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bmj;366/aug12_7/l5117/F1F1f1Fig 1Edith Irby Jones graduated from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1952Edith Irby…

Registrars at an Australian hospital have launched legal action against its management amid claims that…

The digital GP service provider Livi will now cover 1.85 million patients in Birmingham, Northamptonshire,…

bmj;366/aug12_4/l5116/FAF1faCheryl Ann Britton was born and raised in Bradford, where she attended Bradford Girls Grammar…

bmj;366/aug12_3/l5115/FAF1faIan James Burns was born in Glasgow to parents James Aloysius Burns and Mabel Thomson…

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate whether vitamin D supplementation is associated with lower mortality in adults.DesignSystematic review and…

Elwenspoek and colleagues review the evidence base behind the current UK guidelines for monitoring diabetes…

The main question is not “How to fix doctors’ rotas,” but what needs to be…

The General Medical Council is to mount appeals to the High Court against three decisions…

The US Food and Drug Administration has strongly criticised the Novartis subsidiary AveXis for failing…

Deaths from asthma in England and Wales have increased by a third in the past…

GPs and other prescribers such as pharmacists and nurses should be able to take on…

Around £250m is to be invested in setting up a new centre for artificial intelligence…

We recognise many of the challenges mentioned by Whitehouse,1 particularly that high quality rotas are…

After the mass shootings last week in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, seven leading…

Over 5.7 million people in Burundi—almost half of the total population—have been infected with malaria…

Finasteride, a 5α-reductase inhibitor, was approved in 1992 for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia;…

Oliver is right that calls for major structural reforms to the NHS are futile.1 But…

Scotland remains the drug overdose capital of Europe, the latest data show (BMJ doi:10.1136/bmj.l4731). Last…

Surgeons have renewed their call for NHS England to put in place a place a…

The parents of a 5 year old girl who has been on life support since…

The government of the Philippines has declared a national epidemic of dengue fever for the…

Our healthcare system does not create an environment in which professionals can easily talk about…

bmj;366/aug08_9/l5030/FAF1faRobert Thomson (“ Bob”) came to the specialty of urological surgery by the now unusual…

bmj;366/aug08_8/l5058/FAF1faI am sad to announce the death of Rowland Vale Berry. He was a retired…

bmj;366/aug08_7/l5039/FAF1faAs author of Clinical Pharmacology, Desmond Laurence was master of the readable textbook, known and…

bmj;366/aug08_6/l4841/FAF1faAfzal Mir will be remembered for many years to come as an inspirational teacher by…

Be preparedRead up on the details of the major strategic documents for your specialty and…

A 25 year old man presented to the emergency department with pain and reduced movement…

Rapid pain reliefSufentanil is a synthetic opioid that is 10 times more potent than its…

This is a slit lamp photograph showing iris collarettes that protrude from the surface of…

FertilityBirth rate in England and Wales hits record lowEngland and Wales recorded 657 076 live…

Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on antidepressant treatments in…

The decision by the General Medical Council (GMC) to ask the High Court to strike…

GPs should do more to help patients plan for their care and treatment because of…

We welcome the Royal College of Physicians’ statement Delivering Research for All and agree with…

General practice was once all about being in a partnership. In the early days of…

Maben and King discuss the opportunities and barriers for NHS staff wanting to take part…

“I’m an exercise physiologist, and my background is in exercise during pregnancy. I was giving…

Elwenspoek and colleagues review monitoring strategies in UK guidelines for chronic diseases.1 Over a decade…

Brennan and Davidson write about empowering doctors to speak up about their concerns.1 Medicine has…

Much has been written about the informal “hidden curriculum” in clinical training that can influence…

Doctors in England and Wales will be able to control how much they pay into…

Earlier this month the first cohort of junior doctors entered internal medical training (IMT), which…

One of the root causes of the limited number of medically trained chief executives in…

It’s uncontroversial to suggest that GP workloads have increased over the past 10 years.12 Work…

In a move that seems to disregard the long established split between purchasers and providers,…

Last year I did something I found difficult, unsettling, and risky. Yet, in many ways,…

Nurses at Great Ormond Street Hospital are campaigning to reduce the use of non-sterile gloves.1…

Over 30% of trainees decide against going straight into specialty training during their second year…