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A video of a patient dying in agony in a hospice, made to promote a…

The environment secretary has commissioned an independent review to help create a national food strategy…

The studyTaylor S, Mallett S, Beare S et al. Diagnostic accuracy of whole-body MRI versus…

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate whether fenofibrate as add-on to statin treatment reduce persistent cardiovascular risk in adults…

Henderson mentions mechanisms which would be expected to lead to increased polyunsaturated fat intake being…

Brown and colleagues investigated the effects of omega-3, omega-6, and total dietary polyunsaturated fat on…

We agree that environmental and structural changes in landscapes, life spaces, and public areas such…

Uptake of all 13 routine childhood vaccinations for under 5s has fallen in England over…

I read with interest Ekelund and colleagues’ systematic review and meta-analysis on the dose-response associations…

Urgent action is needed to improve fetal monitoring to prevent babies being born with severe…

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended in draft guidance that…

As the leaders of United Nations countries meet in New York to discuss the sustainable…

This is a clinical photograph of cellulitis and an abscess over follicular dendritic cell sarcoma…

The scarcity loopHealthcare is a scarce resource. There can never be enough funding to allow…

Over the decades, British health ministers have tended to claim—although recently, thankfully, rather less frequently—that…

A clinical commissioning group (CCG) in the north of England has been criticised for lowering…

The BMJ’s news article on how high coverage of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could…

SSRIsSertraline cuts anxiety more than depressive symptomsThe selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) sertraline reduced anxiety…

“I’ve written software for most of my life, on and off. I developed an interest…

Benton and Young raised concern about our study examining only the association between cancer risk…

A locum registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology who left the emergency department while a pregnant…

bmj;366/sep25_2/l5614/FAF1faNicola Price (“Nicky”) was an exceptional doctor, wife, mother, and friend. She constantly had a…

The word “vocation” is often raised in letters or online comments responding to stories about…

Artificial intelligence (AI)—also known as deep learning—might be able to detect diseases from medical imaging…

While revising this Analysis article (BMJ 2019;366:l4137, doi:10.1136/bmj.l4137) the authors mistakenly included a section on…

Private health screening companies should be held accountable for the follow-up care of the patients…

Mathew’s welcome comment on empathy in medicine rightly notes that patients put high value on…

GPs delivering weight management programmes should have regular supervision sessions with psychologists to increase their…

bmj;366/sep24_11/l5704/FAF1faWiktor Szymanowicz/Getty ImagesThousands of demonstrators took part in a global climate strike on 20 September…

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved the first cannabis based medicine to treat two…

Earlier this month England’s health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock, tweeted about some “terrific…

When I was a newly qualified GP in search of a practice that would feel…

Frequently, a patient’s opening gambit in a consultation is a request for a hospital referral….

In searching for what it means to be a good doctor,1 we must ask and…

What you need to knowEncouraging patients to write down their concerns before they meet with…

“General practice in crisis” has been a familiar headline in recent years, as unprecedented demand,…

Salisbury describes how new services use clinicians “poached” from general practice.1 These services are often…

The NHS was now in a better position to treat thousands of patients with wet…

Only a small number of children with solid tumour cancers are able to access targeted…

The named GP scheme, introduced for all patients in England over 75 in 2014, did…

Braillon and Bewley emphasise the importance of recognising cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome; we are pleased that…

An Ethiopian asylum seeker with advanced breast cancer who was denied treatment for several weeks…

The Labour Party has pledged to introduce free personal care in England for the people…

The NHS long term plan is a unique opportunity to reduce variation in cancer care…

Chocron and colleagues provide a timely and important review on cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.1 One important…

Use of class A drugs among UK adults aged 16 to 24 is at its…

The Labour Party has said that it will increase the number of GP trainees in…

Two proposed bills suggest ways to reduce the high cost of prescription drugs, primarily for…

Chocron and colleagues discuss cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.1 We would like to emphasise the importance of…

bmj;366/sep23_8/l5616/FAF1faAfter postgraduate training, Leslie Michaels took training positions in clinical pathology, microbiology, and histopathology in…