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A third of UK government’s nutrition advisers are still paid by food industry, including Coca-Cola and Nestlé
Scholasticide in war is devastating for medical research and training
Deliberate attacks on education in armed conflict need urgent attention. Education sustains a society’s knowledge production and is essential to health and healthcare
Scholasticide in war is devastating for medical research and training
Deliberate attacks on education in armed conflict need urgent attention. Education sustains a society’s knowledge production and is essential to health and healthcare
NHS rationing revealed: Half of ICBs deliberately delaying patient care with “minimum waits”
Nearly half of health boards in England are deliberately delaying care for patients by imposing minimum waiting times, The BMJ can reveal
NHS rationing revealed: Half of ICBs deliberately delaying patient care with “minimum waits”
Nearly half of health boards in England are deliberately delaying care for patients by imposing minimum waiting times, The BMJ can reveal
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
US plans to stop HIV support for Namibia as African country rejects “colonial” data sharing demands
NHS winter planning: Penny Dash’s “groundhog day” comments are “admission of failure,” doctors say
Hot drinks and oesophageal cancer: the facts behind the headlines
Eating disorders: Doctors and patients left in “nightmare situation” amid long waits, unsafe care, and preventable deaths
Advances in the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections
Anti-racist medicine must be on the curriculum for all healthcare professionals
David Oliver: The NHS and adult social care differ so much that talk of a “national care service” is no panacea
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Busiest ever summer for NHS prompts warning of doctor burnout
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
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
Health bill: Government will “review” plans to abolish Healthwatch
Alzheimer’s prevention drug trial: is a “statin for the brain” on the horizon?
Government announces £32m to strengthen hospitals’ resilience to extreme heat
Wegovy: GPs are told not to prescribe GLP semaglutide for heart health without funding guarantee
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
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
Helen Salisbury: We need a clearly communicated vision for neighbourhood plans
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
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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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A third of UK government’s nutrition advisers are still paid by food industry, including Coca-Cola and Nestlé
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