Climate crisis: Wellcome sells some fossil fuel investments as climate leaders call for full divestment
The Wellcome Trust, one of the world’s top scientific research funders, has sold its stakes…
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Downplaying the catastrophic health impact of heatwaves costs lives
The UK recently well and truly surpassed its daytime and night time highest temperature records….
Education and training could reduce mistakes in medical records
Salisbury is correct to predict that mistakes will arise from shared medical records.1 Training for…
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—4 August 2022
Nothing new under the sunThis US study of 200 people with poorly controlled type 2…
UK needs specific plan to become “science superpower,” peers claim
The UK must do better to improve its “inconsistent and unclear” science policy, say members…
Don’t ignore the splinter haemorrhage . . . and other stories
Diagnostic value of splinter haemorrhagesOnce considered a classic sign of infective endocarditis, splinter haemorrhages no…
Are we lioness enough to question the Brexit elephant?
What is the effect of Brexit? It’s a question few people in England seem willing…
An unlucky “double blow” to the fingers
A man in his 40s sustained a direct blow to his left middle and ring…
Covid-19 impact on patients: ease of access should be a clear aim of the NHS
Not only has the covid pandemic taken its toll on staff, the consequences for patients…
The NHS, a complex machine, is failing because of frailty
Mathew highlights that many patients are trying to navigate a health service that is bursting…
NHS and climate change: stop 28 day prescriptions for drugs taken long term
From July the NHS in England must consider climate change when making decisions.1 One of…
Folic acid in pregnancy: high dose supplements are also recommended after bariatric surgery
Dwyer and colleagues discuss current guidelines for high dose folic acid supplementation in pregnancy.1 High…
Balancing the knife: India debates the pros and cons of pushing caesarean sections
Lakshmi was due to deliver her baby in a week, so her in-laws called an…
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The Brexit predictions that came true, those that didn’t—and what we didn’t see coming
The battle over Brexit triggered extreme claims about its likely impact on UK healthcare, ranging…
David Oliver: Politicians’ abȷect failure to tackle the existential crisis in the NHS
After the ousting of Boris Johnson as prime minister and the loss or replacement of…
Bilateral hearing loss and constricted visual fields
These are funduscopic images showing features of retinitis pigmentosa in a man in his early…
Which treatments are safe and effective to reduce intracranial pressure following severe traumatic brain injury?
What you need to knowA tiered approach using multiple interventions to reduce raised intracranial pressure…
NHS to rollout continuous glucose monitors for all patients with type 1 diabetes
All patients with type 1 diabetes in England will now be eligible for continuous glucose…
Helen Salisbury: A feeling of safety
Recently, I consulted with a satisfied patient. An unexpected abnormality had shown up on a…
Colin Blakemore: neuroscientist who explored the symbiotic relation between art and science
bmj;378/aug02_12/o1910/FAF1faCredit: David Hartley, ShutterstockColin Blakemore made an outstanding contribution to understanding of vision and neural…
Inquiry urges immediate compensation to victims of contaminated blood
bmj;378/aug02_11/o1925/FAF1faTayfun Salci/ZUMA/AlamyVictims Lee Moorey, Richard Warwick, Neil Steve Nichols, Melanie Richmond, and Neil Weller outside…
Tory leadership contest reveals complacency about NHS crisis
The recent televised leadership debates told us very little about Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss’s…
Covid-19: is omicron less lethal than delta?
Soon after the omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern was first reported to the World Health…
Risk of covid-19 related deaths for SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) compared with delta (B.1.617.2): retrospective cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the risk of covid-19 death after infection with omicron BA.1 compared with delta…
Response to acute monotherapy for major depressive disorder in randomized, placebo controlled trials submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration: individual participant data analysis
AbstractObjectivesTo characterize individual participant level response distributions to acute monotherapy for major depressive disorder in…
Standing on the shoulders of giants: the anaesthetist
“I believe in the saying by Isaac Newton: ‘We stand on the shoulders of giants.’…
“Downgrade your mask before entering”—a dangerous NHS policy at a critical public health ȷuncture
In May 2022, the UK Health Security Agency changed its guidance to make masking in…
Junk food advertising bans do help reduce obesity, say researchers
Restrictions on the adverting of high fat, salt, and sugar products across the Transport for…
Government must regulate non-surgical cosmetic procedures within a year, say MPs
A new licensing regime for non-surgical cosmetic procedures should be brought in by July 2023…
Welcome to your new hospital
August is a month of mass medical migration. Postgraduate doctors are scattered across UK hospitals,…
After Roe v Wade: US doctors are harassed, confused, and fearful, and maternal morbidity is increasing
Early last month a pregnant 10 year old girl was brought from her home in…
NHS gender identity service to close and be replaced by regional centres
The sole service in England treating children and adolescents for gender dysphoria will be shut…
Covid-19: Ontario hospitals close wards as nursing shortage bites
At least 14 hospitals in Canada’s most populous province are operating without key services this…
Covid-19: Staff absences in July surged amid ongoing pressure on hospitals
NHS staff absences in England reached the highest peak in July since mid-April, amid continuing…
Ending the constitutional right to abortion in the United States
On 24 June 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a landmark decision…
Long covid and disability: a brave new world
One billion people worldwide live with a disability,1 but they are often overlooked in discussions…
Huge rise in GP expenses could make some practices unviable within two years
GP principals face a pay cut this year because inflation and recommended pay rises for…
What should a health and social care workforce strategy look like?
This week’s cross-party parliamentary report on the NHS and social care workforce paints a bleak…
Britain’s not working
In his final speeches as prime minister, Boris Johnson listed seemingly endless achievements. Prominent among…
The UK government’s “personal responsibility” policy for covid is hypocritical and unsustainable
In his statement to the House of Commons on 21 February 2022, the prime minister…
Sydney Cadzow Campbell Scott
bmj;378/jul29_7/o1879/FAF1faSydney Cadzow Campbell Scott (“Scottie”) attended Merchant Taylors’ School in Crosby, Liverpool, then King’s College…
Mary Crawford
bmj;378/jul29_6/o1880/FAF1faMary Dixon was raised by her mother, a publican in Newcastle, after her father died…
When code-switching is a requisite on clinical rotations
Code-switchingI accompanied the resident on a ward round as she spoke smoothly and attentively to…
Sixty seconds on . . . lactose intolerance
Got milk?I do. But have you “herd” the commonly accepted theory of how we came…
A sustainable NHS needs innovation that is driven by data and without boundaries
As we have experienced recently, climate change is not a future problem, it is happening…
What poo tells us: wastewater surveillance comes of age amid covid, monkeypox, and polio
Amid widespread polio outbreaks in the summer of 1939, researchers from Yale University first detected…
Forecasting the mental health harms of overturning Roe v Wade
The US Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate the federal right to abortion means that around…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—28 July 2022
The tides are coming inA 20% reduction in weight at 72 weeks, as seen in…
Why The BMJ will no longer report on unsubstantiated press releases
When do you say enough is enough? Doctors and other UK public sector workers have…
Healthcare access in “zero waste” Milan: five minutes with . . . Gianluca Lista
“The Gallaratese hub,1 a community centre in a working class district northwest of Milan’s city…