Time to transcend “physical” and “mental” health
The editorial by Whitty and colleagues about the challenge of multimorbidity is both timely and…
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Doctors who was struck off for misconduct is restored to the register after changing his ways
A doctor who was struck off the UK medical register in 2013 for misconduct has…
Faeces and vaccines could be the key to tackling antimicrobial resistance
Relying on the discovery of new antibiotics as the main solution to antimicrobial resistance (AMR)…
How can I tackle microaggressions in the workplace?
“It takes courage”Sue Crossland, consultant in acute medicine and president of the Society for Acute…
Pension crisis: 11 medical organisations call on chancellor to find long term solution
The BMA, along with the Royal Colleges of General Practitioners, Surgeons, and Physicians and seven…
Adrian Bayley Gillham
Consultant psychiatrist (b 1948; q Cambridge/St Mary’s Hospital 1972; MRCP (UK), MRCGP, FRCPsych), died unexpectedly…
Promising new broad spectrum antibiotic compound identified by algorithm
A new broad spectrum antibiotic compound, which appears to be effective against dozens of bacterial…
Sixty seconds on . . . canals
Shouldn’t that be cannulas?Nope—we’re talking about canals, the former waterways of British industry. There are…
Theodore Michael Strouthidis
bmj;368/feb24_5/m662/FAF1faTheodore Michael Strouthidis’s first post after house jobs in Alexandria was as a medical officer…
Annemarie Tupper
bmj;368/feb24_4/m660/FAF1faAnnemarie Tupper (“Mimi”) arrived in England as a Jewish refugee from Vienna in 1938. Alongside…
Adult flatfoot
What you need to know Flatfoot is a deformity associated with the collapse of the…
Philip Turner
bmj;368/feb24_2/m655/FAF1faPhilip Turner (“Phil”) worked as a surgical houseman at Ashford Hospital in Kent, and his…
Junior doctor convicted of dangerous driving in “acutely anxious state” escapes sanction
A junior doctor who was convicted of dangerous driving after he panicked about getting to…
Anthony Kyriacou Antoniou
bmj;368/feb22_1/m656/FAF1faThe death of Anthony Kyriacou Antoniou (“Tony”) on Monday, 2 December 2019, at the age…
Assisted dying: RCGP continues to oppose change in law after polling members
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) will continue to oppose a change in the…
Rules on isolation rooms for suspected covid-19 cases in GP surgeries to be relaxed
GPs seeing patients who might have covid-19 can give them a face mask and ask…
Surgeon who acted as expert witness must pay {pound}88 000 in costs, says ȷudge
A consultant spinal surgeon who acted as an expert witness for a patient suing an…
How to become a neurosurgeon
Neurosurgery involves the assessment, diagnosis, and surgical management of disorders of the nervous system. A…
Dementia drugs should be reimbursed for the sake of responders
I am surprised to hear of the French minister of health’s decision to stop funding…
Specialty training application deadline is extended after Oriel recruitment portal collapses
The deadline for higher specialty training applications has been extended after the application website went…
An unexpected finding on a chest radiograph
A 92 year old man presented with recent onset of productive cough and fever up…
Assisted dying: your vote counts
The BMA is currently polling members on whether it should change its opposition to doctor…
Two subcutaneous nodules on the lower back
This is an image (fig 1) of furuncular cutaneous myiasis, a skin infestation by the…
Brazil strives to replace its More Doctors programme for underserved regions
In September 2018 the residents of São José village, an indigenous settlement in Brazil’s state…
Your results may vary: the imprecision of medical measurements
What you need to knowInherent in every medical measurement is a degree of uncertainty: you…
Problematic PSA . . . and other stories
Prostate specific antigen testingThe problem with prostate specific antigen screening (PSA) is selecting a cut-off…
Deprescribing dementia drugs
Twenty years ago Prescrire International said that the effects of cholinesterase inhibitors were “only moderate…
Children’s health and wellbeing must be prioritised by governments, experts urge
The health and future of every child worldwide is under threat from climate change, ecological…
Patients of a third surgeon who worked at a Spire hospital are recalled over concerns
The private hospital group Spire Healthcare, where the jailed surgeon Ian Paterson performed many of…
Macrolide antibiotics in pregnancy are linked with birth defects, study suggests
Children of mothers who took macrolide antibiotics during early pregnancy have shown an increased risk…
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Letter from China: covid-19 on the grapevine, on the internet, and in commerce
Here’s one example of the ideas floating around in China. Radio Free Asia reported that…
Coronaviruses in animals and humans
Coronaviruses have been around for many years and were first discovered in the 1960s. They…
Authors’ reply to Shaffer and colleagues
We appreciate the response from colleagues at the World Health Organization (WHO) to our article…
Hip replacements: do public or private providers do better?
Hip replacements are a pretty successful operation, patients think. Nearly 90% who had one and…
Points based immigration system risks pushing social care sector “over the edge”
Changes to the immigration system could prevent some NHS and social care staff from being…
Raising alcohol tax to fund NHS would benefit poorer households, report claims
If an increase in the UK tax on alcohol went towards funding the NHS poorer…
Covid-19: a puzzle with many missing pieces
By 15 February 2020, 51 800 cases of the novel coronavirus disease (formerly known as…
Maternal and fetal outcomes following exposure to duloxetine in pregnancy: cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the risk of adverse maternal and infant outcomes following in utero exposure to…
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What did we learn from Tamiflu?
Governments cannot calm earthquakes, bottle up volcanoes, or hold back tsunamis—they may not even be…
Clinical findings in a group of patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) outside of Wuhan, China: retrospective case series
AbstractObjectiveTo study the clinical characteristics of patients in Zhejiang province, China, infected with the 2019…
Clinical findings in a group of patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) outside of Wuhan, China: retrospective case series
AbstractObjectiveTo study the clinical characteristics of patients in Zhejiang province, China, infected with the 2019…
David Oliver: Allow nurses to use their professional judgment
In January the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) suspended a nurse’s registration for 12 months…
David Oliver: Allow nurses to use their professional judgment
In January the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) suspended a nurse’s registration for 12 months…
Using a clinical process map to identify prescribing cascades in your patient
What you need to knowPrescribing cascades are a type of problematic polypharmacy that occur when…
Using a clinical process map to identify prescribing cascades in your patient
What you need to knowPrescribing cascades are a type of problematic polypharmacy that occur when…
Public health within local government, six years on
When responsibility for public health in England moved from the NHS to local government in…
Public health within local government, six years on
When responsibility for public health in England moved from the NHS to local government in…
Coronavirus covid-19 has killed more people than SARS and MERS combined, despite lower case fatality rate
The novel coronavirus that has so far spread from China to 26 countries around the…
NHS trusts are given new powers to bar racist patients
From April NHS services in England will be able to bar non-emergency patients or visitors…
US government sues Yale’s teaching hospital for age discrimination in testing older doctors
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing Yale New Haven Hospital over its…