Category: BMJ

Abbasi’s piece on the invasion of Ukraine contains much that is sensible and level headed.1…

Conflict resolution through military means is directly opposed to the goals of health and medical…

A Midlands trust has been told it needs “a big, long term plan to ‘rehumanise’,”…

A bill that was expected to be introduced in the UK parliament by June was…

What you need to knowDystonia is a neurological condition characterised by abnormal postures and movements…

Over the past two years, the NHS workforce has shown flexibility so that it can…

“We have witnessed senior experienced staff crying with frustration and anger…[they are] mentally drained and…

The results of the latest British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey of satisfaction with the NHS…

Over the past two decades, dozens of studies have explored the association between antipsychotics—drugs that…

Let’s break it downHip Hop Public Health is a non-profit which, as the name suggests,…

The Oklahoma state legislature has passed a bill banning abortion “except to save the life…

Black storm clouds are hanging over the nation this April as inflation rockets, national insurance…

McKee and Murphy ask how the health community can respond to the crisis in Ukraine.1…

Helpfully, in the UK, we now have nine more “official” symptoms to consider when deciding…

Patients continue to experience avoidable harms from unsafe care because the NHS fails to learn…

Simple … but not simplerHere’s a famous aphorism attributed to Albert Einstein: “Everything should be…

Doctors should encourage patients to measure their own waist to height ratio, new draft guidelines…

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 17, just days after finishing…

The Ockenden review of maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust uncovered the biggest…

Seven Days in Medicine, 12 MarchWe applaud Medical Justice for their report showing discontinuities of…

In the UK, an estimated 4.9 million people are living with diabetes,1 and one in…

In July 2021, US President Joe Biden picked Rahul Gupta to lead the Office of…

The rallying call of “Health for All” has inspired generations of health activists and arguably…

Long term use of cannabisPeople who smoke cannabis for many years are at greater risk…

Biliary no matesSodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors seem to be the talk of the town for…

An estimated 27 million people are currently going hungry in west Africa, with an additional…

Progress is being made in combating climate change but deeper cuts in emissions are urgently…

bmj;377/apr06_13/o847/FAF1faJohn Samuel Staffurth (“Sam”) was born to Alan Edward and Violet Jane (née Adams) Staffurth,…

For many people their skills and their time are their most valuable assets. That’s why…

Chaudhry and colleagues’ recent systematic review and meta-analysis on kidney transplants is very interesting.1 With…

My usual anger at the continuing ill treatment of ethnic minorities is increasingly turning into…

A new report from the NHS Race and Health Observatory has identified evidence of racism…

This is angiolupoid sarcoidosis on the left paranasal area of a woman in her 50s…

Like many others, I was alarmed by the news that the REACT programme was discontinued…

Since Russia’s reinvasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, more than 4 million people have…

Seven years, 108 days.1At the time of publication, this is the time left on the…

With the covid-19 pandemic now into its third year and with case numbers still high,…