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Waiting lists, emergency department stays, and cancer treatment: After 18 months how is Labour performing on the NHS?
Vulvodynia (chronic vulval pain)
Vulvodynia is chronic vulval pain lasting more than three months without an identifiable cause. What should doctors cover in a consultation
Vulvodynia (chronic vulval pain)
Vulvodynia is chronic vulval pain lasting more than three months without an identifiable cause. What should doctors cover in a consultation
How should public health respond to rise of alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks?
John Holmes and colleagues argue for a precautionary approach that is guided by public health and considers both risks and benefits
How should public health respond to rise of alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks?
John Holmes and colleagues argue for a precautionary approach that is guided by public health and considers both risks and benefits
The impact of skin tone on performance of pulse oximeters used by NHS England COVID Oximetry @home scheme
Pulse oximeters overestimate oxygen saturation in people with darker skin tones, finds study
The impact of skin tone on performance of pulse oximeters used by NHS England COVID Oximetry @home scheme
Pulse oximeters overestimate oxygen saturation in people with darker skin tones, finds study
Target to fix unsafe NHS hospitals slips but overall programme is on firmer footing, report finds
Flu admissions fall but norovirus on the rise as hospitals declare critical incidents
Policies to increase access to general practice may have unintended consequences
Doctor who ran trust where Lucy Letby worked wins £1.4m payout
The short march from medical science to fascism
Eliminating human African trypanosomiasis: lessons from Kenya
Experiences of access to general practice in England
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Air pollution: EPA to stop putting price on human health benefits and focus on cost to industry
Disproportionate referrals of IMGs and ethnic minority doctors fall “significantly,” GMC says
Doctor and Apprentice contestant struck off for social media comments
“Appalling” 32 physical attacks on Northern Ireland’s health staff are recorded each day
RFK Jr’s claims of pandemic doctor prosecutions rejected by German health minister
Overseas doctors training scheme branded “shocking and unacceptable”
Iran: Doctors come under attack as hospitals “overwhelmed”
Doctor is cleared over alleged antisemitism and posts linked to Hamas
mRNA vaccines are under threat—could cancer vaccines be the answer?
Research
Cast immobilisation versus surgery for unstable lateral malleolus fractures
Starting right: aligning eligibility and treatment assignment at time zero when emulating a target trial
Weight regain after cessation of medication for weight management
Effects of lifestyle interventions in pregnancy on gestational diabetes
Edaravone dexborneol versus placebo on functional outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke undergoing endovascular thrombectomy
Oral ivermectin versus 5% permethrin cream to treat classic scabies
Effect of adjuvant carboplatin intensified chemotherapy versus standard chemotherapy on survival in women with high risk, early stage, triple negative breast cancer
Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy versus no genetic testing in couples undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection for severe male infertility
Comment
Child poverty strategy: Bold commitments and binding targets are essential for health equity
Hope without action is a damaging sedative to the reality of the climate crisis
Learning through uncertainty: a final year student reflection on placements during prolonged industrial action
Military spending will not deliver global security
PLAB exams: International medical graduates face exploitation and unemployment
NHS recommendations on prostate cancer screening are valid
Patient perspectives like mine are missing from the government’s assisted dying discussions
The UK’s Health Data Research Service can unlock major public benefit—if grounded in real world care and internationally connected
Global trends in youth suicide
Education
Joining the dots with peer support
Medical management of inflammatory bowel diseases
Apply for the 2026 BMJ Clegg Scholarship
Antimicrobial use and resistance
Goodhart’s law in diabetes care . . . and other stories
Erythema nodosum, arthralgia, and lymphadenopathy
Bilateral damaged thumb nails
Recovering from stroke against the clock
Overweight and obesity management: summary of updated NICE guidance
Assessment and management of albuminuria in adults
A destructive nasal lesion
Cerebriform pustules on scrotum
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