Medical devices: Government vows to tackle ethnic inequities
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Coroner warns of “multiple failures” that contributed to child’s death from asthma
A coroner has written to the health secretary, Victoria Atkins, to report “multiple failures” by…
Identification and management of co-infections in people with malaria
What you need to knowCo-infections with malaria affect up to half of children in endemic…
John Launer: Troubled by trolls
Trolls are imaginary creatures in Scandinavian folklore who are dim witted, live far from human…
Global number of FGM survivors is up 15% since 2016, Unicef reports
The number of women worldwide who have undergone some form of female genital mutilation (FGM)…
Physician associates: a pause in rollout is needed
A seminal moment beckons in the history of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). Tomorrow…
Tackling bias in medical devices: the Equity in Medical Devices Independent Review is welcome, but could have gone further
“All medical equipment and devices should be assessed for suitability of use with ethnic minority…
The effect of exercise on suicide in people with depression
Noetel and colleagues have conducted an important network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials on the…
Promoting swimming: a positive approach to public health
There are around 236 000 drowning deaths worldwide each year, most of them young children.1…
Women and girls in Gaza face increasingly dire physical and mental health challenges
The current conflict in Gaza has significantly impacted women in the region, beginning with its…
Fertility clinic in east London has licence suspended over “significant concerns”
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has ordered the Homerton Fertility Centre in east…
Gaza: Children dying of starvation as UN food trucks turned away, say aid organisations
Women in Gaza are “burying their newborns every day” as they have no way to…
Minimum unit pricing for alcohol saves lives, so why is it not implemented more widely?
Key messagesFailure to implement minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol is a cause of preventable…
Helen Salisbury: It’s time to push back against the destruction of general practice
Sometimes I wonder if I’m doing general practice wrong. So many consultations not only take…
Cervical pessary versus vaginal progesterone in women with a singleton pregnancy, a short cervix, and no history of spontaneous preterm birth at less than 34 weeks’ gestation: open label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo compare the effectiveness of cervical pessary and vaginal progesterone in the prevention of adverse…
There is a role for physician associates in the NHS
We are in the midst of a political and professional storm over the role of…
RCGP alters stance on physician associates to oppose GMC regulation
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has shifted its stance on the regulation of…
Biden vows to protect reproductive rights and lower drug prices in state of the union speech
President Joe Biden vowed to safeguard reproductive rights and restore Roe v Wade as “the…
Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance for opioid and stimulant dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort study
In the funding statement of this paper by Slaunwhite and colleagues (BMJ 2024;384:e076336, doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-076336), the…
FDA approves first over-the-counter blood glucose monitor for diabetes
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first over-the-counter continuous blood glucose…
Care provider is fined {pound}650 000 over safety failings that led to patient’s death
Priory Healthcare has been fined £650 000 for safety failings over the death of a…
Covid inquiry: What we have learnt about Wales’s response?
Covid was not initially a top priorityBefore 20 March 2020 there had been an assumption…
Use of nitrous oxide for execution is a concerning development in ongoing medicalisation of the death penalty
On 25 January 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith was killed in Alabama in the first state…
Suspected acute respiratory infection in over 16s: assessment at first presentation and initial management—summary of NICE guidance
What you need to knowFor patients with acute respiratory infection who can be cared for…
Prison healthcare in England and Wales is in perpetual crisis
The global prison population totals around 11.5 million people,1 and over 30 million people move…
A generalist specialist: the consultant neurologist
Neurology is such a broad specialty that it can appeal to a range of doctors,…
BMA chair: Junior doctors understandably think my generation has not protected the profession
Junior doctors believe that their senior colleagues have not done enough to safeguard the future…
Surge in anti-gay laws in Africa imperil progress on HIV/AIDS, experts say
The International AIDS Society (IAS) and UNAIDS have spoken out against legislation passed by Ghana’s…
Sixty seconds on . . . 10 000 steps
I thought that number was arbitraryThe widely used target of 10 000 steps a day…
Northern Ireland: Junior doctors on picket line are at “breaking point”
Junior doctors in Northern Ireland have said that they went on strike this week to…
When I use a word . . . . Medical blue plaques—penicillin
Blue plaques outside LondonIn 1863 Mr William Ewart, MP for Dumfries Burghs, proposed, in a…
February top picks: new beginnings
Midway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, 1 February is the celebration of…
Doctors’ strikes one year on: what will it take to end the disputes?
A year ago (13-16 March 2023) junior doctors in England began strike action, calling for…
Dental recovery plan offers bonuses to “dental deserts”
The policy paper Faster, Simpler and Fairer: Our Plan to Recover and Reform NHS Dentistry…
Nearly one in 10 NHS staff in England report sexual harassment at work last year, staff survey finds
Some 9% of NHS staff in England were sexually harassed while at work last year,…
How common are side effects of treatment to prevent gout flares when starting allopurinol?
The studyRoddy E, Bajpai R, Forrester H, et al. Safety of colchicine and NSAID prophylaxis…
Physician associates should not diagnose patients, says BMA guidance
Physician associates (PAs) must be barred from diagnosing patients or from claiming to be “one…
How to model life’s traȷectory from maȷor diagnosis to death
How do we model our lives from the time of a major diagnosis to death?…
Comparison of prior authorization across insurers: cross sectional evidence from Medicare Advantage
AbstractObjectiveTo measure and compare the scope of US insurers’ policies for prior authorization (PA), a…
Understanding the history of vaccine hesitancy and current mistrust in healthcare
Wilkinson mentions the “cultural memory” of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) autism scare.1 Vaccine…
What are you going to do to challenge ableism?
Jackson makes great points about how meeting the challenges of disability is the collective responsibility…
Plans for same day GP access hubs in London are scrapped after concerns
NHS North West London has rowed back on plans to impose same day GP access…
Exercise, mortality, . . . and other stories
Benefits of physical activityA couple of weeks ago, Minerva complained that, although studies showing physical…
Bilateral ocular involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis
This man in his early 30s developed bilateral scleritis, oculomotor deficits, and proptosis with incomplete…
How to avoid being duped by predatory journals
There are tens of thousands of academic journals, with new ones appearing all the time,…
Omalizumab for the treatment of food allergies … and other research
Allergy cure?Food allergies (such as peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, milk, eggs, fish, and shellfish) have…
Is consensus attainable on the definition of multiple long term conditions?
Multimorbidity, better referred to as multiple long term conditions (MLTC),1 is a rapidly growing research…
Progressive reticular atrophy on the face
A 9 year old boy presented with a six year history of slowly progressive reticular…
Science secretary pays libel damages and costs after falsely accusing academic of breaching Nolan principles
A UK cabinet minister has apologised and agreed to pay libel damages and costs to…
NHS handed {pound}6bn funding boost in spring budget
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has pledged almost £6bn in new funding for the NHS in his…