What next for covid-19 vaccines?
Will we continue to need annual covid boosters?Eleanor Riley, professor of immunology at the University…
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Gynaecomastia
What you need to know20-25% of gynaecomastia cases are attributable to prescription medications or drug…
Authors’ reply to Ward
Ward comments1 on a lack of acknowledgement of functional symptoms in long covid in our…
Homicide is a leading cause of death for pregnant women in US
Women in the US are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or soon after…
Maternal hypertensive disorder of pregnancy and mortality in offspring from birth to young adulthood: national population based cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo examine the association of maternal hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP) with overall and cause…
Effect of financial voucher incentives provided with UK stop smoking services on the cessation of smoking in pregnant women (CPIT III): pragmatic, multicentre, single blinded, phase 3, randomised controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo examine effectiveness, cost effectiveness, generalisability, and acceptability of financial incentives for smoking cessation during…
Financial incentives for sustained smoking abstinence in pregnancy
Tobacco smoking during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of stillbirth, low birth weight,…
The government should be honest with the public about its public spending choices
The government’s medium term fiscal plan on 31 October will determine the shape of public…
What will public spending cuts mean for the NHS and social care?
The longest serving health secretary is now the chancellor of the exchequer in search of…
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NHS England announces “data driven war rooms” to tackle winter pressures
Control centres that open 24 hours a day will be set up throughout the NHS…
Covid-19 and long covid highlight the need to tackle behavioural health challenges
Greenhalgh and colleagues’ Practice Pointer1 and the Opinion article from Long Covid SOS2 serve as…
Long covid update for primary care should acknowledge functional symptoms
It must be a fraught task, writing about long covid. The list of symptoms is…
We need both quantitative and qualitative data to prove the value of health visiting
Wilkinson’s article highlights the challenges of proving the value of health visiting.1 This is partly…
Dementia and ethnicity: five minutes with . . . Charles Marshall
“If you are black in east London, you are 43% more likely to develop dementia…
John Launer: When outpatient appointments are put on hold
I have a long term medical condition that requires regular hospital review. In theory this…
An eruption of dome-shaped, red papules
These are reactive capillary haemangiomas (RCHs) on the trunk of a man in his 40s…
David Oliver: We’re further than ever from solving the social care crisis
Thérèse Coffey, secretary of state for health and social care and deputy prime minister, has…
Comparative effectiveness of initial computed tomography and invasive coronary angiography in women and men with stable chest pain and suspected coronary artery disease: multicentre randomised trial
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the comparative effectiveness of computed tomography and invasive coronary angiography in women and…
How the US scrapp{-}{-}{-}{-}ing of Roe v Wade threatens the global medical abortion revolution
In 2021, a 20 year old woman in Hyderabad, India, discovered she was pregnant. A…
A return to austerity will further damage the public’s health
UK government policy has changed at such dizzying speed that any comment or prediction is…
Let SAS doctors work in general practice, says GMC
Rules should be relaxed to allow thousands of skilled doctors in non-training posts to work…
Matt Morgan: We all contain multitudes
My fellow BMJ columnist Rachel Clarke has rightly argued recently that we should judge health…
Burnout is bad because if affects staff welfare, not because it’s a risk to patients
Weigl discusses the effects of physician burnout on the quality of care provided to patients.1…
The PPE procurement scandal—who pays and who profits?
“Had to stop CPR today for a full five minutes on a patient who arrested…
UN warns of “devastating” effect of covid-19, conflict, and climate change on women’s and children’s health
There has been “critical regression” across nearly every major measure of childhood wellbeing since 2019,…
Simple interventions that make a huge difference: the consultant geriatrician
It’s not just the complex nature of his work that satisfies consultant geriatrician Amit Arora,…
Helen Salisbury: What happens if the lights go out?
Power cuts were thrilling in the 1970s: the schools closed early, we cooked on a…
Can you use art to restore the health of a community?
Health is a function of communities as much as it’s a function of individuals. If…
Climate emergency: Medical royal colleges unite to highlight effects on health
bmj;379/oct17_11/o2494/FAF1faJo RogersLeaders of medical royal colleges and organisations representing general medicine, surgery, psychiatry, paediatrics, general…
Cataract surgeon who missed NHS operations while doing private work is struck off
A leading cataract surgeon has been struck off the UK register for lying to his…
Hunt must keep promise to deliver NHS workforce plan, say leaders
Healthcare leaders have urged the UK’s new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, to make good on his…
The health and social care crisis makes tobacco control an imperative
The healthcare community has for a long time been pressing the UK government to produce…
Sixty seconds on . . . pandemic babies
Did the predicted baby boom happen?It was more of a baby bust. Despite predictions that…
More than a third of US counties lack obstetric care as services are deemed unprofitable
More than a third of the 3143 counties in the US are maternity “deserts” without…
Suicidal girl is placed in rented house after council fails to find therapeutic placement
A High Court judge has approved an unlawful unregulated placement for a suicidal 13 year…
Investigating dysphagia in adults: symptoms and tests
What you need to knowNew onset dysphagia in adults requires urgent direct access upper gastrointestinal…
China’s Personal Information Protection Law
China’s first privacy law, the Personal Information Protection Law, went into effect on 1 November…
Paul Wilkinson: environmental epidemiologist at the forefront of research into the health benefits of climate change action
bmj;379/oct17_1/o2480/FAF1faIf excess winter deaths are linked to colder temperatures, why do so many more die…
Blood shortages: Hospitals are asked to postpone some elective operations
NHS hospitals have been asked to postpone some non-urgent elective operations to protect blood stocks,…
Formula milk: WHO Foundation refuses to take further financial donations from Nestle
A foundation set up by the World Health Organization will no longer accept money from…
Formula milk: why WHO has taken a hard stance on sponsorship
In 2019 BMJ took the decision to end all marketing of breastmilk substitutes (BMS) in…
Leading oncologist suspended for “cavalier attitude” to treatment returns to practice
Justin Stebbing, an oncologist with a world reputation, has been allowed to return to practice…
Elizabeth Alin Letsky
Elizabeth Alin Letsky (“Liz”) was educated at the North London Collegiate School, where she showed…
Alexander Munn
bmj;379/oct14_2/o2452/FAF1faAlexander Munn (“Alex”) first became interested in occupational health as a national service doctor in…
David John Austin
bmj;379/oct14_1/o2454/FAF1faDavid John Austin grew up in Lytham St Annes. He attended St Thomas’ primary school…
Workforce: RCP demands immediate action and plan to keep NHS running
The government must commit to publishing a long term NHS workforce plan by the end…
Children have a right to clean air, and we must fight for it to become a reality
“Legally binding targets based on WHO guidelines would reduce the number of deaths from air…
Happiness that doesn’t cost the Earth
Everyone has a basic human need for a happy and fulfilling life. For many, this…
Seven days in medicine: 5-11 October 2022
Mental health“Hidden waits” force patients to visit emergency careAlmost a quarter (23%) of patients in…
Climate policy and activism need to make space for disabled people
Last year at COP26, inaccessibility was briefly the subject of media attention when it was…