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Cases of Parkinson’s disease set to reach 25 million worldwide by 2050

By 2050, there will be 25.2 million people living with Parkinson’s disease worldwide (a 112% increase from 2021), largely because of population ageing, suggests this modelling study

Editorial

∙Projecting Parkinson’s disease burden

Cases of Parkinson’s disease set to reach 25 million worldwide by 2050

Cases of Parkinson’s disease set to reach 25 million worldwide by 2050

Assessment and management of common hand fractures in adults

Assessment and management of common hand fractures in adults

Trump 2.0 sends “a ripple of fear” through the community fighting for safe abortions worldwide

Trump 2.0 sends “a ripple of fear” through the community fighting for safe abortions worldwide

Advances in the management of endometrial cancer

Advances in the management of endometrial cancer

Trust and the Palantir question

Are fit notes making the nation sicker?

ICBs plan to cut more than £835 000 from eating disorder services this year, say psychiatrists

Why won’t people wear boots in the snakebite capital of the world?

How we behave in the NHS is a problem, but it’s also the solution

NHS can retain more staff with targeted support schemes, analysis suggests

Scarlett McNally: Unleashing the talent of women doctors can improve everyone’s health

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News

Robert F Kennedy Jr offers qualified support for MMR vaccine as measles spreads across US and Canada

Consultants demand urgent action to tackle “horrendous” corridor care

Israel blocks humanitarian aid from entering Gaza

Relief agencies in shock as Trump cuts 90% of USAID funding

Lecanemab: European drug agency upholds decision to recommend Alzheimer’s drug

Doctors’ lack of sleep is affecting patient care, defence body warns

How can I be antiracist?

GP practices should be exempt from hike in national insurance contributions, say peers

Coroner warns about use of physician associates in the NHS after woman’s death

Research

Physician associates and anaesthetic associates in UK: rapid systematic review of recent UK based research

Plain versus drug balloon and stenting in severe ischaemia of the leg

Discrepancies in neglected tropical diseases burden estimates in China

Uncertainty of risk estimates from clinical prediction models: rationale, challenges, and approaches

Stroke and myocardial infarction with contemporary hormonal contraception

Effect of high flow nasal cannula oxygenation on incidence of hypoxia during sedated gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients with obesity

FUTURE-AI: international consensus guideline for trustworthy and deployable artificial intelligence in healthcare

Comment

Systematic reviews of non-RCT evidence: building dry stone walls

The role of physician associates in the NHS

We must fight even harder to protect women’s health in the era of Trump and the global right

Safeguarding assisted dying—court or committee?

Gambling addiction and adverts … and other research

David Oliver: The new NHS planning guidance does too little to further the government’s stated policy objectives

Health equity in housing: over-reliance on the private sector will not deliver healthy and affordable homes

Primary prevention of heart attacks and strokes: seeking consensus on the polypill approach

Education

Hear my concerns and I will take your recommendations seriously

The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings

The value of a little extra time

Swelling and ecchymoses on the face and hands

Adrenaline autoinjectors . . . and other stories

Commonly used interventional procedures for non-cancer chronic spine pain: a clinical practice guideline

How to recognise and manage measles

Ask an expert: HIV in primary care

Collaboration is key in managing endometriosis

Global health crises: Gaza

Gaza: UK must act to evacuate severely injured children, say campaigners

As a medical intern in Gaza, I have stepped out of the classroom and onto the front line

Medical education in Gaza must be protected

The BMJ appeal 2024-25: Faces of conflict in Gaza

Gaza: World Medical Association calls for Israel to publish charges levelled against detained doctors

Children are bearing the brunt of violence in Gaza

BMJ Medicine

Effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for people living with long covid

Blood level of neurofilament light chain as a biomarker for neurological disorders

Long covid as a long term condition

Use of sodium valproate and other antiseizure drug treatments in England and Wales

Pregnant women admitted to hospital with covid-19 in 10 European countries

Vaccine effectiveness against mild and severe covid-19 in pregnant individuals and their infants in England

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The crumbling state of NHS buildings

Diagnosis and management of faecal incontinence in primary care

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and risk of suicidality among patients with type 2 diabetes

Training refugee and asylum seeking healthcare professionals: an ethical approach to UK workforce challenges

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Projections for prevalence of Parkinson’s disease and its driving factors in 195 countries and territories to 2050: modelling study of Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Commonly used interventional procedures for non-cancer chronic spine pain: a clinical practice guideline

Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

FUTURE-AI: international consensus guideline for trustworthy and deployable artificial intelligence in healthcare

Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses

Stroke and myocardial infarction with contemporary hormonal contraception: real-world, nationwide, prospective cohort study