Author: British Medical Journal

In 1905, the Nobel prize winning bacteriologist Robert Koch wrote, “The day will come when…

The UK drug regulator has asked trusts, GPs, and hospital doctors to ensure women are…

A “no deal” Brexit on 31 October will push the NHS “to the brink” as…

The government’s failure to adequately boost NHS staffing levels is undermining its ambition12 to diagnose…

The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to pose a serious…

Why should this topic be close to my heart?Because about 30 000 people have a…

bmj;366/aug30_4/l5325/FAF1faPeter Biello/New Hampshire Public RadioA specialist in rehabilitation and pain management, William “Ed” Kois was…

The World Health Organization has revised its guidance on contraceptive use to take into account…

Yes—Nicholas Smallwood, Ashley Miller, and Andrew Walden“The most dangerous phrase in the language is, ‘We’ve…

The longer that women take menopausal hormone therapy (MHT)—commonly referred to as hormone replacement therapy…

The average earnings of GPs in the UK was £94 800 in 2017-18, an increase…

A doctor who took up a consultant endocrinologist post after falsely claiming to have passed…

Regular readers of The BMJ will have noticed that we published no print issue this…

Key messagesLeaving the EU without a deal threatens health and the NHS in many ways,…

Sean Ninan, consultant geriatrician, Leeds Teaching Hospitalsbmj;366/aug29_11/l4885/FAF1faWhat is the best part of your job?People who…

Ambitious plans to recruit an extra 800 family doctors to work in Scotland by 2027…

An ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeon is a medical specialist who diagnoses and treats…

Care of older adults is a rapidly growing medical specialty and is the largest hospital…

An Oklahoma judge has ruled that Johnson and Johnson helped to fuel the state’s opioid…

How many cases have there been?On 23 August the CDC reported that a patient had…

Women in some parts of England with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) are nearly four times…

The studyStory A, Aldridge R, Smith C, et al. Smartphone-enabled video-observed versus directly observed treatment…

A 19 year old man presented with a two month history of lumps behind the…

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the cardiovascular effectiveness of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in routine clinical…

Patients with hypertension aged under 80 with an estimated 10 year risk of cardiovascular disease…

“When e-cigarettes were new, one of the concerns was that people were inhaling things other…

Rao’s account of innovations to reduce alcohol related harm among older people is a welcome…

bmj;366/aug28_8/l5264/FAF1faR N Jackson (“Nevil”) was in the Royal Air Force during the second world war…

bmj;366/aug28_7/l5267/FAF1faRichard John Alexander Kell was born into a farming family near Wisbech. He attended Framlingham…

bmj;366/aug28_6/l5269/FAF1faGordon Macpherson was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where his…

A law firm that successfully challenged the UK government over changes to younger judges’ pensions…

Stewart and McCambridge draw attention to the interplay between alcohol consumption and multimorbidity in older…

The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)—a valuable source of patient care data—is now unaffordable for…

AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate if the lowest target level for glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) of 8.6% (>70 mmol/mol)….

An evaluation of the risk of bias in each study included in a systematic review…

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which is part funded by the UK, should stop giving Pfizer…

Doctors should ask patients with symptoms that could be due to meningococcal infection about recent…

The studyA Rodger, V Cambiano, T Bruun, et al. Risk of HIV transmission through condomless…

I recently experienced a first in my career: while presenting at a conference, I shed…

A cardiologist has been struck off the UK medical register after he failed to check…

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has rejected cannabidiol for treating two…

Ramatu Abdullahi, a Nigerian woman in her mid-40s, starts work at 6 am. Slowly she…

On 22 July Public Health England issued an important public health announcement—the unusual occurrence in…

A GP has been struck off the UK medical register after writing letters to six…

The studyFeatherstone K, Northcott A, Harden J, et al. Refusal and resistance to care by…

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: diagnosis and management: summary of updated NICE guidanceClarification—This NICE guideline summary…

A once daily, low cost polypill combining four cardiovascular drugs reduced the risk of major…

An investigation by The BMJ has found that a scientific body advising the US Food…

The rising popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an undeniable contributing factor in…

A 32 year old man presented to the emergency department with trismus and a painful…