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Eating disorders: Doctors and patients left in “nightmare situation” amid long waits, unsafe care, and preventable deaths
Patients with eating disorders are being failed by a system that can’t cope with surging demand
Eating disorders: Doctors and patients left in “nightmare situation” amid long waits, unsafe care, and preventable deaths
Patients with eating disorders are being failed by a system that can’t cope with surging demand
Advances in the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections
This review summarises the current data and provides an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissues infections, with a focus on cellulitis and skin abscess
Advances in the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections
This review summarises the current data and provides an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissues infections, with a focus on cellulitis and skin abscess
Exploring high priority potentially inappropriate prescribing cascades in older adults
A prioritised list of 24 potentially inappropriate prescribing cascades could inform prescribing and deprescribing initiatives
Exploring high priority potentially inappropriate prescribing cascades in older adults
A prioritised list of 24 potentially inappropriate prescribing cascades could inform prescribing and deprescribing initiatives
Heatwaves: Life threatening emergencies peak as NHS cancels 1000 operations
School meals: Ministers ban deep fried foods as they dish up new standards
Palantir publicity could harm NHS research, health minister claims
Trump’s “dismantling” of NIH research continues apace
A third of UK government’s nutrition advisers are still paid by food industry, including Coca-Cola and Nestlé
NHS rationing revealed: Half of ICBs deliberately delaying patient care with “minimum waits”
Anti-racist medicine must be on the curriculum for all healthcare professionals
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News
Assisted dying bill rejected: how doctors helped shape the debate
NHS winter planning: Penny Dash’s “groundhog day” comments are “admission of failure,” doctors say
Busiest ever summer for NHS prompts warning of doctor burnout
Hot drinks and oesophageal cancer: the facts behind the headlines
Medical news in brief: 14 babies die in Pakistan hospital fire, rise in cases of diarrhoea causing parasite, new hepatitis B drug approved in Japan, and other stories
Meningitis B risk reinforced by fresh data as students prepare to head to university
US plans to stop HIV support for Namibia as African country rejects “colonial” data sharing demands
Lenacapavir: Gilead is urged to change price after NHS rejects HIV drug owing to cost
Wales risks raising “one of the unhealthiest generations in decades,” doctors warn
Research
Simultaneous derivation, validation, and comparison of predictor hazard ratios for cardiovascular risk prediction equations in patients with diabetes from high versus non-high income countries
Effect of exercise on bone health in middle aged and older adults
Secondary use and scholarly impact of a portfolio of clinical trials with shared individual participant level data
Methodology standards for usual care as a comparator in patient centred, comparative, clinical effectiveness research
Head positioning after endovascular therapy for acute stroke due to large vessel occlusion
Intravenous iron to treat anaemia before cardiac surgery
Opioid prescribing after Joint Commission hospital accreditation inspections
Effectiveness of the BabyBreathe intervention for maintaining postpartum smoking cessation
Comment
Matt Morgan: After checkmate—if AI is better, what are doctors for?
Managing POTS . . .and other research
Ikigai and civility: panaceas for a life worth living?
From tobacco to TikTok, continued: What the $18bn Meta settlement really means
As the burden of mental ill health among young people continues to grow, paediatricians’ role must also change
John Launer: Why I’ve changed my mind about Lucy Letby
David Oliver: The NHS and adult social care differ so much that talk of a “national care service” is no panacea
Gentleness matters in healthcare
Scarlett McNally: Record high waiting lists for organ transplantation require awareness and action
Advancing medical education in rural and remote settings with First Nations populations
Education
Help me remove the stigma from my condition
Assessment and management of hypomagnesaemia in primary care
Prevention of altitude illness in adults: preparing people for travel to high altitude
Diagnosis and management of acute hyperkalaemia
Assessing, diagnosing, and managing hip osteoarthritis in primary care
A girl with a fingertip blister
Hitting the wall . . . and other stories
Painful cyanosis on ears and nose
How will you manage the risk in my procedure?
An alternative path: The Schwarzman scholars swapping scrubs for suits
On the frontline: from warzones to wards
Recognising and managing polymyalgia rheumatica
Ebola
BMJ Medicine
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The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
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John Launer: Why I’ve changed my mind about Lucy Letby
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Prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy at death in National Football League players: retrospective population based cohort study, 2008-21
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Effect of exercise on bone health in middle aged and older adults: hierarchical network meta-analysis of randomised trials
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