Global health security and universal health coverage: from fragmented aspirations to ambitious commitments
As leaders of the G7 meet in Japan in May, and representatives from 194 countries…
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Covid-19: WHO declares end of global health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared that covid-19 is no longer a “global health emergency”…
Charles Morgan Gwynn
bmj;381/may09_11/p998/FAF1faBorn in Gorseinon, south Wales, Charles Morgan Gwynn attended Gowerton Grammar, where he excelled at…
Tempering the need to treat at all costs
Heath and Montori’s article on responding to the crisis in modern healthcare reminded me of…
FDA approval, clinical trial evidence, efficacy, epidemiology, and price for non-orphan and ultra-rare, rare, and common orphan cancer drug indications: cross sectional analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo analyze the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, trials, unmet needs, benefit, and…
US Orphan Drug Act
In 1983 the US Congress enacted the Orphan Drug Act, establishing financial incentives for companies…
How can I support international colleagues?
Notice if someone is being excludedFarah Jameel, GP, the Museum Practice, says, “As an international…
Ask the expert: assessment of peripheral vascular disease in primary care
What you need to knowDiagnosis of peripheral arterial disease is based on a history of…
“Global health and science information sharing doesn’t look good”: advice to governments must be more coordinated and agile, says chief scientist
What does a chief scientist do?I advise; I don’t make any decisions. We make suggestions—and…
When I use a word . . . Medical definitions: Pharmacovigilance signals
SignalsEtymologically, a signal is a mark that in some sense shows the way. By extension…
BMA pushes for Chinese Medical Association to condemn medical abuse of Uyghurs
The World Medical Association (WMA) has called for the Chinese Medical Association to recognise and…
Edwin Symonds: did groundbreaking research into hypertension in pregnancy
bmj;381/may05_8/p1024/FAF1faEdwin “Malcolm” Symonds was born in Adelaide, Australia, to Edwin Joseph Symonds, an engineer who…
We need a gold standard for randomised control trials studying misinformation and vaccine hesitancy on social media
Vaccine hesitancy and the spread of misinformation on social media have been recognised by the…
Embedding quality in primary healthcare
It is easy to assume universal health coverage means reaching more people with healthcare services,…
Delivering quality care to all mothers and newborns requires governments to engage the private sector
In low and middle income countries the private healthcare sector is increasingly the first point…
Facilitators of co-leadership for quality care
Leadership is key to delivering health system change, including to improve quality of care.1 National…
Gambling addiction in the UK: don’t blame GPs
While the extensive coverage of gambling harms is welcome, it is disappointing to see another…
Methods for deriving risk difference (absolute risk reduction) from a meta-analysis
Decision making requires the trade-off of benefits and harms, which in turn requires knowledge of…
One-session treatment is as effective as multi-session therapy for young people with phobias
The studyWright B, Tindall L, Scott AJ, et al. One-session treatment compared with multisession CBT…
Changing the mindset in medicine
Mathew describes the overwhelm clinicians feel when seeing patients with many complex conditions who have…
Sixty seconds on . . . dog walks
Lovely, let’s go for a strollNot so fast. It turns out that taking your four…
Don’t forget that children gamble too
The discussion around gambling addiction is often centred on adults. Age restrictions do not, however,…
Epidemic of loneliness threatens public health, says US surgeon general
Half of all Americans are experiencing a measurable level of loneliness and it is a…
Maternal RSV vaccine: Further analysis is urged on preterm births
Experts have called for further analysis of trial data and post-approval monitoring of Pfizer’s maternal…
The BMJ’s Commission on the Future of the NHS
The UK’s new king has something of a reputation in health. His medical pronouncements have…
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—4 May 2023
Sitting tight with localised prostate cancerIn this landmark UK study, over 82 000 men aged…
Psychiatrists urge NHS England to improve data on antenatal mental health screening
Many NHS trusts are failing to provide information on whether they are carrying out recommended…
Australia bans all vapes except on prescription to stem use in children
The importation and sale of all e-cigarettes, regardless of whether they are labelled as containing…
Association of early life physical and sexual abuse with premature mortality among female nurses: prospective cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo explore associations between early life physical and sexual abuse and subsequent risk of premature…
Sudan: NHS doctors caught in war zone feel “betrayed” by UK’s response
A Sudan born hospital doctor at North Middlesex University Hospital, who is stranded in his…
Social care should not be seen as a “national living wage” ȷob, says minister
Social care staff should be better rewarded for their work and their role should never…
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Injury prevention: a strong case for urgent action
We are in full agreement with Meier and colleagues: bold action is needed by politicians…
Transforming primary healthcare through natural language processing and big data analytics
Delivering quality care to an ageing population is a growing challenge for primary care. Learning…
The ethics, equity, and governance of human genome editing need greater consideration
Challenges exist around heritable gene editing, its potential medical applications, ethical implications, and the need…
Tribunal told to think again after allowing doctor who wrote prescriptions without seeing patients to continue practising
A High Court judge has quashed a tribunal’s decision to allow a doctor who wrote…
NHS Staff Council accepts pay offer, but Royal College of Nursing and Unite vow to continue action
NHS staff on the Agenda for Change contract will receive their pay increase this summer,…
“The Big One”—Healthcare staff ȷoin four days of climate action
bmj;381/may03_7/p984/FAF1faAmer Ghazzal/AlamyAn activist from Extinction Rebellion dons a bee costume on 22 April, the second…
Transparent reporting of multivariable prediction models for individual prognosis or diagnosis: checklist for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (TRIPOD-SRMA)
Clinical prediction models are used to predict health related outcomes in individual patients.12 These models…
What are the latest covid drugs and treatments?
What are the best treatments for covid-19?Written in cooperation with the World Health Organization, The…
Bony lesions after anterior shoulder dislocation
A woman in her 60s experienced severe right shoulder pain and restricted shoulder motion after…
A cornea consumed
This is peripheral ulcerative keratitis in a man in his 60s who presented with a…
Hearing aids, cognitive decline . . . and other stories
Recovery from mild cognitive impairmentLast year, a longitudinal study of ageing reported that the condition…
Helen Salisbury: The NHS is not unsustainable
This week I visited two older patients of mine who recently had surgery for cancer….
Matt Morgan: Is medicine no longer a vocation?
Junior doctors in the UK have recently gone on strike simply in a bid to…
UK needs national mission to stop decline in health that mirrors climate action, says commission
The UK government should launch a national mission to improve people’s health and prosperity—mirroring society’s…
Rise of ȷust 0.5% in Northern Ireland’s health budget will hit services hard
Despite record waiting lists and outcry from staff, the health service in Northern Ireland will…
Remove barriers to clinical research for schedule 1 drugs with therapeutic potential
There is growing interest in the clinical use of drugs listed in schedule 1 of…
Campaigners raise questions over halted taskforce as hygiene poverty triples
The number of UK adults living in hygiene poverty, unable to afford to buy items…
Junior doctors: Pay restoration is just the start, says JDC co-chair
The dispute between junior doctors and the government may last a “very long time,” but…
Tackling the crisis in general practice
The Health Foundation’s report on the Commonwealth Fund’s 2022 international health policy survey of primary…