Author: British Medical Journal

bmj;366/jul16_3/l4703/FAF1faCredit: Simon CraftOn 29 April 1982, Europe’s first set of twins conceived by in vitro…

Ketamine is the first truly new pharmacological approach to treating depression in the past 50…

Increased use of social media and computers and longer television viewing times are linked to…

The UK conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Durex and Lysol, will pay $1.4bn (£1.1bn; €1.2bn)…

The new government funding for rest facilities should not be labelled as only for the…

I disagree with Hawkes—a review of UK hospital food services is justified if high risk…

AbstractPre-eclampsia is a common disorder that particularly affects first pregnancies. The clinical presentation is highly…

Occupational health and general practice have many common threads, because they are both about people…

By improving clinical awareness of the signs, symptoms, causes, and treatment of carbon monoxide (CO)…

bmj;366/jul15_5/l4668/FAF1faThe son of antismoking GP Lennox Johnston, Ivor Norman Lennox Johnston attended Wallasey Grammar School…

bmj;366/jul15_4/l4677/FAF1faHenry Ernest Thomas Korn (“Tom”) was the only son of medical parents who fled Nazi…

bmj;366/jul15_3/l4667/FAF1faJohn Baker joined his mother in the family practice after his father died. After a…

bmj;366/jul15_2/l4681/FAF1faIt is with great sadness that we write of the recent passing of a brilliant…

bmj;366/jul15_1/l4679/FAF1faWilliam Charles Donald Lovett (“Donald”) was born in Ystradowen in the Vale of Glamorgan, the…

The government has instructed Health Education England to consult patients and the public on what…

bmj;366/jul12_9/l4633/FAF1faDavid Gwyn Thomas was born in Wells, Somerset, the only child of Welsh parents. A…

An experienced GP and practice partner has been suspended from the UK medical register for…

Medical defence experts have urged the UK government to hasten reform of the legal process…

Who’s the new recruit?This is the news that the NHS has partnered with Amazon to…

More than eight in 10 patients considered their overall experience of their GP practice was…

Drug makers’ payments to doctors have helped to drive the growing use of gabapentinoids, says…

bmj;366/jul12_3/l4669/FAF1faCredit: Loma Linda-PROn the morning of 26 October 1984, Leonard L Bailey and his heart…

Rimmer’s article about the firm made me reflect on the structure I grew up with.1…

There has been significant expansion in mental health support for women during pregnancy and postnatally,…

MPs in the UK parliament have voted overwhelmingly to liberalise abortion laws in Northern Ireland…

Last week Boris Johnson suggested that a good way to revamp politics after Brexit would…

The man most likely to be the UK’s next prime minister has called for a…

What you need to knowBest available estimates of the effectiveness of fertility awareness based methods…

“When I was appointed medical director of Salisbury District Hospital in 2011, I felt confident…

AbstractObjectiveTo determine whether 30 day mortality, 30 day readmissions, and inpatient spending vary according to…

England’s health secretary, Matt Hancock, has urged doctors not to take early retirement because of…

The General Medical Council (GMC) will lose the legal power to require doctors to produce…

A US federal judge has blocked a Trump administration rule that would have required drug…

In a Minerva picture article ‘Phototoxic reaction to ciprofloxacin’ (BMJ 2019;365:12413 doi:10.1136/bmj.l2413) ciprofloxacin was incorrectly…

An anaesthetist has been sent to the crown court on charges that he injected his…

Recovery after mild traumatic brain injuryBased on a Glasgow coma scale score of 13 to…

A 40 year old man with HIV presented with a four week history of a…

The recent announcement of a new “NHS waiting time app” prompted headlines in national print…

A 73 year old woman who had been hospitalised developed purple coloured urine in her…

The studyGazzard G, Konstantakopoulou G, Garway-Heath E, et al. Selective laser trabeculoplasty versus eye drops…

A specialist doctor in an urgent treatment unit who worked back-to-back 12 hour shifts at…

Seven current medical students at Edinburgh University accepted degree certificates on behalf of the pioneering…

A High Court judge has refused to quash the decision of a medical practitioners tribunal…

Two patients’ associations that have received funding from drug companies with vested interests are calling…

Unpaid carers are being forced to use their own income or savings to cover the…

I entered medical school in 1971, became a GP principal in 1981, and retired in…

I’ve recently been thinking about why men and women enjoy vastly different levels of financial…

Last winter, dozens of teenagers at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles endured the intense wracking…

“Take care not to abuse trust”Victoria Moore, standards policy officer for the General Medical Council,…

Doctors spend a lot of time explaining things to patients: not just what might be…