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Wes Streeting’s Mandelson texts: Israeli war crimes, US drug tariffs, and tech companies
Geopolitics of global health: a call for papers
External factors are forcing change to the global health architecture, demanding creative reform amid an uncertain future
Geopolitics of global health: a call for papers
External factors are forcing change to the global health architecture, demanding creative reform amid an uncertain future
Ramadan: How can I prepare for fasting while working as a doctor?
From prioritising sleep and hydration to rota planning, Muslim doctors share advice as they get ready for Ramadan
Ramadan: How can I prepare for fasting while working as a doctor?
From prioritising sleep and hydration to rota planning, Muslim doctors share advice as they get ready for Ramadan
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic
GP patient records to be shared to boost health research
Overseas GPs: India and Australia based doctors caring for UK patients under pilot scheme
Obesity: One in 10 infectious disease deaths linked to condition, study shows
Scrutiny of the assisted dying bill is vital but obstruction in the House of Lords could mean it never becomes law
David Oliver: Cutting resident doctors’ numbers or roles would threaten the NHS’s future
Assessment and management of galactorrhoea
What are the health risks of marrying cousins?
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News
Scotland: Resident doctors call off strike after accepting two year pay deal
US and Moderna: FDA refuses approval process for new mRNA flu vaccine
Pause youth gender surgery, leading US medical associations say, as hospitals start limiting care
Cancer and waiting lists: Recruitment bans and cancelled operations are derailing progress, leaders warn
Sickle cell: Patients left in limbo as same day emergency care pilot ends
Apple smartwatch hypertension feature risks false reassurance, warn doctors
Mesh and valproate: Still no compensation, two years after report
Wales: Minimum unit price of alcohol to rise to 65p
Research
Effectiveness of drug interventions to prevent delirium after surgery for older adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Standard chemoradiotherapy with concurrent and adjuvant camrelizumab in patients with high risk nasopharyngeal carcinoma: multicentre, randomised, open label, phase 3 trial
Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus during cervical cancer screening in China
Time trends in the male to female ratio for autism incidence
Machine learning based screening of potential paper mill publications in cancer research
Diagnostic tests for ovarian cancer in premenopausal women with non-specific symptoms
Reliability of urological telesurgery compared with local surgery
Provision of knee bracing for knee osteoarthritis
Comment
Preventing postoperative delirium
Ambition versus reality in NHS England’s medical training review
England’s national cancer plan is more of a commercial strategy than a health policy
Ethnic inequality in prostate cancer: no current role for screening but hope for the future
UK-US pharmaceutical deal requires close monitoring
Iran: Attacking injured protestors and healthcare workers violates medical neutrality
Reduced disease detection during covid-19
Is Hamnet the pandemic story we needed?
A solution to the tyranny of clinical fear
Education
Evaluation and management of chest pain from cardiovascular causes in female patients
The Fermi paradox . . . and other stories
Practical Prescribing: Potassium sparing diuretics
Bullous rash in end stage renal failure
Chest pain and shortness of breath after acupuncture
Help me piece my story together
Vulvodynia (chronic vulval pain)
Ask an expert: Gout
Joining the dots with peer support
Medical management of inflammatory bowel diseases
Apply for the 2026 BMJ Clegg Scholarship
Antimicrobial use and resistance
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BMJ Medicine
Ethnicity and sub-Saharan African representation in the emergency development of covid-19 vaccines
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Reproducibility of meta-analytic results in systematic reviews of interventions
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Household size and its role in the association between multimorbidity and health and social care outcomes in older adults in Wales
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Trends in hypertension prevalence, control, and antihypertensive use in England from 2003 to 2021
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