Covid-19: Surgeons embrace virtual consultations to meet patients’ needs during pandemic
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has published guidance on conducting virtual consultations after…
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Prenatal regenerative fetoscopic interventions for congenital anomalies
AbstractFetal intervention has progressed in the past two decades from experimental proof-of-concept to practice-adopted, life…
David Oliver: Caring about language doesn’t mean we can’t care
Back in February, the Daily Telegraph’s Celia Walden used her column to mock the Royal…
Should doctors tackling covid-19 be immune from negligence liability claims?
Yes—Christine TomkinsEvery Thursday evening for the past few months, people throughout the UK have been…
Non-adherence in non-inferiority trials: pitfalls and recommendations
Randomised controlled trials that test for non-inferiority of the experimental arm are performed when a…
Covid-19: NHS leaders braced for longer waiting times as service deals with fallout
Waiting times for tests and treatment not related to covid-19 are likely to increase significantly…
Evidence does not support vitamin D for reducing respiratory infections, reviews conclude
Two rapid reviews by public health agencies in England have concluded there is insufficient evidence…
Russell Hopkins
bmj;369/jun30_9/m2593/FAF1faRussell Hopkins was a force to be reckoned with both in surgery and in medical…
Abortion: US Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana’s restrictive law
Widespread efforts by Republican leaning US states to limit abortion by requiring providers to meet…
Non-memory led dementias: care in the time of covid-19
Carter raises concerns about the vulnerability of people living in care homes, including those with…
Nearly half of physicians expect to be working under capacity for at least a year, RCP survey finds
Almost half of physician specialists expect to be working at less than pre-covid-19 levels for…
Covid-19: Leicester placed under lockdown after spike in cases and hospital admissions
Leicester, a city in England’s East Midlands, has been placed under local lockdown measures because…
Twin epidemics of covid-19 and non-communicable disease
The exclusive focus of political, regulatory, health service, and public health agencies on covid-19 has…
How should surgeons obtain consent during the covid-19 pandemic?
The 70 year old patient has been waiting months for his elective surgery. A few…
Drug misuse rose 30% in past decade and covid-19 could worsen situation, UN report warns
The number of people using illegal drugs globally has risen by 30% over the past…
Covid-19 and the future of mental health in primary care
The spread of covid-19 has had a profound effect on the global economy, and the…
Satchidanandan Mahadevan
bmj;369/jun30_11/m2595/FAF1faSatchidanandan Mahadevan was born to medically qualified parents. After graduating he worked for a period…
Jennifer Mary Olliff
bmj;369/jun30_8/m2597/FAF1faAfter house jobs, Jennifer Mary Olliff worked at the Bristol Eye Hospital. She might have…
Shree Vishna Rasiah
bmj;369/jun30_7/m2598/FAF1faShree Vishna Rasiah (known as Vish to friends, family, and colleagues) was a well respected…
Hirji S Adenwalla
bmj;369/jun30_6/m2592/FAF1faHirji S Adenwalla was the world’s longest serving cleft lip and palate surgeon. He worked…
Helen Salisbury: Normal service will be resumed—but not yet
The health service is slowly returning to normal, after adapting rapidly and radically to meet…
Partha Kar: To tackle racism, the NHS needs policies with teeth
I had to read through the email a few times to digest what a consultant…
Covid-19: Admit ethnic minority pregnant women to hospital earlier, says NHS England
Pregnant women from ethnic minority backgrounds who display covid-19 symptoms should have a lower threshold…
Respiratory failure and non-invasive respiratory support during the covid-19 pandemic: an update for re-deployed hospital doctors and primary care physicians
What you need to knowMost patients who become seriously unwell with covid-19 do so primarily…
Covid-19: Delays in attending emergency departments may have contributed to deaths of nine children
Delays in going to the emergency department because of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown may have…
Covid-19: healthcare students face unique mental health challenges
Investigating the exacerbating and mitigating factors that affect healthcare professionals’ mental health in pandemics is…
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Digital approaches for mental health in the age of covid-19
Gold’s editorial on psychological first aid interventions recognises the major psychological consequences arising in the…
Covid-19: RCGP apologises for covid-19 “lifestyle” event title
The Royal College of General Practitioners has apologised for the title of an online event…
Covid-19: recording their stories provides emotional benefit to healthcare workers
Kisely and colleagues’ meta-analysis reinforces the expectation that healthcare workers might experience substantial distress as…
US hospitals must publish price lists after losing court challenge
The American Hospital Association and several other US hospital associations have lost a legal challenge…
Judge approves {pound}2m award for girl brain damaged at birth after both sides halt court case
A judge has approved a £2m (€2.2m; $2.5m) settlement from the NHS for a five…
Covid-19 cases increase steeply in US south and west
Cases of covid-19 are rising sharply in US southern and western states. Of the 50…
Covid-19: Oxford team begins vaccine trials in Brazil and South Africa to determine efficacy
Vaccine developers at the University of Oxford have begun testing their covid-19 vaccine candidate in…
Health effects of vitamin and mineral supplements
Vitamin and mineral supplements are the most commonly used dietary supplements by populations worldwide.1234 The…
Food and mood: how do diet and nutrition affect mental wellbeing?
Key messagesHealthy eating patterns, such as the Mediterranean diet, are associated with better mental health…
Food is medicine: actions to integrate food and nutrition into healthcare
Key messagesIn the face of the global epidemic of diet related chronic disease, there is…
Improving training for surgeons of the future: the consultant thoracic surgeon
Sridhar Rathinam is passionate about supporting the next cohort of cardiothoracic surgeons. “If you don’t…
Religious discrimination is hindering the covid-19 response
Mohammad Ibrahim, a resident of the lower middle class Mangolpuri area of New Delhi, has…
Sixty seconds on . . . Mr Bean’s checklist
Number one—make sure the Mini has petrol in it?That goes without saying. But that’s enough…
Covid-19: Remdesivir is recommended for authorisation by European Medicines Agency
The antiviral drug remdesivir is the first medicine against covid-19 to be recommended for authorisation…
Covid-19: Scotland “on track” to eliminate virus
Deaths and new infections from covid-19 have fallen to such low levels in Scotland that…
Tom Arie: pioneer in the development of psychiatric services for elderly people
bmj;369/jun26_10/m2580/FAF1faPhoto credit: Laura IngramsTom Arie was born Tomas Arje in Prague, to parents Otto, a…
Dianne Mary Burton
bmj;369/jun26_9/m2568/FAF1faAfter house jobs in Bristol, Suffolk, and Leeds, Dianne Mary Burton was a consultant in…
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Mary Ostlere
bmj;369/jun26_8/m2571/FAF1faMary Ostlere (née Patten, and known as Jo) met her husband, Gordon (the author Richard…
Iain James Mungall
bmj;369/jun26_7/m2570/FAF1faIain James Mungall was born and brought up in the Lake District, and a love…
Covid-19: scientific advisers must do more than just voice their concerns behind closed doors
Abbasi raises the important issue of conscience and duty for scientific advisers in the covid-19…
Ron Singer
bmj;369/jun26_5/m2572/FAF1faRon Singer was brought up in north London and studied medicine at Clare College, Cambridge,…
Victor Miller
bmj;369/jun26_4/m2569/FAF1faVictor Miller was born in Hackney, London, on 20 September 1935 and died in Hampstead…
Elizabeth Wales
bmj;369/jun26_3/m2574/FAF1faElizabeth Wales was born in Low Fell, Gateshead, and studied at Newcastle Medical School, which…
Barry Ian Hoffbrand: national leader in postgraduate medical education
bmj;369/jun26_2/m2581/FAF1faBarry Ian Hoffbrand was a national leader in postgraduate medical education. From 1980 to 1994…