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How did the RCP get into a mess over physician associates?
Giving CPR left me seeking reassurance
Lynsey Duncan describes giving CPR to a family member at home, and her difficulties in coming to terms with the experience
Giving CPR left me seeking reassurance
Lynsey Duncan describes giving CPR to a family member at home, and her difficulties in coming to terms with the experience
Health professionals must demand action on femicide and abuse
The #16daysofactivism is a time to shine light on painful truths that should motivate more action
Health professionals must demand action on femicide and abuse
The #16daysofactivism is a time to shine light on painful truths that should motivate more action
Scarlett McNally: Improving our health will reduce the strain on social care
Bans on junk food advertising are a vital move to protect our children’s health
“Medical misogyny” leaves many women in pain, MPs’ inquiry finds
Autism service stops taking new patients amid 18 year wait for diagnosis
Rammya Mathew: New guidance is a golden opportunity to tangibly improve asthma care
John Matheson: GP and bridge champion, who put his success down to a combination of psychology and strategic thinking
The BMJ Appeal 2024-25: the face of conflict
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Malaria: Drug resistance and fragile health systems are hindering progress, WHO warns
Government proposes 2.8% pay rise for doctors in England next year
Syria: Doctors warn of refeeding syndrome and infections in released prisoners
Demand for private weight loss surgery declined last year
US to begin testing unpasteurised milk for bird flu virus
Covid-19 originated in Wuhan lab, alleges Republican congressional report
Gaza: Aid workers are killed in Israeli airstrikes as attacks on hospitals continue
Drug use: how can policies reduce the harms of both consumption and criminalisation?
Physician associates: GMC makes only small changes to regulation after consultation
Research
Mortality and risk of diabetes, liver disease, and heart disease in individuals with haemochromatosis HFE C282Y homozygosity and normal concentrations of iron, transferrin saturation, or ferritin
Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes
Contemporary menopausal HRT and risk of cardiovascular disease
Interventions for the management of long covid
Deep learning in medical image analysis: introduction to underlying principles and reviewer guide using diagnostic case studies in paediatrics
Endometriosis and uterine fibroids and risk of premature mortality
Nurse and doctor turnover and patient outcomes in NHS acute trusts in England
Extension of the PRISMA 2020 statement for living systematic reviews (PRISMA-LSR): checklist and explanation
Comment
Helen Salisbury: An illusion of control
Building infrastructure is key to unifying UK health data
Doctors’ clinical judgment risks being sacrificed on the altar of protocol driven care
Non-expressing homozygous C282Y carriers and haemochromatosis
It’s time to end the policy vacuum on alcohol harm in England, if this government is serious about shifting its focus to prevention
US election: we must recognise threats to reproductive rights and health
Career equality for locally employed doctors
Stealth marketing of food in schools and The BMJ’s 185 year itch
John Launer: In thrall to screens and illusions
Education
Management of pain and sedation in the intensive care unit
Evidence for local anaesthetic transperineal biopsy versus transrectal prostate biopsy
Meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal disease: recognition, diagnosis and management—summary of updated NICE guidance
Haematuria in children
Advances in the management of psoriatic arthritis in adults
Identifying young people who are experiencing criminal and sexual exploitation
Identification and management of child abuse and neglect
Annular erythema
Expanding the prion paradigm . . . and other stories
Global health crises: Gaza
Infectious diseases are being allowed to run rampant in Gaza
Gaza: Over 22 000 people with life changing injuries urgently need rehabilitation, WHO warns
Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign gets underway as attacks on humanitarian aid continue
When is enough, enough? Humanitarian rights and protection for children in conflict settings must be revisited
BMJ Medicine
Characteristics of non-randomised studies of drug treatments
Oct 30
Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring of biologic drugs in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory arthritis, and psoriasis
Oct 28
HPV9 vaccination and risk of immune mediated diseases in Denmark
Oct 22
Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes
Oct 1
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Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies
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Contemporary menopausal hormone therapy and risk of cardiovascular disease: Swedish nationwide register based emulated target trial
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Management of pain and sedation in the intensive care unit
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Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses
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