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Jonathan Miller: theatre and opera director, broadcaster, communicator, and doctor
bmj;367/dec16_15/l6980/FAF1faPhoto credit: Ballard/Evening Standard/Getty ImagesIn 1956 medical student Jonathan Miller was invited to direct the…
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Post-truth era is destroying society and medicine
Perera and colleagues focus on an important issue of our time.1 It is not “vaxxers”…
What your patient is drawing
Tony combines comics, poetry, and memoir to record his experiences of being diagnosed and living…
Inhaled corticosteroids for asthma: guidance is inconsistent
Inhaled corticosteroids have transformed the lives of people with asthma. Taken regularly they reduce or…
The art of wellbeing
“Nothing is ever too much of a big idea here. There is a willingness to…
Bring me joy
It can often feel as though there is little to be positive about when working…
Kindness: an underrated currency
When we reflect on the past decade, it feels as if we have made a…
Can academic satire exist in the age of “fake news?” Tracking the citation record of a “holiday review” paper
Nine years ago, I published an article in the holiday review issue of the Canadian…
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The hammer: instrument of Thor (and orthopaedic surgeons)
The hammer is arguably the first tool lifted by prehistoric man, and despite advancing digital…
Trainee who exaggerated experience and claimed to have cancer is suspended for nine months
A trainee psychiatrist who exaggerated her experience, wrongly claimed to be a member of the…
Neurosurgery is highest paid specialty in the US, survey shows
Neurosurgeons are the highest paid US doctors, but internists and family medicine doctors are the…
Revalidation prevents consultants returning to clinical practice
Sinha says that calling on retired and retiring consultants could ease the shortage of doctors…
General election: 10 doctors are elected as MPs
Ten doctors have been elected as MPs in the 2019 UK general election. With one…
Free dental check-ups: shortage of dentists in England
The Labour Party is proposing to scrap band one dentistry charges in England, which cover…
Dengue control in Pakistan: prior planning is better than controlling too late
We are grateful to the World Health Organization for helping Pakistan to battle a severe…
GP wins High Court appeal against decision to erase him from medical register
A GP who was ordered to be struck off the UK medical register has won…
Healthcare for all: every country can do it—an essay by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
I was raised in Eritrea and Ethiopia. The first time I had health insurance was…
White eggs and yellow-brown spots on the pubic-perineal hairs
A 53 year old man presented with a two week history of pubic itch, which…
Viewing the optic fundus . . . and other stories
PapilloedemaIn 1851, Hermann von Helmholz invented the ophthalmoscope, allowing doctors to visualise the optic fundus…
What did the 2010s ever do for us?
The past decade has been characterised largely by the fallout of the global financial crash,…
Pneumocephalus triggered by sneezing
This is a non-contrast brain computed tomography image showing a massive pneumocephalus (blue arrow) and…
“Asset exchange”—interactions between patient groups and pharmaceutical industry: Australian qualitative study
AbstractObjectiveTo understand and report on the nature of patient group interactions with the pharmaceutical industry…
US researchers’ conflicts of interest are still widespread and under-reported, investigations find
Industry payments that could skew research results are still commonplace in the United States and…
Delegation of flu jabs: pharmacists are trained and vigilant
Clayton voices concerns about pharmacies giving flu jabs.1 NHS England is clear that pharmacists need…
GP faces jail for sexually assaulting 23 female patients
A London GP is facing jail after he was convicted of sexually assaulting 23 female…
Diversity in the medical workforce is better for patients
When considering medical school admissions, the ultimate question is which candidates will make the best…
Impact of Feed the Future initiative on nutrition in children aged less than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa: difference-in-differences analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of the US government’s Feed the Future initiative on nutrition outcomes…
Effectiveness of management strategies for uninvestigated dyspepsia: systematic review and network meta-analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo determine the effectiveness of management strategies for uninvestigated dyspepsia.DesignSystematic review and network meta-analysis.Data sourcesMedline,…
David Oliver: Let’s value and encourage problem raisers
Ara Darzi, surgeon and former health minister, has stated that “we can only be sure…
A career in rehabilitation medicine
Have you ever wondered what happens after the initial “life saving” aspect of medicine? What…
Bushfires: Australia issues health warnings as Sydney air quality plummets
bmj;367/dec10_10/l6914/FAF1faGetty ImagesLarge bushfires have shrouded Australia’s east coast in dense smoke, prompting health authorities to…
Post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer: patients can be reassured that UK endoscopy is already engaged in quality assessment and continual improvement
Burr and colleagues suggest that quality improvement is needed to reduce variation in colonoscopy performance,…
GMC review of doctors’ wellbeing fails to recognise SAS doctors
The GMC report Caring for doctors, caring for patients—which looks at doctors’ wellbeing and includes…
GMC ends private screening offering for staff after BMJ evidence review finds no benefit
The General Medical Council has decided to stop offering private health screening to its staff…
The path to medical school: five minutes with . . . Katherine Woolf
“This study is about selection into medical school. This is the crunch point, what some…
Is the NHS really “off the table” in post-Brexit talks with the US?
Since leaked minutes of US-UK trade talks were made public on 25 November, a predictable…
Room for both intellectual titans and vocationalists in medicine
Should medical schools relax academic admission criteria?1 With my A levels, I’d barely qualify for…
Matt Morgan: Cold food on hot desks
As I approach the hospital, my day is already planned out. Handover, then a ward…
Helen Salisbury: Oh, those lazy, part time GPs!
Last week the Daily Mail ran a story claiming that only a third of GPs…
Role model: Kay Mohanna
As an educational supervisor in the West Midlands Deanery and a GP partner and trainer…
NHS staff and patients urged to get vaccinated as flu season starts early
NHS services are braced for a tough winter after figures showed that hospitalisation rates from…
Government hands Amazon free access to NHS information
Amazon has been given access to all “healthcare information” of the NHS in England except…
Changes in prescribing during drug shortages could increase harm to patients
Ferner and colleagues discuss current drug shortages in the UK and worldwide, noting that “sometimes…
Class differences at medical school: the air of superiority is palpable
I am a third year medical student from a working class background. I went into…
Can expert bias be reduced in medical guidelines?
Despite robust study designs, even double blind randomised controlled trials can be subject to subtle…
Does general anesthesia affect neurodevelopment in infants and children?
AbstractGeneral anesthesia has been unequivocally linked to abnormal development of the central nervous system, leading…
Medicine’s class problem extends to intercalated degrees, research, and specialty training
White points out the need to tackle the barriers that are preventing students from socioeconomically…
One size does not fit all: implementation of interventions for non-communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are recognised to be a major barrier to human health and development,…
Judy Levi
bmj;367/dec06_10/l6826/FAF1faJudy Levi had a full and sometimes challenging life. She retired in 1991 from University…
Peter Robert Bradley Pedlow
bmj;367/dec06_9/l6820/FAF1faPeter Robert Bradley Pedlow was born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, into a medical family. He…