Covid-19: Logistical problems frustrate GPs ready to deliver vaccine in England
Some GPs are calling the roll out of the Pfizer BioNTech covid-19 vaccine in England…
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Covid 19: Christmas relaxation will overwhelm services
Since the UK’s first lockdown in March, the government has had one (perhaps only one)…
Climate action: the best gift for global health
December is a time for reflection, and there is much for us to process from…
The BMJ appeal 2020-21: “Without good nutrition, children’s health outcomes worsen, as do their life chances”
Food poverty didn’t start with covid-19, but the pandemic has exacerbated the problem—putting children’s health…
A new year’s resolution for health workers
Few health workers will be sad to see the end of 2020. There is, however,…
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The hidden army: how a GP-patient volunteer group responded to covid-19
Chris Jenner, Carly Szasz, Jacqui MartinSetting up a volunteer-to-patient matching projectWith the onset of lockdown,…
Consultant who signed cremation forms without examining the bodies is struck off
A former consultant in acute medicine who signed hundreds of cremation forms without examining the…
India’s doctors protest against allowing ayurvedic surgeons to perform 58 procedures
India’s largest body of doctors has said it will seek public support for its campaign…
Covid-19: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is rolled out in US
Stephen Hahn, director of the US Food and Drug Administration, issued an emergency use authorization…
BMA strongly opposes changes to foundation programme applications
The BMA has said it “strongly opposed” the decision to exclude additional degrees and publications…
Meet the medical media faces of the pandemic
“R numbers,” “flattening the curve”—if you’d asked the public what these terms meant a year…
Danse Macabre
In an age of social media outrage, it is hardly surprising that hospital staff dressed…
The sound of medicine
My working day involves researching how acoustics affect a musician’s performance and thinking about the…
The doctors who time forgot
Phyllis Kerridge (1901-1940)Phyllis Kerridge was a British chemist and physiologist whose scientific research significantly transformed…
Covid-19: Avoid indoor mixing over Christmas or risk third wave, warns iSAGE
The government must rethink its plans for easing covid-19 restrictions over Christmas and be far…
Inspired by chance: valuing patients’ informal contributions to research
Public involvement is increasingly considered a required part of health research. Typically defined as research…
Authorship anatomy: a guide for scholars
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Why I . . . make art
bmj;371/dec14_3/m4379/FAF1faMind by Katherine McVeigh“Making art helps me to relax and manage the stress of the…
Nonsensus in the treatment of proximal humerus fractures: uncontrolled, blinded, comparative behavioural analysis between Homo chirurgicus accidentus and Macaca sylvanus
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the inter-rater reliability of Barbary macaques compared with an expert group of surgeons…
Covid-19: Sweden considers tougher restrictions as ICU beds near capacity
Health officials in Sweden have warned that intensive care units (ICUs) in and around Stockholm…
Covid-19: Moving London into tier 3 would be “big mistake,” warns leading epidemiologist
A leading epidemiologist has urged the government not to put the UK capital into strict…
Peter Holt Dootson
bmj;371/dec11_9/m4769/FAF1faPeter Holt Dootson, a much loved general practitioner in Cheshire for over 38 years, was…
Brian D Hore
bmj;371/dec11_8/m4771/FAF1faBrian D Hore was born on 21 September 1937 and died on 26 July 2020….
Sam Simon Sebastian Gibbs
bmj;371/dec11_7/m4770/FAF1faSam Simon Sebastian Gibbs grew up in East Anglia with two other doctors in the…
Evan Reginald Price
bmj;371/dec11_6/m4772/FAF1faEvan Reginald Price was born in the village of Llanon, Cardiganshire, and grew up in…
Covid-19: FDA panel votes to approve Pfizer BioNTech vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) independent panel of experts voted on 10 December…
Covid-19: Test and trace system must improve its below par performance, NAO concludes
England’s test and trace service must improve its performance because laboratories are working well below…
Maternity care: services across England require “immediate and essential actions”
A catalogue of failures including poor risk assessment, injudicious use of oxytocin, poor monitoring of…
Out of the shadows: the legacy of racism in obstetrics and gynaecology
Strolling through the dark streets of Berlin on the evening of 9 November, casual observers…
Stillbirths and neonatal deaths fell 15% in five years, but inequalities remain, UK report finds
Extended perinatal mortality (stillbirths and neonatal deaths) decreased by 15% between 2013 and 2018, but…
Rugby players plan negligence claim for chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Eight former rugby players with early onset dementia are planning to launch negligence claims against…
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Covid-19 mass testing: throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
Abbasi1 and Gill2 rightly criticise the government’s unevaluated coronavirus mass testing plan and the appointment…
A traumatic elbow injury
A 4 year old boy presented with pain in his right elbow after a fall…
Covid-19: People with history of significant allergic reactions should not receive Pfizer vaccine, says regulator
People who have a history of a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine, medicine, or…
Lightening the viral load to lessen covid-19 severity
Although the number of positive tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) across…
How we coped with covid-19—and silver linings
Zoom meetings and audio books, camaraderie with colleagues and royal college work, running and long…
The Babinski sign in Renaissance paintings—a reappraisal of the toe phenomenon in representations of the Christ Child: observational analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate systematically the presence of the Babinski sign in paintings of the Christ Child…
The time to act is now: pseudo-systematic review
AbstractObjectiveTo identify any medical or public health rationale for claims that the time to act…
Dr Brock, re-education, and ergotherapy: how an innovative treatment shaped Wilfred Owen’s poetry
The end of 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the posthumous publication of Wilfred Owen’s…
Covid-19: Fired Florida statistician says police raid aimed to identify her government contacts
A former covid-19 data analyst for the state of Florida, who was fired after claiming…
Finding an aneurysm . . . and other stories
Unruptured intracranial aneurysmsA downside of the widespread availability of magnetic resonance imaging is the incidental…
Covid-19: Transparency and communication are key
As the first wave of covid-19 vaccination gets under way, the need for good communication…
Covid-19: Oxford vaccine could be 59% effective against asymptomatic infections, analysis shows
The Oxford and AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine prevented some asymptomatic covid-19 infections in phase III trials,…
An erythematous rash in the anogenital area
This is inverse psoriasis in a woman in her 20s (fig 1). She had a…
Safety of young drivers
Five years since the UK government was called on to take action to reduce deaths…
David Oliver: Another false dawn for adult social care?
In his post-election Queen’s speech in December 2019, the UK prime minister Boris Johnson pledged…
The charity helping to feed UK families this winter
bmj;371/dec09_3/m4753/FAF1faRichard SmithThis year The BMJ’s appeal is supporting the Independent Food Aid Network, a charity…
Association between conflicts of interest and favourable recommendations in clinical guidelines, advisory committee reports, opinion pieces, and narrative reviews: systematic review
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the association between conflicts of interest and favourable recommendations in clinical guidelines, advisory…
Vaccinating the UK: how the covid vaccine was approved, and other questions answered
How was the MHRA able to approve the vaccine so quickly?The Medicines and Healthcare Products…
Parosmia: treatment, mechanism, and types
Rimmer states that there is no cure for parosmia,1 which is correct, but there are…