Sixty seconds on . . . circuit break
Is this a physics lesson?No, it’s just the government’s latest covid-19 buzz phrase. “Circuit break”…
Category: BMJ
Growth concerns in the early weeks of life
What you need to know One in 10 breastfed babies loses more than 10% of…
Bringing drug production home: how the US is rebuilding the drug supply chain after covid-19
“The problem is simply that, across the world, we have sweatshop labor, we have pollution…
Emerging immunotherapies in multiple myeloma
ABSTRACTDespite considerable advances in treatment approaches in the past two decades, multiple myeloma remains an…
From ceramics to skin: how art led to a career in dermatology
Minal Singh describes her career in dermatology as someone else’s fault. “I completed a two…
Covid-19: Point of care test reports 94% sensitivity and 100% specificity compared with laboratory test
A point of care covid-19 test—which the UK government plans to roll out across the…
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Covid-19: Minorities account for 78% of US deaths in under 21s, says CDC
The first US government review of covid-19 deaths in people aged under 211 has found…
Assisted dying: doctors challenge RCGP’s “irrational” interpretation of poll
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has been threatened with legal proceedings unless it…
Covid-19 communication: planning ahead to help inpatients when key contacts can’t be present
We thank Gray and Back for their article on communication and covid-19.1 Conversations in our…
Let’s stop talking about covid-safe and covid-secure—it’s covid-mitigated
We have been in countless meetings that have included discussions about making the workplace covid-secure…
Covid-19: Testing service wasn’t prepared for increased demand, chief admits
England’s NHS Test and Trace service wasn’t prepared for the increased demand that has seen…
Uruguay is winning against covid-19. This is how
Latin America continues to suffer some of the worst tolls of covid-19, with over seven…
Private patient care in NHS hospitals: an opportunity for improved governance
The 2012 Health and Social Care Act was the largest ever reorganisation of the English…
Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and other leaders win Ig Nobel awards for teaching people about life and death
Politicians are better than doctors or scientists at medical education. Leaders such as Donald Trump,…
Covid-19: Universal screening is likely to miss infected people, review finds
One time screening for SARS-CoV-2 in apparently healthy people is likely to miss those who…
Rising numbers of positive covid-19 tests in the UK
The covid-19 pandemic has shaken the world. In addition to the direct consequences of the…
Blatant disregard to proper consent continues in screening programmes
Haskell tells us that the Cumberlege report found that the healthcare system was “disjointed, siloed,…
Do many people have pre-existing immunity to covid-19?
Even in local areas that have experienced some of the greatest rises in excess deaths…
A few tiny steps towards transparency: how the Sunshine Act shone light on industry’s influence in medicine
About 10 years ago President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. It included a…
Surgery during covid-19: co-producing patient resources
Mary Venn: Covid-19 research changing the pace in patient engagementCovidSurg is an international collaborative of…
Covid-19: Flying before we can walk
In the week since The BMJ broke the story about the government’s Operation Moonshot plans…
Computerised clinical decision support systems and absolute improvements in care: meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials
AbstractObjectiveTo report the improvements achieved with clinical decision support systems and examine the heterogeneity from…
Anti-epileptic drugs in fathers . . . and other stories
Paternal exposure to anti-epileptic drugsMaternal exposure to anti-epileptic drugs during pregnancy carries a risk of…
How effective are clinical decision support systems?
The linked meta-analysis (doi:10.1136/bmj.m3216) by Kwan and colleagues of 122 trials of clinical decision support…
Paying GP clinics to provide contraceptive advice is linked to fewer abortions, study finds
A scheme that paid general practices to offer information on long acting contraceptives (LARCs), such…
“Mass hysterectomies” were carried out on migrants in US detention centre, claims whistleblower
Detainees held in an immigration centre in the US have been subjected to potentially unnecessary…
Covid 19: Science must come first with vaccine, says former CDC chief
A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called for…
Cumberlege review: It’s not only drugs and medical devices that can cause harm
The recent Cumberlege report, First Do No Harm,12 does not consider potential harms to patients…
Hierarchical communication: a good referral can come from any grade of doctor
Feature, 8-15 AugustAlthough I have no formal conflicts of interest, I am the co-creator of…
Shantakumar Dnyaneshwar Bhandarkar
bmj;370/sep16_10/m3613/FAF1faShantakumar Dnyaneshwar Bhandarkar was a pioneer endocrinologist, devoted physician, inquisitive scientist-researcher, and a passionate teacher….
Doctors call for action on racism in wake of covid-19 and death of George Floyd
The UK government has a “moral imperative” to take firm action against racism and health…
UK trade deal with US must not lead to drug price rises, say doctors
The BMA must work to ensure that any future trade deal between the UK and…
Covid-19: Reward healthcare staff for pandemic work, says BMA
Doctors and healthcare staff who have worked during the covid-19 pandemic should be rewarded to…
Opportunistic screening versus usual care for detection of atrial fibrillation in primary care: cluster randomised controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate whether opportunistic screening in primary care increases the detection of atrial fibrillation compared…
David Oliver: Covid-19 has shown the value of local and clinical NHS leadership
What does our initial response to the pandemic teach us about the balance, and future…
Multiple pigmented papules on the vulva
This picture (fig 1) shows bowenoid papulosis caused by infection with human papillomavirus.The patient was…
An annular plaque on the hand
A 41 year old man presented with a five month history of a painless, non-pruritic…
Operation Moonshot: Leaked documents prompt questions over cost, evidence, and reliance on private sector
What is Operation Moonshot?It refers to the government’s plan to deliver a mass population testing…
Operation Moonshot: Testing plan relies on technology that does not exist
Delivering mass testing on the scale and level of ambition set by the UK prime…
Deryk Anthony Lawrence
bmj;370/sep15_21/m3527/FAF1faDeryk Anthony Lawrence was a kind thoughtful and gentle man with a keen sense of…
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Anthony Lyn Power
bmj;370/sep15_20/m3521/FAF1faAnthony Lyn Power (“Tony”) became a consultant radiologist in a busy radiology department in his…
Prakash Narayan
bmj;370/sep15_19/m3542/FAF1faWith sadness we announce the passing of Prakash Narayan, a few months after his wife,…
Maurice McConnell Burrows
Maurice McConnell Burrows was born in Bangor, County Down, the elder of two sons of…
Kamalini Narayan
bmj;370/sep15_17/m3539/FAF1faWith sadness we announce the passing of Kamalini Narayan, loving wife to Prakash Narayan, who…
Bob Leeming
bmj;370/sep15_16/m3538/FAF1faBob Leeming was born to an Anglo-Indian family in what was then Calcutta, India. He…
New public health agency must be independent, say doctors
Public Health England’s replacement must be fully independent from the government and must be able…
Partha Kar: NICE needs better support to do its job
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is simultaneously vilified and admired. The…
Covid-19: Doctors call for public inquiry into UK government’s handling of pandemic
The UK government’s handling of the covid-19 pandemic, including its testing strategy, must be subject…
Trump appointees tamper with renowned CDC publication, claiming that scientists are trying to “hurt the president”
Public relations staff installed by the Trump administration at the US Department of Health and…
Covid-19: Government must fund extra NHS capacity to tackle backlog, BMA urges
BMA representatives have said that the government must fund extra NHS capacity to deal with…