who was unfairly dismissed
A large NHS teaching trust has lost an appeal against a damning employment tribunal judgment…
Train and deploy a community level public health workforce to combat covid-19
We strongly support Pollock and colleagues’ views.1 We do not understand why the government did…
Covid-19: Are chest compressions an aerosol generating procedure or not?
The central problem of doctors in the west Midlands being told not to start chest…
Covid-19: UK advisory panel members are revealed after experts set up new group
The UK government has disclosed some of the members of its Scientific Advisory Group for…
Helen Salisbury: Message in a bottle
The covid-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the need for care planning, especially with…
Partha Kar: Covid-19 and ethnicity—why are all our angels white?
The higher covid-19 mortality rate among people from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds—both in…
Covid-19: GPs have a fortnight to start organising weekly care home reviews, says NHS
GPs will be required to give extra support to care homes, including a weekly review…
Associations of fat and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality: prospective cohort study of UK Biobank participants
In this article by Ho and colleagues (BMJ 2020;368, doi:10.1136/bmj.m688, published 18 March 2020) the…
Correction for vol. 369, p.
What is happening to non-covid deaths?In this feature by John Appleby (BMJ 2020;369:m1607, doi:10.1136/bmj.m1607) figure…
US ventilator crisis brings patients and doctors face-to-face with life-or-death choices
Ivanova Smith, a 31 year old woman who lives in Tacoma, Washington, says she “would…
Covid-19 and pregnancy
Guideline: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection in pregnancyPublished by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG),…
Covid-19: Doctors face shortages of vital drugs, gases, and therapeutics, survey finds
Shortages of items such as antibiotics, anaesthetic drugs, and painkillers have forced doctors to offer…
Developing a vaccine for covid-19
The rapidly developing covid-19 epidemic has stimulated an enormous effort to develop vaccines against the…
Covid-19: skin damage with prolonged wear of FFP3 masks
Sayburn refers to Public Health England guidance recommending the use of FFP3 masks when performing…
Covid-19: NHS bosses told to assess risk to ethnic minority staff who may be at greater risk
NHS leaders in England have been told to “risk-assess” and make “appropriate arrangements” to protect…
Sixty seconds on . . . the contact tracing app
Another NHS app?I know it seems like we’re hearing about a new one every week…
Covid-19: UK needs flexible local plans to come out of lockdown, say public health experts
Local plans tailored to different parts of the UK rather than a centralised and one-size-fits-all…
Covid-19: Deprived areas have the highest death rates in England and Wales
The UK’s Office for National Statistics has published new figures showing deaths involving covid-19 by…