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Scale of NHS’s “corridor care” is revealed in Royal College of Nursing report
Gaza: Aid agencies ready to enter territory if ceasefire holds, but $10bn is needed to rebuild health system
Medical organisations have welcomed an initial six week ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip
Gaza: Aid agencies ready to enter territory if ceasefire holds, but $10bn is needed to rebuild health system
Medical organisations have welcomed an initial six week ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip
UK needs national strategy to tackle alcohol related harms
The UK needs a national strategy to tackle alcohol harms, argues this Editorial, as deaths from alcohol in England reach their highest level on record
UK needs national strategy to tackle alcohol related harms
The UK needs a national strategy to tackle alcohol harms, argues this Editorial, as deaths from alcohol in England reach their highest level on record
The efficacy and safety of thymosin α1 for sepsis
This trial found no clear evidence to suggest that thymosin α1 decreases 28 day all cause mortality in adults with sepsis
The efficacy and safety of thymosin α1 for sepsis
This trial found no clear evidence to suggest that thymosin α1 decreases 28 day all cause mortality in adults with sepsis
US task force recommends osteoporosis screening to prevent fractures in older women
Unfair specialty recruitment practices threaten the NHS’s future workforce
Elective care reform: more activity does not necessarily mean better care
Calorie labelling has “modest” effect on food choice, Cochrane review finds
Diagnosing the undiagnosed—what happened to PIMS?
To get Britain working we need to get Britain healthy
High cost of colonoscopy deterring young Americans from testing—and raising cancer risk
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UK covid inquiry: Bereaved families question vaccination strategies
Sudan: Deadly attacks on hospitals and ambulances continue as war rages on
Sixty seconds on . . . food noise
Former paediatric surgeon is jailed for five years for running unsafe child circumcision unit
Define obesity as clinical or pre-clinical for more accurate diagnosis, says global commission
The only way is ethics: meet the new chair of The BMJ’s ethics committee
Investigation shows how private equity firms have “infected” US healthcare system, says senator
Unethical infant feeding service is axed in Tesco climbdown
Man with epilepsy died after being given medication “IOU” by pharmacy
Research
Short term complications of conisation and long term effects on fertility related outcomes
Intra-arterial tenecteplase after successful endovascular recanalisation in patients with acute posterior circulation arterial occlusion
Effectiveness of shared decision making strategies for stroke prevention among patients with atrial fibrillation
Time to nursing home admission and death in people with dementia
Reporting of cluster randomised crossover trials: extension of the CONSORT 2010 statement with explanation and elaboration
Trajectories of breast density change over time and breast cancer risk
Comparative effectiveness and safety of single inhaler triple therapies for COPD
Christmas 2024: Age against the machine—susceptibility of large language models to cognitive impairment
Comment
Make America healthy again? A moment of reckoning for healthcare
Ethics and corridor care: a contradiction in terms?
NHS emergency department pressures are not because of a single point of failure, it’s the whole system that’s struggling
Winter viruses: we can do more to prevent a surge in cases
Immunotherapies for sepsis and the impact of study design
John Launer: Losing touch with NHS reality
Adult social care reform cannot afford to wait
Tackling drug shortages must be an urgent priority for the NHS
Improving maternity provision for incarcerated women in the UK
Halting medical doctor degree apprenticeships is a sensible decision
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Management of alcohol withdrawal syndromes in general hospital settings
Living with the uncertainty of Parkinson’s
Fever of unknown origin
Nutritional Support in the ICU
Non-pharmaceutical treatments for irritable bowel syndrome
Giving CPR left me seeking reassurance
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
Global health crises: Gaza
Gaza: Israeli raids leave Kamal Adwan Hospital “out of service” with head doctor detained
Gaza: UK doctors recount horrific hospital scenes as they urge Keir Starmer to act
Turn towards the hand in the fire—to care is to witness and condemn atrocities everywhere
Gaza: Aid workers are killed in Israeli airstrikes as attacks on hospitals continue
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HPV9 vaccination and risk of immune mediated diseases in Denmark
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