Fighting the FND stigma: the consultant neurologist
When patients enter Jon Stone’s consulting room, he will see fear on their faces which…
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Screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes
What you need to knowGestational diabetes may affect up to 30% of pregnancies, depending on…
Janet MacKenzie Clark
bmj;381/apr28_48/p903/FAF1faJanet was born in Sheffield to John and Ursula Gray, an ear, nose, and throat…
When I use a word . . . Medical definitions: Pharmacovigilant surveillance
Defining pharmacovigilanceThe earliest use of the term “pharmacovigilance” of which I am aware comes from…
Mary Frances Keefe
bmj;381/apr28_9/p914/FAF1faMary Frances Keefe (née Allen) was a “Liverpool girl” who had nursed a burning ambition…
Juliet Mary Gould
bmj;381/apr28_8/p958/FAF1faJuliet Mary Gould (“Julie”) was born into a family with medical connections. Her father, Donald…
Michael Harry Clark
bmj;381/apr28_6/p957/FAF1faMichael Harry Clark (“Mike”), general practitioner and complementary medicine practitioner in Southampton, died unexpectedly in…
Elizabeth Murray: GP and pioneer in digital health and medical education
bmj;381/apr28_5/p969/FAF1faDefying sceptics who maintained there was “no such thing as e-health,” Elizabeth Murray, who has…
NHS pays more than {pound}17m in birth inȷuries case
The NHS has agreed to pay compensation totalling more than £17m for birth injuries which…
Online support improved eczema symptoms in children and young people
The studySanter M, Muller I, Becque T. Eczema Care Online behavioural interventions to support self-care…
Recognition and initial management of ovarian torsion
What you need to knowOvarian torsion is a gynaecological emergency: a delay in diagnosis and…
Any sportsperson with suspected concussion should stop playing, says new UK guidance
Anyone with a suspected concussion during any level of sport should immediately be removed from…
Healthcare inequity is a factor in recruiting vulnerable people to research trials
Nordling notes that concerns over undue influence in recruiting vulnerable people to become research participants…
Discovering the positives in healthcare
For all the advances made in healthcare delivery it often seems that the public’s overall…
Corrupting market forces have resulted in a crisis of care
Heath and Montori have expressed1 the inexpressible about what gives my own work as a…
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—27 April 2023
Alcohol use disorders: the stickWhen it comes to drinking alcohol, it’s not easy to get…
NHS leaders urge nurses’ union to reconsider escalation of strike action
NHS leaders have raised concerns about patient safety if the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)…
Seven days in medicine: 19-25 April 2023
Legal newsNeurologist’s voluntary erasure “was illegal”The process that allowed a neurologist at the centre of…
An ulcerative lip lesion
A woman in her 20s presented with a painful lesion on the upper lip. The…
Zafrullah Chowdhury: surgeon, freedom fighter, and innovator in rural healthcare in Bangladesh
bmj;381/apr27_6/p921/FAF1faHe was nearly kicked out of medical school, but Zafrullah Chowdhury, a vascular surgeon, went…
Rising fatalities, injuries, and NHS costs: dog bites as a public health problem
Last year saw a sudden jump in the number of people in England and Wales…
Preterm birth and airway disease . . . and other stories
Preterm birth and obstructive airway disease in adult lifeA record linkage study from Finland and…
Rhythm gamer’s pad
These are symmetrical hard subcutaneous lesions on the sides of both hands (arrows) of a…
Sixty seconds on . . . green medicine
Green with envy?Some medical schools could be, when they see the scores that some of…
Government’s decision not to fund agency to support people harmed by medicines and devices is disappointing, say MPs
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has accused the UK government of…
Inside the Worldwide Influenza Centre: monitoring the constant threat of flu and other viruses
We amended this feature article by Elisabeth Mahase (BMJ 2023;381:p929, doi:10.1136/bmj.p929, published 26 April 2023)…
The covid public health emergency is ending: it now joins the ordinary emergency that is American health
On 10 April 2023, the US President Joe Biden signed into law a resolution terminating…
Obesogenic environments: the UK government needs to act now
McNally is correct in saying that many current environments promote high energy intake and sedentary…
The cost of living crisis: Five minutes with . . . Parth Patel
“What we’re seeing at the moment is the largest decline in living standards since records…
Age and sex can predict cancer risk in people referred with breast symptoms
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women globally.1 Improvements in breast cancer survival…
John Launer: A generation betrayed
As you can see from my photo in the print edition, I’m the oldest columnist…
Fixing the health workforce crisis in Europe: retention must be the priority
Health and care workers in all parts of Europe are experiencing overwork, with high levels…
Streeting presents ambitious plans for NHS, but can he make them a reality?
Labour may have got the basic idea right in prioritising primary care over hospitals if…
Maternity care: Remifentanil is recommended as alternative to epidural in draft guidance
Women in labour who need ongoing pain relief but do not want an epidural should…
Obesity: potatoes, pasta, and rice are not the problem
McNally raises the importance of dietary risk factors on health outcomes, including obesity.1 Unhealthy diets…
Sudan’s health system is “beyond collapse” as hospitals are directly targeted in fighting
A fragile ceasefire declared at midnight on Monday 24 April seemed to be holding in…
The doctor-patient relationship is another casualty of NHS backlogs
UK doctors are increasingly telling us at the Medical Defence Union (MDU) that pressures on…
BMA suspends junior doctor over anti-Semitic comments
The BMA has suspended paediatric registrar Martin Whyte from its junior doctors committee while an…
Rise in type 2 diabetes shows that prevention is more important than ever
We have amended this opinion article by Jonathan Valabhji and Partha Kar (BMJ 2023;381:p910, doi:10.1136/bmj.p910,…
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Medics warn of “catastrophic” health effects of UK policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
Leading UK healthcare organisations have written an open letter to the UK government warning of…
Why I . . . create pop art
Combining his interest in art and medical illustration, and creating pop art versions of molecules,…
Access to naloxone in underserved communities
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved naloxone nasal spray (Narcan) for over-the-counter use…
Helen Salisbury: Falling in love with medicine again
Last week I attended an event celebrating the Oxford Refugee Health Initiative.1 It’s not often…
Rise in diabetes shows that prevention is more important than ever
Obesity now constitutes a major challenge for healthcare settings around the world, and aetiologically it…
Medical students face high levels of mental health problems but stigma stops them getting help
Medical students are more likely to experience a broad range of mental health problems, including…
Molnupiravir and risk of post-acute sequelae of covid-19: cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo examine whether treatment with the antiviral agent molnupiravir during the first five days of…
Future directions of research into harms in randomised controlled trials
The Consort group includes many initiatives to improve reporting of results from randomised controlled trials…
Labour sets out stall with ambitious primary care reform agenda
Primary care in England needs wholesale reform, alongside extra investment to revitalise struggling services, Labour’s…
Prisons and pandemic preparedness
Historically, prisons have been incubators for infectious diseases1 because of overcrowding in confined spaces,23 poor…
US Supreme Court allows mifepristone to remain available for now
The US Supreme Court ruled late on Friday 21 April that mifepristone, a drug used…