Australia bans all vapes except on prescription to stem use in children
The importation and sale of all e-cigarettes, regardless of whether they are labelled as containing…
Category: British Medical Journal
Association of early life physical and sexual abuse with premature mortality among female nurses: prospective cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo explore associations between early life physical and sexual abuse and subsequent risk of premature…
In a first, a potentially fatal rare blood vessel disorder is treated in the womb
For Darren Orbach, a pediatric neurointerventionalist at Boston Children’s Hospital, the first-of-its-kind procedure to fix…
Sudan: NHS doctors caught in war zone feel “betrayed” by UK’s response
A Sudan born hospital doctor at North Middlesex University Hospital, who is stranded in his…
Social care should not be seen as a “national living wage” ȷob, says minister
Social care staff should be better rewarded for their work and their role should never…
Injury prevention: a strong case for urgent action
We are in full agreement with Meier and colleagues: bold action is needed by politicians…
Transforming primary healthcare through natural language processing and big data analytics
Delivering quality care to an ageing population is a growing challenge for primary care. Learning…
The ethics, equity, and governance of human genome editing need greater consideration
Challenges exist around heritable gene editing, its potential medical applications, ethical implications, and the need…
Tribunal told to think again after allowing doctor who wrote prescriptions without seeing patients to continue practising
A High Court judge has quashed a tribunal’s decision to allow a doctor who wrote…
NHS Staff Council accepts pay offer, but Royal College of Nursing and Unite vow to continue action
NHS staff on the Agenda for Change contract will receive their pay increase this summer,…
“The Big One”—Healthcare staff ȷoin four days of climate action
bmj;381/may03_7/p984/FAF1faAmer Ghazzal/AlamyAn activist from Extinction Rebellion dons a bee costume on 22 April, the second…
Transparent reporting of multivariable prediction models for individual prognosis or diagnosis: checklist for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (TRIPOD-SRMA)
Clinical prediction models are used to predict health related outcomes in individual patients.12 These models…
What are the latest covid drugs and treatments?
What are the best treatments for covid-19?Written in cooperation with the World Health Organization, The…
Bony lesions after anterior shoulder dislocation
A woman in her 60s experienced severe right shoulder pain and restricted shoulder motion after…
A cornea consumed
This is peripheral ulcerative keratitis in a man in his 60s who presented with a…
Hearing aids, cognitive decline . . . and other stories
Recovery from mild cognitive impairmentLast year, a longitudinal study of ageing reported that the condition…
Helen Salisbury: The NHS is not unsustainable
This week I visited two older patients of mine who recently had surgery for cancer….
Matt Morgan: Is medicine no longer a vocation?
Junior doctors in the UK have recently gone on strike simply in a bid to…
UK needs national mission to stop decline in health that mirrors climate action, says commission
The UK government should launch a national mission to improve people’s health and prosperity—mirroring society’s…
Rise of ȷust 0.5% in Northern Ireland’s health budget will hit services hard
Despite record waiting lists and outcry from staff, the health service in Northern Ireland will…
.jpg)
Remove barriers to clinical research for schedule 1 drugs with therapeutic potential
There is growing interest in the clinical use of drugs listed in schedule 1 of…
Campaigners raise questions over halted taskforce as hygiene poverty triples
The number of UK adults living in hygiene poverty, unable to afford to buy items…
Junior doctors: Pay restoration is just the start, says JDC co-chair
The dispute between junior doctors and the government may last a “very long time,” but…
Tackling the crisis in general practice
The Health Foundation’s report on the Commonwealth Fund’s 2022 international health policy survey of primary…
Editors of neurology imaging journal resign to start new publication in protest at author fees
All 42 editors at the Elsevier journal NeuroImage and its companion journal NeuroImage: Reports have…
NHS England leaves refugee doctor scheme in limbo as funding runs out
NHS England has allowed the funding for the medical support worker (MSW) scheme—which has enabled…
One in three doctors experience suicidal thoughts during GMC investigation, survey finds
The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has called on the General Medical Council to operate with…
Fracture risk reduction and safety by osteoporosis treatment compared with placebo or active comparator in postmenopausal women: systematic review, network meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis of randomised clinical trials
AbstractObjectiveTo review the comparative effectiveness of osteoporosis treatments, including the bone anabolic agents, abaloparatide and…
Fighting the FND stigma: the consultant neurologist
When patients enter Jon Stone’s consulting room, he will see fear on their faces which…
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…