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TikTok, Meta, and Roblox deny their products are addictive for children as UK government announces school smartphone ban
New exam finds one third of Brazilian final year medical students below proficiency
Expansion of Brazil’s medical schools has resulted in thousands of students on the verge of entering the health system without basic competence
New exam finds one third of Brazilian final year medical students below proficiency
Expansion of Brazil’s medical schools has resulted in thousands of students on the verge of entering the health system without basic competence
Identifying and evaluating adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Scoliosis is a three dimensional structural deformity resulting in a lateral and rotary curvature of the spine. How is it diagnosed and why is the condition easily missed?
Identifying and evaluating adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Scoliosis is a three dimensional structural deformity resulting in a lateral and rotary curvature of the spine. How is it diagnosed and why is the condition easily missed?
Advances in the drug treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: pathophysiology and mechanisms of action
This article reviews recent therapeutic advances in Alzheimer’s disease
Advances in the drug treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: pathophysiology and mechanisms of action
This article reviews recent therapeutic advances in Alzheimer’s disease
Doctors’ training: Current system is “experiment gone wrong,” MPs argue
Replacing resident doctors in the NHS will achieve nothing and threaten everything
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: UK ban on smoking by anyone born after 2008 is passed
Longer pollen season and rise in heat related deaths in Europe because of climate change
A budget apart: the case for ringfencing medicines in the UK
Nick White: tropical diseases expert who led development of artemisinin to tackle resistance to standard malaria treatment
Knee bracing outcomes for osteoarthritis
Latest articles
News
A&E crisis: Data show 13 386 patients waited over three days in England’s emergency departments as patients say “they’d rather die at home”
Donald Trump’s mental health: are health professionals’ media speculations ethical or dangerous?
Bird flu: mRNA vaccine trial begins in UK
British drug company leaves self-regulation after staff blew whistle on patient safety concerns
Efforts to get more working class doctors is “window dressing” without tackling debt crisis, leaders warn
Death of two blood plasma donors leads to Canadian probe of Spanish pharma giant
RSV: Maternal vaccine cuts infant hospital admissions by 80%, study shows
New meningitis B outbreak: Three cases in Dorset are not linked to Kent wave
Research
Home environment conditions during childhood and psychosocial outcomes across three generations in Sweden: population based adoption-discordant sibling comparison study
Effectiveness of interventions to increase vaccine uptake
Prenatal exposure to buprenorphine or methadone and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes
Efficacy and safety of VPM1002 and Immuvac in preventing tuberculosis
Peer support intervention (ABA-feed) to improve breastfeeding
Medial retropharyngeal nodal region sparing radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Home based, tailored intervention to reduce rate of falls after stroke
Effect of a clinical decision support system on stroke care quality and outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke
Comment
Lasting consequences of early environments on health
Should doctors speak of their concerns about the mental health of a president?
When the SPIRIT moves you: protocol changes can introduce bias in non-inferiority trials
The UK government must publish a detailed impact assessment of the costs and benefits of the US-UK medicines partnership
The case against Palantir: new questions on the science and independence
The medical regulation process is unfit to handle the complex challenges of our time
Addressing the dual challenge of treatment access and innovation in anxiety disorders
Healthcare and humanitarian aid are being used as political pawns in conflict settings
Managing resistant hypertension . . . and other research
Education
Recognising cardiac syncope
“Have you noticed any changes?”
Airway management of adults in the acute care setting
Pustular eruption on the palm
Kaizen . . . and other stories
See beyond my calm exterior
Advances in the pathophysiology and treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Regulating ultraprocessed food . . . and other stories
Transverse grooves across nails
Living with an increased risk of cancer
New and emerging treatments for anxiety disorders
Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management—summary of updated NICE guidance
BMJ Medicine
Rethinking care for multiple long term conditions: beyond guidelines for single diseases
Feb 23
Making clinical guidelines work for people with multiple long term conditions: analysis and recommendations from review of single condition guidelines
Feb 23
Identifying and avoiding design related biases in observational studies using the target trial framework
Feb 20
Smoking cessation for people with severe mental illness: systematic review and network meta-analysis
Feb 12
UK Jobs
Current issue
Palantir: NHS pilot’s “success” is questioned as second figure at major trust is linked to the tech giant
Non-drug perioperative interventions to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery
Doctors’ freedom of speech must be protected from punitive scrutiny
Assessment and prevention of falls in older people and in people 50 and over at higher risk—summary of updated NICE guidance
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The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
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Comparison of the two most commonly used treatments for pyoderma gangrenosum: results of the STOP GAP randomised controlled trial
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New exam finds one third of Brazilian final year medical students below proficiency
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill: UK ban on smoking by anyone born after 2008 is passed
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PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews
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