Covid-19: What do we know about “long covid”?
What is it?“Long covid” is a term being used to describe illness in people who…
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Covid-19: an opportunity to reduce unnecessary healthcare
Alongside the human suffering, covid-19 is also threatening the sustainability of health systems. The continuing…
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Laparoscopic versus robot assisted repair of ventral hernia
Since the introduction of robot assisted surgery, its costs and anticipated benefits compared with those…
Covid-19: UK must prepare now for winter peak or risk many more deaths, scientists warn
The UK must prepare now for a potential second wave of covid-19 this winter or…
Obesity and covid-19: the role of the food industry
In their editorial, Tan and colleagues conclude that “it is now clear that the food…
Obesity is a potential risk factor for covid-19 associated morbidity and mortality in urban Bangladesh
Tan and colleagues investigate the link between obesity and covid-19.1Rates of overweight and obesity—a pre-eminent…
Covid-19: clinicians need continuing professional development in ethics
The call for an ethical road map is timely given the explosion of ethical statements…
Covid-19: excess all cause mortality in domiciliary care
Piccininni and colleagues show the importance of using excess all cause mortality to measure the…
A&E doctor who had sexual relations with two patients he traced through hospital records is struck off
An accident and emergency doctor who used hospital records to look up the phone numbers…
Sixty seconds on . . . reorganising the NHS
Not the dreaded Lansley reforms?No, that was the last reorganisation. And, as it turned out…
Ethnicity and covid-19: working locally to reduce inequalities
It is woeful that Public Health England failed to recommend clear actions needed immediately to…
Covid-19: Leicester mayor accuses government and PHE of withholding key testing data
The mayor of Leicester has accused the government and Public Health England (PHE) of withholding…
Medical schools and other educational institutions need to tackle racism head on
We agree with Karan and Katz that “there is much work to be done” to…
US purchases world stocks of remdesivir: why the rest of the world should be glad to be at the back of the queue
On 30 June, the Guardian ran an article with the headline “US secures world stock…
Can I receive and store images sent from patients during remote consultations?
Consider, carefully, if it’s appropriateSamuel Stone, standards policy officer at the General Medical Council, says,…
Covid-19: US cases soar as Trump pushes for schools to open
Covid-19 cases surged in Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas, and at least 33 other states…
David Charles Banks
bmj;370/jul10_13/m2662/FAF1faDavid Charles Banks trained at the London Hospital, where he met his wife to be,…
Pat Beresford West
bmj;370/jul10_12/m2663/FAF1faPat Beresford West (née Bagley) was raised in Thurso, the northernmost town on the mainland…
Rosemary Joyce Mattingly
bmj;370/jul10_11/m2680/FAF1faRosemary’s father, Richard Willing, left his family farm in Devon after serving in the first…
William Thompson
bmj;370/jul10_9/m2732/FAF1faWilliam Thompson (“Billy”) studied at Queen’s University Belfast, obtaining a BSc (1st Hons) in anatomy…
Non-invasive ventilation deaths fell for first time in 2019, audit finds
Inpatient mortality among people receiving non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has decreased for the first time since…
James Marshall Munn
bmj;370/jul10_7/m2733/FAF1faJames Marshall Munn was born in Maybole, Ayrshire, and completed his schooling at Ayr Academy….
Prevalence of vaping and smoking among adolescents in Canada, England, and the United States: repeat national cross sectional surveys
The authors of this paper (BMJ 2019;365:l2219, doi:10.1136/bmj.l2219, published 20 June 2019) have provided an…
GSK wins legal case over withdrawal effects of paroxetine after 13 years and {pound}9.33m in costs
A group action in the High Court in London by scores of claimants over withdrawal…
Will medical tourism survive covid-19?
Earlier this year, Lee Kim Siea, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, had been due to…
Racism: decolonising the NHS
We agree with the editor’s comments around racism.1 But when discussing matters relating to migration,…
Lester Grinspoon: psychiatrist who laid the intellectual foundation for marijuana reform
bmj;370/jul09_14/m2750/FAF1fagrinspoon080720.f1Photo caption: Lester Grinspoon (R) as best man at Carl Sagan’s (L) 1981 wedding to…
Covid-19: Deaths in Mexico triple since reopening began in June
Covid-19 deaths in Mexico have tripled since the country started to relax lockdown measures on…
Meat plants—a new front line in the covid-19 pandemic
Slaughterhouses and meat packing plants have been a major risk for covid-19 infection throughout the…
Time to go back to school: several good reasons beyond low infection risk
Low risk of contagion of covid-19 infection among children is one reason for the prompt…
Covid-19: England must aim for “zero tolerance” to avoid 27 000 predicted deaths, experts say
The UK government should take a “zero tolerance” approach to covid-19 to prevent thousands more…
Computed tomography of covid-19 pneumonia
On 23 January 2020, a man in his late 60s presented to hospital in Zhuhai,…
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Patterns of growth . . . and other stories
Growth in early lifeAssociations between growth during fetal life and infancy and subsequent health in…
David Oliver: Covid-19 should increase our commitment to publicly funded and provided healthcare
The BBC reports that the UK has been hit hardest by covid-19 among the G7…
Vaccines, convalescent plasma, and monoclonal antibodies for covid-19
The devastating pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus appears to be a prime candidate for…
Nightingale’s year of nursing: rising to the challenges of the covid-19 era
There is much to celebrate on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale,…
Face masks can be devastating for people with hearing loss
The covid-19 pandemic has literally changed the face of medical care: clinicians, nurses, other staff,…
Moving quickly in pandemics
Speed is of the essence in responding to the covid-19 pandemic. But in Leicester lockdown…
Physician mothers of children with complex needs: untapped wisdom, resilience, and a hidden workforce
In 2018 a research paper and linked editorial discussed the challenges and discrimination faced by…
Predicting covid-19 resurgence: do it locally
This week, 13 JuneThe debate on how to use mathematical simulations to predict the impact…
Not yet time for a public inquiry into UK’s response to covid-19
Now is not the time for an inquiry into the response to covid-19.1 There are…
Covid-19: Indian doctors criticise directive to expedite vaccine trials
Researchers have accused the Indian Council of Medical Research of buckling under political pressure after…
Public health and spiritual health: five minutes with . . . Gina Radford
“For the first half of my career I was looking after people’s physical and mental…
Covid-19: MPs call on government to produce detailed plans for PPE in England
The government is failing to act with “sufficient urgency” in building up stocks of personal…
Covid-19: The inside story of the RECOVERY trial
On 16 June the world heard that the first proven lifesaving treatment for covid-19 had…
Covid-19: Airborne transmission is being underestimated, warn experts
Microscopic respiratory droplets generated by talking and breathing can hover in the air for minutes…
Covid-19: unjustified risk to people held in immigration removal centres
We agree with McKee and colleagues that any delay in finding solutions to the challenges…
GPs call for cut in red tape to manage aftermath of covid-19
The Royal College of General Practitioners has called for a permanent reduction in “box ticking…
Is stratified shielding from covid-19 feasible and ethical?
The concept of stratified shielding from covid-19 is interesting but complex and potentially unethical to…
Covid-19: Herd immunity is “unethical and unachievable,” say experts after report of 5% seroprevalence in Spain
The results of the first nationwide population based epidemiological study of SARS-Cov-2 seroprevalence, conducted across…