Author: British Medical Journal

The UK government is falling short in its efforts to curb childhood obesity and must…

Obviously I welcome further research into the causes and prevention of pregnancy loss, but I…

The mother of a 4 year old boy with Down’s syndrome has won a High…

The UK government has published its no-deal readiness report outlining its preparations for the UK…

In this article by Merino and colleagues (BMJ 2019;366:l4292, doi:10.1136/bmj.l4292, published 25 July), the authorship…

Over a third of women in four low and middle income countries have experienced mistreatment…

It’s nearly that time of the year again—or at least it used to be. Now…

The studyPeden CJ, Stephens T, Martin G et al. Effectiveness of a national quality improvement…

A member of my daughter’s healthcare team was chasing me down the corridor, waving Daisy’s…

The past 12 months haven’t been an easy time for the BMA, with challenges over…

The Ebola outbreak in west Africa in 2014-16 exposed many flaws in the global response…

Summary pointsIn a prospective meta-analysis (PMA), studies are identified and determined to be eligible for…

NHS England and NHS Improvement have launched “Where Best Next?”—a campaign to reduce the number…

Pharmacies should stop dispensing four prescription ranitidine products supplied by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and should return…

An aspect often missed in discourse on ageing and the workforce,1 is the benefit of…

bmj;367/oct08_11/l5927/FAF1faReutersProtesters took to the streets of Paris this week angry that French MPs have voted…

An estimated 726 homeless people died in England and Wales last year, the largest annual…

A Christian doctor who claimed that he was forced out of his job as a…

The retraction of 15 Chinese transplantation studies owing to concerns about the source of the…

In this paper by Taylor and colleagues (BMJ 2019;364:l223, doi:10.1136/bmj.l223, published 13 February 2019), the…

“People think that paediatrics can be quite soft and fluffy, but it’s hard work,” says…

How is it that if all infants born in the UK in 20171 had been…

Reports demonstrate gender bias in academic medicine, and an important subset of this evidence focuses…

I’ve heard recently that the days of our local clinical commissioning group (CCG) are numbered,…

AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or stroke in adults with non-alcoholic…

An inquiry into the work of Hans Eysenck, who dominated the profession of psychology in…

A specialist in alternative “functional medicine” has been suspended from the UK medical register for…

A senior member of the independent panel that advises the government on drug related issues…

Public Health England (PHE) has launched a new campaign aimed at helping people manage and…

About 3.2 million people in the UK vape, and Public Health England has said that…

A doctor accused of running a “pill mill” has been sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment…

That’s an inflammatory headline!Yes, but that is kind of the point. You may remember that…

The number of patients with type 1 diabetes who are receiving “flash” glucose monitoring devices…

A man with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who was forcibly removed from his home at 3…

I was moved by Gerada’s reflections about her work with relatives bereaved by suicide of…

Gerada calls for better suicide prevention for medical staff.1 The Society of Occupational Medicine’s recent…

Three drug companies signed an illegal agreement that resulted in price hikes of up to…

Shortages of medicines may harm patients by depriving them of treatment or forcing them to…

Giles and Cummins express reservations about training patients during cancer treatment, saying that patients might…

Giles and Cummins discuss our report on prehabilitation for people with cancer.12 We recognise the…

Northern Ireland’s abortion law, in denying terminations to women whose babies have fatal fetal abnormalities,…

At its annual conference in Brighton last week the Labour Party announced a new plan…

AbstractObjectiveTo map and assess prognostic models for outcome prediction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary…

AbstractObjectiveTo determine whether total exposure to penicillin V can be reduced while maintaining adequate clinical…

Vaping injuriesCases continue to rise in USSome 805 cases of probable lung injury and 12…

When we stopped taking advertisements for breast milk substitutes earlier this year, it was because…

Most of the vaccine stock ordered for the coming flu season will arrive before 31…

The parents of a 5 year old girl with irreversible catastrophic brain damage may be…

As a member of the 2015 NHS pension scheme,1 nothing surprises me anymore. We were…

A consultant anaesthetist who dishonestly added his name to operation charge sheets so as to…