Ann Robinson’s research reviews—14 September 2023
Covid, babies, and type 1 diabetesThere’s been a reported rise in diabetes in children since…
Category: BMJ
A man with ST segment depression
A man in his 40s presented to the emergency department with a nine hour history…
Aspirin . . . and other stories
Adverse effects of aspirinA couple of weeks ago, Minerva mentioned a large trial of low…
A pink swelling on the eyebrow
A child presented with this firm, immobile, and painless lump over the right eyebrow (fig…
NICE recommends rimegepant for treating acute migraine in adults
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidance recommending the…
Health coalition calls for industry levy on salt and sugar
An industry-wide levy on salt and sugar could prevent almost two million cases of chronic…
A third of medical students plan to leave the NHS within two years of graduating, survey suggests
One in three UK medical students plan to leave the NHS within two years of…
NHS still reliant on paper patient notes and drug charts despite electronic upgrades, The BMJ finds
Three quarters of trusts in England that responded to a BMJ survey are still reliant…
Seven days in medicine: 6-12 September 2023
SmokingRates fall but “not quickly enough” to achieve targetOffice for National Statistics data show that…
Authors’ reply to Oke and Welch
We thank Oke and Welch for their response.1The aim of our study2 is to provide…
GP practice successfully defends discrimination claim brought by patient who abused staff
A GP practice in England that removed an abusive patient from its list has successfully…
Covid-19: New “Pirola” variant BA.2.86 continues to spread in UK and US
The new BA.2.86 variant of SARS-CoV-2—nicknamed “Pirola”—is now likely to be spreading in the community…
Simplified consent in cluster randomised trials: the new EU Clinical Trials Regulation does not provide sufficient guidance
Key messagesThe new European Union Clinical Trials Regulation requires the use of “simplified consent” for…
John Launer: Living with uncertainty
I was recently invited to talk to a group of GP registrars about uncertainty in…
Capacity problems in the NHS’s cardiac cath labs are harming patients
Cardiac catheterisation laboratories or “cath labs”—a cross between operating theatres and x ray rooms—are an…
Making international trainees feel welcome: why did we stop providing accommodation?
Thank you for this important piece on what it takes to make international trainees feel…
Local ownership of health can be flexible and forward looking
Palmer and Rosen highlight the missing pieces and uncertainty around NHS England’s long awaited workforce…
Voluntary sector is missing from the NHS workforce plan
Palmer and Rosen outline the missing pieces in the NHS workforce plan,1 but there is…
Making international trainees feel welcome: don’t forget Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
I find it surprising how people often forget the basics of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs…
Breast cancer: conflating case fatality with mortality
While we agree with Taylor and colleagues that the prognosis for women with breast cancer…
UK could have averted 240 000 deaths in 2010s if it matched other European nations, report finds
The UK has fallen far behind its international peers on a range of health outcomes…
Nearly a third of female surgeons have been sexually assaulted by a colleague, survey finds
Almost a third of female surgeons report having been sexually assaulted by a colleague, and…
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The NHS workforce plan: promoting health and social care in secondary schools
The as yet unknown effects of technology and changes in roles and service delivery models…
There can be no gender equality without menstrual justice
The menstrual cycle and menstruation are normal, physiological processes. But the experience of menstruation is…
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Helen Salisbury: The weight of emotions
Patients bring many things with them to the consulting room. Some we’re expecting, including their…
Glucose monitoring and glucose lowering agents for children and young people with type 2 diabetes: summary of updated NICE guidance
What you need to knowRefer children and young people with suspected or diagnosed type 2…
How can I support my colleague returning to work with long covid?
Don’t let it be the elephant in the roomRachel Duncan, clinical lead for the Brighton…
Partha Kar: If you won’t speak up, how will the world know you exist?
The leadership journey for me started pretty early in my career—as a trainee, in fact—before…
Sixty seconds on . . . turmeric
What’s cooking?A study1 has suggested that a natural compound found in the culinary spice turmeric…
The two simple and very human reasons why all health systems, including the NHS, are bound to fail
Both hospital consultants and doctors in training in England have gone on strike and plan…
Prevent TB to end TB
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of infectious disease deaths globally, killing three people every…
Abortions rise in the US as state restrictions cause widespread travel for care
The number of abortions rose in most states in the US during the first six…
Promoting psychosocial approaches for more compassionate mental health services
Liberati and colleagues’ recent article on the need to embed compassion in mental health services…
Tirzepatide: NICE recommends another GLP-1 agonist for type 2 diabetes
Tirzepatide, branded as Mounjaro, has been recommended for treating poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in…
Anaesthesia associates: Royal college convenes extraordinary meeting after call from members
The Royal College of Anaesthetists will hold an extraordinary general meeting in October after a…
Compassion in acute mental health services: Balint groups can help doctors understand mental distress
The timely analysis by Liberati and colleagues highlights the pressures faced by acute mental services…
Diagnosis and management of sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease in primary care
What you need to know Refer urgently patients with an acute abscess for incision and…
Violence against doctors exposes the inequalities in Indian medicine
Harish Mohammad, a doctor interning at a government general hospital in Kochi, was attacked by…
When I use a word . . . The ICMJE requirements and recommendations
The Vancouver DeclarationIn January 1978, the late Edward Huth, then editor of the Annals of…
Martha’s rule: What could the proposed changes mean for doctors?
Pressure is building for a formal system to allow patients or families the right to…
NHS trust is charged with corporate manslaughter over woman’s death
An NHS foundation trust in London and a former ward manager are facing manslaughter charges…
Every medical school should have a planetary health teaching fellow
Are medical students being prepared for the global health crisis due to the climate emergency?…
The NHS workforce plan: building resilient teams and retention of senior clinicians must be prioritised
The NHS workforce plan recognises the urgent need for action but is focused on producing…
Abortion is decriminalised in Mexico as “green wave” sweeps the region
Mexico’s Supreme Court has repealed a law criminalising abortion, in the latest cause for celebration…
Management of epilepsy during pregnancy and lactation
ABSTRACTEpilepsy is a group of neurological diseases characterized by susceptibility to recurrent seizures. Antiseizure medications…
BMJ’s policy on artificial intelligence in scientific publishing
Artificial intelligence (AI) can rival human knowledge, accuracy, speed, and choices when carrying out tasks….
Nottingham trust faces criminal investigation into baby deaths
Police are preparing to launch a criminal investigation into baby deaths and injuries at Nottingham…
Filling in the gaps in our understanding of hormonal contraception
One of my clearest professional memories is an encounter with a young female patient who…
What is my risk, doctor? Let’s stop giving patients irrelevant information
Bretthauer and Kalager discuss the communication of risk.1 I think one difficulty is that most…
Digital NHS: Government rejects advice to increase pay to boost IT staff numbers
The UK government has rejected calls to offer higher salaries to employees working on digitising…