COP 28: Ambitious climate action is needed to protect health
Climate change is increasingly impacting health through diverse pathways including the effects of heat, floods,…
Category: British Medical Journal
Physician associates: BMA survey finds “shocking scale of concern”
Nearly nine in 10 doctors (87%; 16 400 of 18 894) believe that the way…
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“Astounding inequality” in England affects risk of dying from cancer, researchers report
The risk of dying from cancer in some poorer areas of England is far higher…
The BMJ Appeal 2023-24: Why the climate crisis is also a crisis for women’s health
The climate emergency is deepening. From the deadly drought in the Horn of Africa to…
Ethnic minority medical students are “significantly disadvantaged” by current system, finds UK study
Medical students from ethnic minority groups are “significantly disadvantaged by the current UK medical education…
Covid inquiry: Sunak defends his pandemic policies made as chancellor
What happened to Sunak’s missing WhatsApps?At the start of his evidence session Sunak was questioned…
I help children explore the connection to nature that saved my life
After a mental health crisis, birdwatching was the self-care that enabled me to find some…
Why I . . . run nature retreats for doctors
Standing under a 1000 year old yew tree at dawn, Rachel Cottam sees the birds…
Nature prescribing
Widening inequalities in health, the cost-of-living crisis, and increasing non-communicable disease have contributed to the…
The man helping prevent suicide with Google adverts
Like many men, Sandy Onie has struggled with depression and anxiety. “Unfortunately, me and my…
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Jingle bots: turbocharge your Christmas card creativity with AI
NHS staff need a morale boost. Perhaps a personalised Christmas card to replace the current…
Advances in the management of pancreatic cancer
AbstractPancreatic cancer remains among the malignancies with the worst outcomes. Survival has been improving, but…
Obstetrician who sterilised woman without consent is suspended for 12 months
A consultant obstetrician who sterilised a woman without her consent in Northern Ireland has been…
James Jeffrey Maccabe
bmj;383/dec12_8/p2899/FAF1faJames Jeffrey Maccabe (“Jeffrey”), born on 19 December 1928 in Edinburgh, has died at the…
Extreme heat could cause more than 10 000 annual deaths in the UK by 2050s, warn experts
Climate change will have deadly effects on physical and mental health if nations fail to…
Sixty GP surgeries set to transfer to new private provider
The private healthcare provider HCRG Care Group (formerly known as Virgin Care) has agreed a…
Sunak’s smoke-free generation: spare a thought for the tobacco industry
The UK prime minister’s call for a smoke-free generation, which follows similar measures in New…
A drug target for erectile dysfunction to help improve fertility, sexual activity, and wellbeing: mendelian randomisation study
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the association of genetically proxied (using a surrogate biomarker) inhibition of phosphodiesterase 5…
Birdwatching and medicine: stories of curiosity and wonder
Birdwatching was my lifeline during medical training, a way to avoid the burnout that afflicts…
The space doctors
BiographiesMission control: Sushmita RamanujamRadiology specialty registrar at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.Sushmita has…
Health spending is driving people into poverty in Europe and central Asia
“Is it acceptable that people become poor as a result of ill health?” asks Tamas…
Role model: Tom Miller
Tom Miller loves his commute to the Buxton Medical Practice in Derbyshire. “I travel 11…
Money being paid for prescribing Wegovy in pilot studies is “over the top,” say critics
Doctors have raised concerns about the amount of money being paid for overseeing patients in…
A whole sector approach to policy change will accelerate integration of sex and gender in research
Sex and gender profoundly affect health and disease, including the causes of ill health, the…
Texas Supreme Court blocks permitted abortion for woman with non-viable pregnancy
On 8 December the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked permission for an abortion that a…
Exploring together the emotional impact of the climate and nature crisis
Many people are terrified by the prospect of imminent social collapse because of the climate…
Covid-19: Preliminary figures show 1.2% of people in England had infection at end of November
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has delayed the planned release of modelled, weighted prevalence…
Medicine: a performing art
I think of medicine as a performing art, although to many people the word “performing”…
Efficacy of cola ingestion for oesophageal food bolus impaction: open label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo determine the efficacy and safety of cola in resolving complete oesophageal food bolus impaction.DesignOpen…
Immigration crackdown risks worsening NHS and care staff shortages, leaders warn
Health and social care organisations have expressed “deep concerns” that government plans to cut immigration…
UK medical organisations back dedicated sex and gender research policies
Twenty nine UK medical research organisations and publishers, including the National Institute for Health and…
Covid inquiry: What did Johnson say about underestimated risks, excess deaths, and his missing WhatsApps?
Whether it was his alleged reluctance to impose lockdowns, his oversight of a supposedly “toxic”…
Quality of care reform: a case for systems thinking and human centred design capabilities
Health systems are social systems where outcomes for people and communities hinge on their ability…
Embedding implementation research to cross the quality of care chasm during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond
As countries emerge from the acute phase of the SARS-CoV-2 (covid-19) pandemic, there is a…
New Zealand reverses landmark tobacco controls
Plans by the new government of New Zealand (Aotearoa) to abandon pioneering tobacco control measures…
GLP-1 receptor agonists: European drug regulator asks makers for evidence of self-harm
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has asked some licence holders of GLP-1 receptor agonists for…
Stanley Dennington Pratt
bmj;383/dec08_5/p2894/FAF1faStanley Dennington Pratt qualified in 1948, the year the NHS came into being. After house…
Glyn Roger Williams
bmj;383/dec08_6/p2896/FAF1faGlyn Roger Williams was a consultant in infectious diseases based at Ayrshire Central and Crosshouse…
Anton Buter
bmj;383/dec08_4/p2893/FAF1faOriginally from South Africa, Anton Buter was raised in Welkom and then attended the University…
Michael Aziz
bmj;383/dec08_3/p2889/FAF1faMichael Aziz (“Mike”) was born and educated in north west London. A caring and compassionate…
In pigs, researchers show ultrasound could be used for 3D printing inside the body
Imagine getting surgery without ever being cut open. Researchers at Duke University and Harvard Medical…
An end of year resolution: phase out fossil fuels
As we approach the close of 2023, a hard, unforgiving year, consider this: the world,…
Duty of candour: Ministers to review varying application in health and care
The government is to launch a review into the variation in how open and transparent…
Doctors in Italy strike over pension cuts and working conditions
Healthcare professionals in Italy staged a 24 hour national strike on 5 December, as nursing…
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—7 December 2023
Smear storiesHalf of all cases of cervical cancer in the UK are diagnosed in women…
A pigmented macule on the palm
A 4 year old boy was brought to the paediatric dermatology department by his parents…
A Heck to check
This image shows widespread asymptomatic, soft, raised papules over the oral mucosa and lips of…
The BMJ Appeal 2023-24: The Syrian health workers pulling 24 hour shifts to keep their maternity hospital open
Ghufran, a 22 year old midwife, works a 9 am to 4 pm shift in…
Postpartum depression . . . and other stories
Genetics of postpartum depressionDespite data from 20 000 cases of postpartum depression and three times…
Emergency hospital services are closing because of staff shortages
The world has faced a shortage of medical workforce for decades.1 Failure to tackle problems…