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Second cancers in 475 000 women with early invasive breast cancer
Abortion is not a modern intervention—and history teaches us that prohibition fails
Many countries prohibit abortion, but a new book shows how ending pregnancies is nothing new. Author Mary Fissell tells us about this history
Abortion is not a modern intervention—and history teaches us that prohibition fails
Many countries prohibit abortion, but a new book shows how ending pregnancies is nothing new. Author Mary Fissell tells us about this history
The UK is rapidly losing medical academics and without them the NHS 10 year plan is at risk
The upcoming NHS workforce plan is an opportunity to turn this shortage around, write David Strain and Jonathan Gibb
The UK is rapidly losing medical academics and without them the NHS 10 year plan is at risk
The upcoming NHS workforce plan is an opportunity to turn this shortage around, write David Strain and Jonathan Gibb
Gaza: Doctors and UN demand investigation after double hospital bombing
At least 20 people, including healthcare workers, are thought to have been killed in a double air strike by Israeli forces on a hospital in Gaza
Gaza: Doctors and UN demand investigation after double hospital bombing
At least 20 people, including healthcare workers, are thought to have been killed in a double air strike by Israeli forces on a hospital in Gaza
NHS reliance on private mental health beds for routine care is “now the norm,” report says
Third of disabled and neurodivergent doctors feel bullied by colleagues, survey finds
CDC director is forced out over vaccine policy, and four senior scientists resign
Argentina and the US share an ideological blueprint to destroy science and healthcare
Urgent care for mental health in the NHS
Medical misogyny and “harrowing” experiences: what are doctors doing to improve gynaecological procedures?
Unintended consequences of using ambient scribes in general practice
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News
Mounjaro: Discount deal for UK pharmacies to mitigate price hike
Assisted dying will put “added pressure” on NHS, experts warn
Chickenpox vaccine to be offered to children in England
Postnatal depression: First pill treatment is approved in UK
Urinary tract infections: New antibiotic for women and girls is approved in UK
Shingles vaccine will be offered to more immunosuppressed adults in England
Botswana declares national health emergency as medical supply chain breaks down
Streeting accuses drug industry of being “shortsighted” after pricing talks collapse
NIH director orders review of all grants, as new research priorities are announced
Research
Patient healthcare spending after the No Surprises Act
Effect of lateral versus supine positioning on hypoxaemia in sedated adults
Anrikefon in patients with pruritus undergoing haemodialysis
ADHD drug treatment and risk of suicidal behaviours, substance misuse, accidental injuries, transport accidents, and criminality: emulation of target trials
Effectiveness of screening and ultra-brief intervention for hazardous drinking in primary care: pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
Determining sample size for pilot trials: a tutorial
Total and specific potato intake and risk of type 2 diabetes
Reporting guidelines for chatbot health advice studies: explanation and elaboration for the Chatbot Assessment Reporting Tool
Comment
When students lead, professors must stand with them in defence of health and human rights
When doctors lose their faith in medicine
Without retention, the NHS’s 10 Year Plan will fail
Doctor in your pocket—a medicolegal black box?
What is the role of doctors?
The United States faces a healthcare affordability crisis
Medication in men who have committed sex offences
Rectal examination is an important part of holistic assessment
Stemming medical brain drain
Medical students are not invisible, patients are watching closely
Medicaid cuts will disadvantage all patients—hitting the most vulnerable hardest
Education
Cardiovascular, kidney related, and weight loss effects of therapeutics for type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes in South Asians
Uncovering my hidden autism
Advances in the management of osteoporosis
Skin cancer prevention and sunscreens
Should medical students use generative AI to study?
Living with an intolerance to medication
Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring, and chronic asthma management: summary of guidance from BTS/NICE/SIGN
Cognitive and mental health outcomes in long covid
Novelty in science . . . and other stories
Spiralling appearance of the oesophagus
Global health crises: Gaza
Gaza: UK paediatricians criticise college over failure to condemn Israel’s attacks on children
Gaza: Babies starve and doctors watch children die as politicians focus on PR “spectacles”
Gaza: doctors “fainting due to hunger” amid mass starvation and food distribution massacres
Gaza: MSF sees record number of malnourished babies, begs countries to take medical evacuees
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