AbstractObjectiveTo quantify the comparative risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome or thromboembolic events associated with…
What you need to knowRoutine, repetitive laboratory testing for hospital inpatients who are clinically and…
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Genital herpes: a sore subjectI was taught that herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) causes…
Farina and colleagues’ recent editorial argues that “public health messaging should promote brain health as…
bmj;379/oct26_1/o2548/FAF1faTakenbyTaraDemonstrators in London’s Parliament Square last week called for hundreds of millions of pounds missing…
Before 1979, being a GP required no postgraduate training. After completing medical school and a…
All health and care staff will receive training in how to use artificial intelligence (AI)…
For her first six months of work as a doctor in the small Ukrainian town…
AbstractObjectiveTo determine the effect of integrated and concurrent delivery of health, nutrition, water, sanitation and…
This is a left renal squamous cell carcinoma arising from a staghorn calculus in a…
Starting work at the BMJ as the new editorial scholar has been incredibly exciting.1 Picking…
We need urgent radical solutions for the crisis in social care, to prevent the collapse…
What you need to knowThe guideline update recommends real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and intermittently…
Governments across Europe must act now to tackle a crisis in the health workforce. That…
In July 2021 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly disclosed findings of a…
A GP who pressed the mother of a child patient to remove her veil during…
A “continuous flow model” of care whereby patients are transferred from the emergency department into…
Sharp Scratch episode summaries are back. And we’ve chosen a big topic for this episode:…
A doctor who was cleared by a medical practitioners tribunal of any misconduct is facing…
The linked study by Goodney and colleagues in The BMJ (doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-071452) is an important evaluation…
The studyEvans JT, Mouchti S, Blom AW, et al. Obesity and revision surgery, mortality, and…
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate long term outcomes (reintervention and late rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm) of aortic…
Doctors need to know that they will be supportedJo Wren, head of outreach for the…
Last week, NHS England warned1 of a worst case scenario in which half of all…
Two study coordinators for a Florida based clinical research company have been sentenced to prison…
Since the publication of the systematic review by Wang and colleagues in 2017 (BMJ 2017;356:j138,…
AbstractNeuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) such as affective disorders, psychosis, behavioral changes, and cognitive impairment are common…
Natural experiments have long been used as opportunities to evaluate the health impacts of policies,…
What you need to knowProton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are effective and widely used, but often…
Is this like the lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss?Much longer than that. Researchers have found…
The number of industry backed clinical trials started in the UK each year fell by…
The General Medical Council has warned that a shortfall of doctors in primary care is…
The covid-19 pandemic saw the image of the NHS logo next to a rainbow become…
The health and care system in England “is in gridlock and unable to operate effectively,”…
Defining biomarkersThe term “biomarker” is surprisingly new. The earliest instance is from 1973, when it…
More people in low and middle income countries will have access to nilotinib to treat…
Countries confronting outbreaks of cholera will have to administer half the recommended doses of vaccines…
What you need to knowWhen calculating burn size, 1% of total body surface area (TBSA)…
For US medical students, access to education about abortion is far from guaranteed. Abortion is…
When we find ourselves in times of trouble, might it be worth listening to the…
From next year England’s pharmacists will be allowed to prescribe a wider array of drugs—including…
General practices should measure and report on continuity of care for their patients as a…
The first RCT on colonoscopy screeningUntil now, recommendations supporting colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening have…
Suboptimal maternity care at two hospitals in Kent led to death or injury for dozens…
A girl in her early teens presented to the general paediatric department with 24 hours…
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A winter wave of covid-19Waning immunity and the many factors that help respiratory viruses thrive…
Will we continue to need annual covid boosters?Eleanor Riley, professor of immunology at the University…
What you need to know20-25% of gynaecomastia cases are attributable to prescription medications or drug…
Ward comments1 on a lack of acknowledgement of functional symptoms in long covid in our…
Women in the US are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or soon after…