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Solidarity kitchens: how pandemic food assistance developed to offer much more
Solidarity kitchens: how pandemic food assistance developed to offer much more
A grassroots food assistance programme in Brazil that grew out of the pandemic is now trying to counter obesity and other diseases of poverty. Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade reports
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Delhi and Lahore enter partial lockdown as pollution levels surpass “hazardous” rating
In India and Pakistan, schools and many businesses in Delhi and Lahore were closed by official order
Delhi and Lahore enter partial lockdown as pollution levels surpass “hazardous” rating
In India and Pakistan, schools and many businesses in Delhi and Lahore were closed by official order
How patients are using AI
AI tools have hundreds of millions of users—but are they medically reliable? Chris Stokel-Walker asks patients and physicians about the benefits and risks
How patients are using AI
AI tools have hundreds of millions of users—but are they medically reliable? Chris Stokel-Walker asks patients and physicians about the benefits and risks
Matt Morgan: Don’t lose the “why”
Anaesthetist shortage is preventing over a million operations a year, warns royal college
Physician associates: Government review will assess scope and safety of roles
Doctors express enthusiasm for AI but have a “troubling” reluctance to use it, says report
Conflicts of interest: moving towards zero tolerance
Helen Salisbury: Neighbourhood teams are disintegrating—to make them work, we need more staff
Extension of the PRISMA 2020 statement for living systematic reviews (PRISMA-LSR): checklist and explanation
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Fire kills newborns in Indian hospital
Coroner questions policy of waiving reporting requirements for certain medicines after deaths of three babies
Androcur: Patients say antiandrogen drug led to brain tumours
Doctor and nurse among 45 people convicted of conspiracy to commit subversion in Hong Kong
Mpox: US reports first clade Ib case as campaigners call for cheaper tests
Trump criticised for nominating Robert F Kennedy Jr to head biggest US health agency
Tics and Tourette syndrome: Digital therapies could reduce severity of symptoms, says NICE
Pancreatic cancer: Researchers challenge reports of rise among young people
Gynaecologist is struck off for sexual harassment of colleague who was his patient
NICE proposes adding cytisine as treatment option for smoking cessation
Research
Fezolinetant for vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause
Safety of inpatient care in surgical settings: cohort study
SGLT-2 inhibitors and mortality among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
SGLT-2 inhibitors for recurrent nephrolithiasis among patients with pre-existing nephrolithiasis or gout
Malnutrition in infants aged 6-23 months in China’s poorest rural counties from 2016 to 2021
Association of holidays and the day of the week with suicide risk
Chemotherapy among patients with triple negative breast cancer based on integrated mRNA-lncRNA signature
GLP-1 receptor agonists before upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and risk of pulmonary aspiration or discontinuation of procedure
Comment
David Oliver: We should welcome Labour’s proposed 10 year NHS plan with healthy scepticism
John Launer: The dilemma of private care
Road safety in Africa: a preventable public health crisis
Inequities are not inevitable: tackling them can reduce maternal deaths
Restructuring endometriosis care
Lack of abortion care is a threat to women’s health in Latin America
Brazil’s G20 leadership offers glimmers of hope for global health equity
G20 and the global south: opportunities for global health
Celebrating Alessandro Liberati, his vision, books, journals, libraries, “anti libraries,” and radical thinking
Sorting out scope of practice of physician associates in the UK: the clock is ticking
We need a gender just transition for health systems and climate action
Education
Identifying young people who are experiencing criminal and sexual exploitation
Identification and management of child abuse and neglect
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring of biologic drugs in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory arthritis, or psoriasis
Sustainable practice: Insulin therapy
Should patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants receive intravenous thrombolytics for acute ischaemic stroke?
Cancer cachexia
How to get started in medical leadership
Navigating surgery with ADHD and autism
The impact of increasing temperatures due to climate change on infectious diseases
Switching from inhaled to intravenous general anaesthesia
Global health crises: Gaza
Infectious diseases are being allowed to run rampant in Gaza
Gaza: Over 22 000 people with life changing injuries urgently need rehabilitation, WHO warns
Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign gets underway as attacks on humanitarian aid continue
When is enough, enough? Humanitarian rights and protection for children in conflict settings must be revisited
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Characteristics of non-randomised studies of drug treatments
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Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring of biologic drugs in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory arthritis, and psoriasis
Oct 28
HPV9 vaccination and risk of immune mediated diseases in Denmark
Oct 22
Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes
Oct 1
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