China coronavirus should be on “everybody’s agenda,” says vaccine expert
Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) should be on “everybody’s agenda,” says Seth Berkley, chief executive officer of…
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Sexual health: government “should set clear targets” to tackle rising number of STIs in England
The UK government must implement a new national strategy for tackling sexually transmitted infections (STIs)…
Targeted measles and rubella vaccination campaign aims to stop global surge in cases
A new vaccination campaign will aim to vaccinate 45 million children in seven developing countries…
Former NHS director convicted of voyeurism is struck off
Jonathan Fielden, former deputy medical director of NHS England, has been struck off the UK…
Edwin Christopher Cawte
bmj;368/feb04_10/m412/FAF1faEdwin Christopher Cawte was born in Bournemouth and from the age of 8 to 13…
Michael Frederick Hasenfuss
bmj;368/feb04_9/m411/FAF1faMichael Frederick Hasenfuss (“Fred”) passed his finals in 1970 and swore never to sit another…
Portraits of a cancer trial
bmj;368/feb04_17/m460/FAF1faParticipants in a lung cancer study have been photographed as part of an exhibition that…
Inquiry slams system’s “wilful blindness” that allowed rogue surgeon to carry on practising
The healthcare system was “dysfunctional at almost every level” when it came to keeping patients…
Activism for health: green surgery
This year has seen an unprecedented focus on our climate change emergency.1 Activist Greta Thunberg…
Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy: fund prevention programmes to end the cycle of preventable morbidity
I thank Li and colleagues for their paper which adds to the significant body of…
Workforce: leaders urge NHS to publish delayed plan as soon as possible
The NHS should release a full and costed version of its long promised workforce plan…
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Clare Gerada: Shame and perfectionism among doctors
I recently had the good fortune to be invited to talk alongside firemen, air ambulance…
China coronavirus: Hong Kong health staff strike to demand border closure as city records first death
Hong Kong has reported its first death related to the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV, only the…
John Andrew Kennedy
bmj;368/feb04_8/m410/FAF1faJohn Andrew Kennedy (“JAK”), who has died at the age of 84, was a distinguished…
Consultant who was convicted of downloading images of child sexual abuse is struck off
A consultant in anaesthesia and critical care has been struck off the UK medical register…
Helen Salisbury: Sitting in someone else’s chair
This week I took a turn at our front desk while the reception team had…
How can we realise the full potential of health systems for nutrition?
In this article by Rebecca Heidkamp and colleagues (BMJ 2020;368:l6911, doi:10.1136/bmj.l6911, 27 January 2020) there were some errors…
We shouldn’t recommend harmful foods “in moderation”
A healthy diet that is high in unprocessed plant based foods has again been shown…
GPs are risking own health to provide millions of extra appointments, BMA warns
The latest NHS appointment data show that GPs in England are “risking their own health…
Histology independent cancer drugs: the drug makers’ responsibility
Cooper and colleagues raise important challenges for health technology assessment (HTA) organisations in evaluating the…
Assisted dying: Belgian doctors are acquitted of unlawful poisoning
Three Belgian doctors have been acquitted of unlawfully poisoning a 38 year old woman almost…
Equity of resource flows for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: are those most in need being left behind?
Key messagesSince 2002 the distribution of external funding to reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health…
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Sixty seconds on . . . Goop
Sounds gross, is it infected?No, we’re not talking about the contents of a week old…
Richard Alpert (Ram Dass): Harvard psychologist who experimented with psychedelic drugs and became one of America’s most prominent and respected spiritual leaders
bmj;368/jan31_10/m407/FAF1faCredit: Dassima Kathleen MurphyNothing in Richard Alpert’s early life could have predicted that he would…
Senior medics urge GMC to set up central register of doctors’ declared interests
Doctors’ leaders have urged the General Medical Council to establish a central register for UK…
Response to the emerging novel coronavirus outbreak
The 2019 flagship report of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, A World at Risk, made…
Coronavirus shows how UK must act quickly before being shut out of Europe’s health protection systems
Health authorities worldwide are racing to contain the spread of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV, identified as…
John Betteridge
bmj;368/jan31_6/m156/FAF1faJohn Betteridge was an international expert on cholesterol, hyperlipidaemia, and cardiovascular disease prevention. He was…
China coronavirus: WHO declares international emergency as death toll exceeds 200
The World Health Organization has declared the current novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak to be a…
US electronic records company fined $145 million for pushing doctors to prescribe opioids
Practice Fusion, an electronic health records company, agreed to pay $145m (£110.7m; €131.5m) to settle…
How to become a haematologist
Haematologists diagnose and manage disorders of the blood and bone marrow. The specialty uniquely combines…
Hope for diabetes: five minutes with David Unwin
“My wife Jen and I were on a run in 2012 when we first got…
Losing weight following diagnosis of type 2 diabetes boosts chance of remission
The studyDambha-Miller H, Day AJ, Strelitz J, et al. Behaviour change, weight loss and remission…
Dutch hospital resumes production of rare drug after sourcing purer ingredients
A university hospital in the Netherlands has resumed cost price production of orphan medicine chenodeoxycholic…
Khadim Baloch
bmj;368/jan30_15/m356/FAF1faKhadim Baloch, known by his colleagues and friends as Kim, was born in Karachi, Sindh,…
Phillip Thomas
bmj;368/jan30_14/m357/FAF1faPhillip Thomas (“Phil”) was an interventional cardiologist who was instrumental in the development of the…
John Jack Fleminger
bmj;368/jan30_13/m359/FAF1faHaving spent time on the neurosurgical unit at Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, John Jack Fleminger started…
Declan J Meagher
bmj;368/jan30_12/m360/FAF1faDeclan J Meagher was a most influential figure in Irish obstetrics and gynaecology during the…
Martin Peter Ward Platt
bmj;368/jan30_11/m355/FAF1faAfter attending Oundle school, Martin Peter Ward Platt studied medicine at Bristol University, where he…
Kuvan: High court case challenges NICE’s appraisal
A case that is due to be heard in the High Court on 30 January…
A herpes type 1 skin infection in a newborn
This is a localised umbilical vesicular bullous eruption that evolved over four days in a…
David Oliver: Conveyor belt medicine
Over the New Year period I worked three 12 hour stints on the acute medical…
Brexit and the NHS: where are we now?
At the end of this week Brexit will be done. The UK will have left…
Following the evidence, from coronavirus to terrorism response
The emergence of a novel coronavirus has led China to impose travel restrictions around Wuhan…
How to stop the dying, as well as the killing, in a terrorist attack
Mobile attackers with bladed weapons, firearms, or explosive devices are currently a significant global threat…
A woman with acute dyspnoea
A 60 year old woman with end stage renal disease presented with acute dyspnoea over…
Fitbit for flu . . . and other stories
Monitoring flu by FitbitA few years ago there was hope that internet search data and…
Immigration: leaders warn that proposed post-Brexit changes will harm the NHS and social care
Recommendations for the UK government to cut the salary threshold for people with job offers…
Seven days in medicine: 22-28 Jan 2020
MeningitisUK cases fall after infant vaccination programmeThe UK’s infant vaccination programme against group B meningococcal…
Urgent inquiry is ordered into trust that subȷected doctors to “witch hunt” to identify whistleblower
The government has ordered NHS England and NHS Improvement to commission an urgent inquiry into…