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Government’s 10 year plan for the NHS in England
Impact of physician assistants on quality of care
The evidence found in this review does not support the safety or effectiveness of indirect supervision of physician assistants in undifferentiated settings
Impact of physician assistants on quality of care
The evidence found in this review does not support the safety or effectiveness of indirect supervision of physician assistants in undifferentiated settings
The main causes of increased disease burden due to the covid-19 pandemic
Disrupted care during the covid-19 pandemic led to increases in other causes of illness and death, with notable disparities across age and sex
The main causes of increased disease burden due to the covid-19 pandemic
Disrupted care during the covid-19 pandemic led to increases in other causes of illness and death, with notable disparities across age and sex
Practical Prescribing: Aspirin
This Practical Prescribing article looks at the main indications for aspirin and what doctors should consider when prescribing it
Practical Prescribing: Aspirin
This Practical Prescribing article looks at the main indications for aspirin and what doctors should consider when prescribing it
Rammya Mathew: The NHS 10 year plan—patient power or quiet exclusion?
Bariatric surgeries rise among US teens, as adult numbers fall
Health research in England is grinding to a halt
Partha Kar: The NHS 10 year plan is torn between genuine change and political expediency
Microsoft claims AI tool can outperform doctors in diagnostic accuracy
The antivaccine movement threatens health in the US and worldwide
Ethnicity and childhood cancer survival
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Some 11.8 million Americans projected to lose health insurance as Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes
US government announces “largest healthcare fraud takedown in history”
NHS plan will “fundamentally rewire” health service in England, PM vows
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How Labour has performed on health in its first year in power
One in five calls under Martha’s rule leads to change or escalation, figures show
Trump watch: US terminates Springer Nature contracts, while RFK Jr plans overhaul of vaccine injury compensation
Africa’s invisible Parkinson’s problem
Lucy Letby: Three senior hospital bosses arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter
Research
Right C7 neurotomy at the intervertebral foramen plus intensive speech and language therapy versus intensive speech and language therapy alone for chronic post-stroke aphasia
Effect of UK pay-for-performance programme on quality of primary care
Comparative effectiveness of interventions to facilitate deprescription of benzodiazepines and other sedative hypnotics
Oral contraceptives with progestogens and risk of intracranial meningioma
Sacituzumab tirumotecan versus docetaxel for previously treated EGFR-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Effect of dapagliflozin on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
P2Y12 inhibitor or aspirin after percutaneous coronary intervention
Core GRADE 7: principles for moving from evidence to recommendations and decisions
Comment
Volunteering in free clinics carries a moral cost for medical students
Doctors are graduating without a post in sight
The UK must not fail Gaza—a call for government action
Listening is a tool for health equity, not just a soft skill
Suspending the NHS medicines repurposing programme in England is a missed opportunity
The United Nations political declaration on non-communicable diseases and mental health needs a just and action driven approach
BMJ Commission: NHS must tackle racism and sexism for the benefit of patients, staff, and society
Decolonising global health: an essential conversation in medical education
Helen Salisbury: Payment for performance in general practice
Education
Cancer related lymphedema
Living in a prison with no bars
Sexual assault referral centres provide high quality support
Counting large numbers . . . and other stories
Progressive skin rash with eye and mouth involvement
A red ulcer on the leg
Balancing empathy and information in cancer treatment
Early onset colorectal cancer
Advances in the management of hepatitis B
Please explain the seriousness of the situation
Current management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Diagnosis and management of gonorrhoea
Global health crises: Gaza
Gaza: “Sham” aid plan goes ahead as doctor sees nine of her 10 children killed
Gaza: Israel aid plan is “fig leaf for further violence,” says UN humanitarian chief
Gaza: Israel’s hospital attacks leave critically ill patients lying on the street
Gaza: Two children arrive in UK for urgent medical treatment
BMJ Medicine
Loneliness and all cause mortality in Australian women aged 45 years and older
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Effectiveness of stress management and relaxation interventions for management of hypertension and prehypertension
Apr 8
Prognostic value of cervical length for spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic women with twin pregnancy
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Monitoring complete hydatidiform molar pregnancies after normalisation of human chorionic gonadotrophin
Apr 23
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Impact of pay for performance in primary care
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Head injury in older people taking anticoagulants
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