How are vaccines being adapted to meet the changing face of SARS-CoV-2?
It seems like a lifetime ago, but the first clinically approved vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 was…
Author: British Medical Journal
David Oliver: No quick staffing fixes for the elective care backlog
The covid pandemic has had a massive impact on elective care. The National Audit Office…
Diagnosing prostate cancer in asymptomatic patients
The pandemic has disrupted the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in health systems worldwide. In…
HPV screening for cervical cancer is reaching maturity
Several countries have transitioned from cytology based to primary HPV based cervical screening, including the…
Extension of cervical screening intervals with primary human papillomavirus testing: observational study of English screening pilot data
AbstractObjectivesTo provide updated evidence about the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or higher…
Emergency care is in “dire” situation after loss of NHS beds, says royal college
The loss of 25 000 staffed hospital beds in the UK since 2010 has created…
Helen Salisbury: We are all Manjula Arora
There has been much disquiet in GP circles about the treatment of Manjula Arora, firstly…
The sickening toll of US gun violence continues to rise
Sadly, we’ve been here before. Many times. I’ve written about this before.1234 Many times.Our regular…
Comprehensive strategy required to eliminate valproate prescribing in pregnancy
Drugs containing valproate (sodium valproate, valproic acid, divalproex) share the same active moiety and have…
Results of steroid and anaesthetic injection in hip arthritis imply that anaesthetic alone may be effective
Paskins and colleagues1 report favourable effects of ultrasound guided intra-articular lidocaine with or without triamcinolone…
Consultant is suspended for 12 months for doing private work while on paid sick leave
A former chair of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee has been suspended for 12 months…
Russia’s status as WHO member under threat after World Health Assembly vote
Russia’s role in the World Health Organization was under threat from two directions following two…
How do I deal with a colleague who keeps pronouncing my name incorrectly?
Teach people how to pronounce your nameNuthana Bhayankaram, paediatric registrar and vice president of the…
Long term implications of covid-19 in pregnancy
Complications in pregnancy, including maternal and perinatal deaths, increased with each wave of the covid-19…
Let patients self-refer to lifestyle management services for osteoarthritis
I agree that the aims of the new draft NICE guidance on the management of…
Australian election sparks hope for climate action
Where were you when you realised that covid-19 posed a global threat to health? What…
A prescription for the government: tackle child poverty to help address health inequalities
While the package of financial support delivered by the UK chancellor Rishi Sunak last week…
Sixty seconds on . . . covid rebound
Are we talking about bouncing back from covid?Yes and no. Some patients seem to be…
Living with covid cannot save lives, but research can
“Research saves lives” and “Data saves lives”— two maxims that have come of age in…
Covid-19: Partygate makes a mockery of the sacrifices made and the losses endured
Almost all of us reading about the tawdry details of “partygate” will have specific memories…
Suicides of terminally ill patients should inform the debate on assisted dying
The rapid responses from eminent palliative care physicians to the story on the Office for…
Retired consultant is struck off over treatment of young transgender patients
A retired consultant gastroenterologist has been struck off the UK medical register for “wide ranging…
Covid-19: Case rises in the Americas driven by increases in North and Central America
Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the Americas, where the number of reported infections rose…
Children with tics can be helped by a new online treatment
The studyHollis C, Hall CL, Jones R, et al. Therapist supported online remote behavioural intervention…
Higher risk of suicide should prompt calls for better mental healthcare and support, not legalised assisted dying
In the Office for National Statistics analysis reported on by Hurley,1 patients with newly diagnosed…
Richard Alan Lee
bmj;377/may27_10/o1251/FAF1faAfter boarding school in Taunton, Richard Alan Lee turned down a scholarship to Cambridge, preferring…
Robert David Atlay
bmj;377/may27_9/o1264/FAF1faRobert David Atlay (“Bob,” also known as “Bertie”) was the sort of person you were…
Timothy Bryan Hales
bmj;377/may27_8/o1278/FAF1faTimothy Bryan Hales was born in Stafford to Walter Bryan Hales (a dental surgeon) and…
Kamaluddin Khan
bmj;377/may27_7/o1261/FAF1faKamaluddin Khan (“Kamal”) was born in Gorakhphur, India, on 5 July 1937. When he was…
Elizabeth Mary Innes
Elizabeth Mary Innes was born in Egypt and graduated from the University of Edinburgh. She…
Decolonising knowledge production: our experience researching tranexamic acid for trauma victims
In 2010, the CRASH-2 collaboration, after working for five years, on four continents, completed the…
Health secretary pledges more ME/CFS research as he reveals that relative has condition
Patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) can expect to see more research and support for the…
Covid-19 and mRNA technology are helping Africa fix its vaccine problems
In June 2021, the World Health Organization selected South African biotech company Afrigen to be…
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IT faults disrupt services at four hospitals in Greater Manchester
An NHS trust in Greater Manchester has apologised for ongoing technical faults with IT systems…
The cost of living crisis is harming mental health, partly because of previous cuts to social security
The surge in prices over recent months has created a cost of living crisis that…
Pfizer pledges to provide 23 drugs at not-for-profit prices to lower income countries
The drug company Pfizer has said it will provide all its current patent protected medicines…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—26 May 2022
The world of prediabetes, where no one can hear you screenI remember those joyous early…
GP is jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing 47 female patients
A GP who was found guilty of 54 sex offences against female patients over three…
Manjula Arora case: the GMC stumbles again?
Sunday would normally be a day of peace, but this weekend it was anything but….
Language that disempowers patients: the doctor is the poor historian
It was a breath of fresh air to read Cox and Fritz’s description of how…
Health crisis for migrants crossing the Darien Gap is intensifying, MSF warns
The health crisis for migrants crossing the Darién Gap is getting worse as the number…
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Investigating the monkeypox outbreak
Between 4 and 25 May, 221 confirmed (by reverse transcriptase PCR) and 86 suspected cases…
Blame game: apportioning responsibility for bad outcomes is difficult and fraught
Where does responsibility lie for the highest death rate from covid-19? The world watched in…
Seven days in medicine: 18-24 May 2022
General practiceDirect your anger at government, GPs urge patientsGPs published an open letter to patients,…
Gestational diabetes mellitus and adverse pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the association between gestational diabetes mellitus and adverse outcomes of pregnancy after adjustment…
Vitamin D and risk of type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a public health disaster; it affects approximately 480 million…
Doctors express “grave concerns” at GMC action after GP is suspended over laptop claim
A GP has been suspended for a month after it was ruled that she had…
Waking up to monkeypox
In the past couple of weeks, the world has discovered monkeypox, an otherwise neglected infection…
GPs face huge pension tax bills this year after rise in inflation
Some GPs will face pension tax bills of almost half their post-tax income this tax…
The language we use causes doctors stress too
Cox and Fritz emphasise how medical language has repeatedly elevated the status of the clinician…