Former Manchester City doctor can return to work after suspension for ordering drugs under patient’s name
A former doctor for Manchester City Football Club has been allowed back on the UK…
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Covid-19: England’s obesity strategy will fail without tackling social factors, warn doctors
Having a BMI of 35 to 40 may increase the risk of death from covid-19…
High rates of stillbirth and preterm delivery in women with covid-19 and the efficacy of ECMO in pregnancy
The initial data reported by the UK Obstetric Surveillance System study were of great interest,…
A critique of clinical economy: reassessing value and care during covid-19—an essay by Eric Reinhart and Daniel Brauner
The United States is host to more documented covid-19 cases and deaths than any other…
Covid-19: US states are not reporting vital data, says former CDC chief
Most US states are missing key indicators in the data they publish about the course…
Covid-19 in Latin America
In June, Latin America and the Caribbean became the world’s latest covid-19 hotspot with the…
Primary care assessment and management of common physical symptoms in pregnancy
What you need to knowMany symptoms in pregnancy are related to hormonal and physiological adaptationsClear,…
Covid-19: Former civil service head criticises government’s response to crisis
The former head of the British civil service has criticised the government’s response to the…
How to move beyond quality improvement projects
What you need to knowQuality improvement, by itself, does not represent a holistic approach to…
Covid-19: UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) study in context
The recent UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) study provides UK specific information about covid-19 in…
UK government’s work to tackle health disparities of covid-19
I am writing to provide further detail on the government’s work to tackle the health…
Covid-19: US cases are greatly underestimated, seroprevalence studies suggest
Several seroprevalence studies suggest that US covid-19 infections are many times higher than the reported…
Covid-19: Trump shifts tone by endorsing masks and admitting US situation will worsen
President Donald Trump signalled a shift in tone this week by admitting that the US…
Covid-19: GPs raise workload concerns as government extends flu vaccination programme
The influenza vaccination programme will be expanded in the UK this winter to help reduce…
Cosmetic surgeon wins appeal against suspension from UK medical register
A cosmetic surgeon has won an appeal against a decision to suspend him from the…
Unwanted pregnancies fall worldwide but women in poorer countries remain disadvantaged, study finds
Women in the world’s poorest regions face persistent and major inequalities in access to sexual…
US decision to pull out of World Health Organization
President Donald Trump’s announcement on 29 May 20201 that the US would withdraw from the…
National registry will record patient outcomes from devices implanted during vascular surgery
The UK National Vascular Registry will now record details of medical devices implanted in patients…
Colonoscopy in the over 75s . . . and other stories
Complications of colonoscopyA retrospective survey of patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy finds that complications in people…
Covid-19: Acts of omission
The UK government is becoming known for acts of omission. No evidence exists of Russian…
The rise of the souvenir scanners: ultrasonography on the high street
At least 250 private ultrasound clinics have sprung up across UK high streets in recent…
The BMJ Awards 2020: Research paper of the year
Using a single dose of prophylactic antibiotic after assisted vaginal birth would prevent thousands of…
The BMJ Awards 2020: Outstanding contribution to health
David Pencheon, founding director of the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) for NHS England and Public…
Medical leaders write to PM calling for “decisive action” against obesity and health inequalities
The government’s plans for tackling obesity must be part of a wider strategy to reduce…
MPs vote against trade bill amendment that aimed to keep NHS out of future deals
MPs have voted down an amendment to the government’s trade bill that was intended to…
Covid-19: Government failed to protect staff during height of pandemic, experts tell MPs
Healthcare staff working at the height of the covid-19 pandemic in England were not properly…
Rapid roll out of SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing: even at high levels of specificity, an important proportion of test results will be false positives
We have published a paper with 12 tables (in a supplementary file) with calculations of…
NICE cautions against using graded exercise therapy for patients recovering from covid-19
We have replaced the word “advises” with “cautions” in the title of this news story…
Covid-19: Testing programme for NHS workers must not discriminate, report warns
All NHS workers should be given the same access to covid-19 swab testing to avoid…
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In Belgium “real heroes never sleep”
bmj;370/jul22_5/m2904/FAF1faCredit: Evi PolakEvi Polak, a Belgian photographer and former emergency department nurse, returned to Antwerp…
Intensive immunosuppression reduces deaths in covid-19-associated cytokine storm syndrome, study finds
Intensive immunosuppressive treatment with high dose glucocorticoids, followed by an interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor antagonist where…
Are we responsible for the racial inequalities of covid-19?
The covid-19 pandemic has revealed the depth of social and racial inequalities in the United…
Covid-19: A world without WHO is a world in danger, experts warn
The World Health Organization’s lack of power to ensure its members follow its advice and…
Covid-19 associated chilblain-like lesions in an asymptomatic doctor
These (fig 1) are chilblain-like lesions in a woman in her late 20s.bmj;370/jul22_1/m2245/F1F1f1Fig 1She presented…
Update to living systematic review on prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19
This living systematic review by Wynants and colleagues (BMJ 2020;369:m1328) has been updated. For the…
Trust pays over {pound}30m to 7 year old boy who was severely brain damaged at birth
A 7 year old boy who was severely brain damaged at birth has received a…
David Oliver: Why would Number 10 propose an NHS power grab?
On 10 July the Guardian’s Denis Campbell headlined with “Boris Johnson plans radical shake-up of…
Clare Gerada: We must not rush back to business as usual
As we come to the end of the first phase of the covid pandemic it…
Helen Salisbury: Timing is everything
Timing is famously important in comedy and in music, but it also matters in medicine….
Doctors in England and Wales get 2.8% pay rise
Hospital doctors and salaried GPs in England will receive a 2.8% pay rise backdated to…
Anosmia and loss of smell in the era of covid-19
What you need to knowHalf of patients with covid-19 may lose sense of smell; guidance…
NICE advises against using graded exercise therapy for patients recovering from covid-19
Graded exercise therapy may not be appropriate for treating post-viral fatigue in patients recovering from…
Covid-19: Prisons exposed in Brazil’s crisis
In the two months since Brazil became the country second most affected by the covid-19…
Lessons from Ebola as DRC grapples with conflict, measles, and covid-19
The world’s second largest Ebola outbreak is over. An outbreak that began on 1 August…
Risks of reacting to risk: rights and wrongs of health checks at 25 for BAME groups
MPs are considering reducing the age at which NHS health checks begin for black, Asian,…
Covid-19: Shielding doctors express concerns about returning to work
Doctors who have been shielding during the covid-19 pandemic have said they are worried for…
Covid-19: UK agrees “early access” deal with companies to get 90 million vaccine doses
The UK government has agreed a deal with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to get “early…
Covid-19: Study reveals six clusters of symptoms that could be used as a clinical prediction tool
An analysis of data obtained from a symptom tracker app has shown that there are…
Covid-19: England could need another lockdown in winter, say government’s chief advisers
England could require another national lockdown during the winter because of the prevalence of flu…
Economic consequences of better health: insights from clinical data
Most people will agree that healthier individuals and populations are likely to generate higher economic…