Covid-19: schools set to close across UK except for children of health and social care workers
Schools across the UK will close on Friday 20 March for the foreseeable future, but…
Author: British Medical Journal
Efforts to reduce stillbirths, deaths, and injuries in babies have failed, finds review
A campaign to reduce stillbirths, brain injury, and avoidable deaths in babies has failed to…
Covid-19: UK government calls on industry to help boost testing capacity to 25 000 people a day
As many as 25 000 people a day will be tested for covid-19 in NHS…
Creatine, depression, . . . and other stories
Dietary creatineCreatine is central to the energy metabolism of muscle, and weight lifters and body…
Bilateral infiltrative optic neuropathy associated with glioblastoma
This is a fundus picture (fig 1) of bilateral infiltrative optic neuropathy in a 62…
Covid-19: how doctors and healthcare systems are tackling coronavirus worldwide
United StatesThe United States declared a national emergency on 13 March as covid-19 spread to…
Uterine fibroid drug is recalled after case of liver failure requiring transplant prompts EU review
All unexpired stocks of Esmya (ulipristal acetate) 5 mg tablets have been recalled, after a…
Covid-19: all non-urgent elective surgery is suspended for at least three months in England
NHS hospitals in England have been told to suspend all non-urgent elective surgery for at…
Management of ANCA associated vasculitis
ABSTRACTAnti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV) is a small to medium vessel vasculitis associated…
Covid-19 exposes weaknesses in European response to outbreaks
Covid-19 continues to spread across Europe. Italy, Germany, Spain, and France have all diagnosed over…
David Oliver: Why force GP streaming on NHS emergency departments?
The government recently announced plans to expand GP streaming in emergency departments, after claims that…
Calculating the sample size required for developing a clinical prediction model
Summary pointsPatients and healthcare professionals require clinical prediction models to accurately guide healthcare decisionsLarger sample…
Covid-19: pregnant doctors should speak to occupational health, say experts
All pregnant healthcare professionals, especially those who work in intensive care, have been advised to…
Desmond Gareth Julian: cardiologist who revolutionised acute coronary care
bmj;368/mar17_11/m1093/FAF1faAs a junior doctor in 1956, Desmond Julian was advised against pursuing a career in…
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Covid-19: Trump sought to buy vaccine developer exclusively for US, say German officials
The US president, Donald Trump, made secret overtures to the German company CureVac—one of the…
Covid-19: BMA calls for rapid testing and appropriate protective equipment for doctors
The BMA has said that it is working to ensure that all doctors have appropriate…
Covid-19: Doctors warn of humanitarian catastrophe at Europe’s largest refugee camp
A UK based charity that provides healthcare to residents at Europe’s largest refugee camp has…
Helen Salisbury: What might we learn from the covid-19 pandemic?
Events are moving so quickly that whatever I write today (15 March) is likely to…
Outpatient letters to patients: many doctors and patients are non-native speakers
I agree that clinicians should write directly to patients and “copy in” other professionals involved…
Covid-19 and community mitigation strategies in a pandemic
The covid-19 pandemic that was declared on 11 March 2020 has affected countries on all…
TB expert is suspended for 12 months for possessing extreme pornography
A leading lung specialist who was cautioned by police for possessing extreme pornography involving bestiality…
Writing to patients can cause upset
Rayner and colleagues present an interesting summary of the essentials of writing outpatient letters to…
What role should the commercial food system play in promoting health through better diet?
Key messagesPopulations across the globe are highly dependent on commercial food systems for daily nourishmentCommercial…
Don’t panic: five minutes with . . . Kai Zacharowski
“Don’t panic. That’s the most important thing.“The second thing is hygiene. Keep a distance [from…
To control the covid-19 outbreak, young, healthy patients should avoid the emergency department
The situation with covid-19 is quickly evolving and coming to a critical point. As public…
Covid-19: UK starts social distancing after new model points to 260 000 potential deaths
The UK government has been forced to change its plan of attack for covid-19 after…
Matt Morgan: When the problem is urgent and important
Eisenhower said that “what is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom…
Covid-19: trainees will not move jobs in April
Postgraduate trainees will not rotate to new roles on 1 April as previously planned because…
Covid-19: ibuprofen should not be used for managing symptoms, say doctors and scientists
Scientists and senior doctors have backed claims by France’s health minister that people showing symptoms…
Covid-19: junior doctor calls on colleagues to gather supplies for staff working long hours
A junior doctor has called on her colleagues to gather supplies that will help healthcare…
On the front lines of coronavirus: the Italian response to covid-19
“Patient 1” can breathe on his own after more than two weeks in intensive care…
Covid-19: outbreak could last until spring 2021 and see 7.9 million hospitalised in the UK
The covid-19 outbreak is expected to last around one year (until spring 2021), with around…
Primary care networks: LMC leaders vote to reject revised agreement on directed enhanced services
GP leaders have rejected the primary care networks directed enhanced service (DES) that was agreed…
Mobile messaging with patients
What you need to knowMobile messaging has the potential to support clinical practice and should…
Ethnic minority patients receive worse mental healthcare than white patients, review finds
Doctors are more uncertain when it comes to diagnosing emotional problems and depression in ethnic…
How do I tell a colleague they have made a mistake?
“Get all the facts”Gabrielle Pendlebury, medicolegal consultant at Medical Protection, says, “To err is human….
Redesigning safety regulation in the NHS
Healthcare relies on a variety of regulatory activities to manage risks to the public and…
Covid-19: medical schools are urged to fast-track final year students
UK medical schools have been urged to fast-track final year medical students into the workforce…
Covid-19: UK holds off closing schools and restricts testing to people in hospital
People displaying covid-19 symptoms—a new, continuous cough or a high temperature—should self-isolate at home for…
Trainees and covid-19: your questions answered
Will my training be disrupted?In a joint statement, UK training bodies and the General Medical…
Outpatient letters to patients: a less authoritarian tone
For around 10 years, the General Medical Council has required occupational physicians to provide to…
Bearing the brunt of covid-19: older people in low and middle income countries
The global response to covid-19 has been described as being “too little, too late.”1 National…
Covid-19: GPs call for same personal protective equipment as hospital doctors
GPs have called for practices to be given the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to…
Sixty seconds on . . . AA
The Automobile Association?No, wrong one, this provides a very different type of assistance. AA is…
Budgeting for covid-19: changing the narrative and narrating the change
The UK government’s plan for dealing with covid-19 has now moved from the “contain” phase…
Medical memes
As Clare Gerada, GP partner, pointed out in her column in The BMJ, “becoming a…
How to become a doctor in the Royal Navy
As a doctor in the Royal Navy you will provide clinical care for some of…
Covid-19: Medical conferences around the world are cancelled after US cases are linked to Massachusetts meeting
Medical conferences around the world have been cancelled because of fears about covid-19 after a…
Budget 2020: pension changes mean most doctors won’t be penalised for extra work
Most doctors will no longer be unfairly out of pocket for doing extra work, after…
Cognitive load theory and differential attainment
Linton discusses a multi-pronged approach to tackling differential attainment.1 Another approach, not considered by Linton…