AbstractObjectiveTo investigate whether oral antimicrobial prophylaxis as an adjunct to intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis reduces surgical…
Taking the pressure off after a strokeIt seems that aggressive—sorry “intensive”—blood pressure targets in the…
The cost of living crisis is deepening as inflation in the UK has hit double…
Next year will see the biggest ever rise in medical training places in Scotland, its…
Ambitious plans to create a national care service in Scotland are facing mounting opposition, as…
Four doctors in Italy, all of them “conscientious objectors,” have received suspended prison sentences after…
For many years I have explained to patients that the molecular action of antidepressants is…
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At the start of the covid-19 pandemic, mental health services needed to maintain access to…
The diversity of the medical profession has never been greater—42 per cent of doctors in…
Demand for medical imaging is rising at a faster rate than most other aspects of…
This is a necrotic ulcerated lesion with irregular margins on the hard palate (fig 1)…
A consultant oncologist who ignored a hospital instruction and attended patients’ cancer surgery on two…
The right to make informed decisions, and to be supported compassionately and confidently to do…
As the UK lurched from lockdowns to restrictions throughout 2020-21, many people will have felt…
The health secretary has said that the scheme to allow patients in England access to…
As a foundation doctor, I was relieved to hear the Labour party lay out plans…
From 1 November patients were supposed to have access to their electronic GP record and…
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There are certain questions I really hope patients don’t ask me these days in general…
Get vaccinated and eradicate polio globally, say public health authorities after reappearance of the paralytic…
The association of housing with health was recorded scientifically over 170 years ago, and housing…
bmj;379/nov01_9/o2618/FAF1faAmber Elizabeth Young was the eldest of three children born to Patricia, a nurse, and…
bmj;379/nov01_8/o2616/FAF1faBeresford Roger Melville Crook (“Berry”) trained as a cardiologist in several London hospitals and carried…
There is no doubt that doubling the number of medical school places could have a…
Numerous summaries of the findings of the Molly Russell inquest conclude that the case is…
bmj;379/nov01_5/o2611/FAF1faWhen Neville Davis wanted to study law in 1939, his headmaster advised: “You may have…
AbstractObjectivesTo determine whether patient reported outcomes improve after single stage versus two stage revision surgery…
Legislation that would allow people to change their gender by self declaration without the need…
Is this a Halloween thing?No, although it does involve nightmares.You mean like getting a new…
What you need to knowAsk about recurrent patterns and typical sites of boil outbreaks to…
bmj;379/oct28_10/o2596/FAF1faEdward Allen Martin (“Eddie”) did postgraduate work at the Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, and Maida Vale…
The recent turmoil in UK politics has done little to ease the anxiety felt by…
Experts are warning that delays to planned climate action are hampering efforts to achieve numerous…
The head of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has defended going public about…
Oliver’s article on the realities of being a junior doctor is refreshingly honest and summarises…
Attention has been drawn to viewing health inequalities through the lens of patient safety.1 This…
The study conducted by Okoshi and colleagues1 supports the claim that female surgeons can achieve…
GPs are concerned about the quality and safety of the services they are currently providing…
bmj;379/oct27_10/o2562/FAF1faDonald Stewart McLaren (“Don”) was one of a group of pioneers in the area of…
bmj;379/oct27_9/o2566/FAF1faWilliam Fairbank Doe (“Bill”), an academic gastroenterologist, professor of medicine at Sydney University, dean of…
bmj;379/oct27_8/o2555/FAF1faMinou Dokht Foadi was born in Tehran, Iran, to Hasan Foadi, a linguist and teacher,…
bmj;379/oct27_7/o2558/FAF1faLeslie H Blumgart (“Les”), one of the world leaders in hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery, was a…
The UK has its first prime minister of Sotonian origin. It matters little who you…
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £200 000 (€230 000; $232 000) after admitting…
In this paper by McManus and colleagues (BMJ 2021;372:m4858, doi:10.1136/bmj.m4858, published 20 January 2021), the…
bmj;379/oct27_12/o2561/FAF1faHelen Lightbody Kirkwood (née Steven) was born in Bargeddie, Lanarkshire, and was the first person…
bmj;379/oct27_11/o2564/FAF1faMy father, Philip Owen Nicholas, was born in Gloucester. He was the younger of two…
Is covid-19 really getting milder?The short answer is no. Covid-19 is still a deadly disease,…
No one who works in general practice, and few patients attempting to access care, would…
A woman in her 90s presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath, fever,…
Systolic blood pressureA meta-analysis of a vast amount of data from randomised controlled trials and…