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From genome to exposome: universal newborn genetic screening is the wrong focus if we want to improve population health
June 27, 2025
Patients recording consultations: getting the balance of patient choice and privacy right
June 27, 2025
Vulnerable populations need protection in an age of impunity
June 26, 2025
General practice at the core of neighbourhoods
June 26, 2025
Trump’s budget is one big “beautiful” regressive policy
June 26, 2025
Food for thought . . . and other research
June 26, 2025
The deadly reality of abortion bans is unfolding in the US—like it once did in Ethiopia
June 24, 2025
John Launer: Focusing on capabilities in frailty, not just deficits
June 24, 2025
Scarlett McNally: My experience as a patient and doctor gives insight into rebuilding the NHS
June 24, 2025
Resident doctors deserve a stable and equitable future in the NHS
June 24, 2025
Helen Salisbury: Uncertain neighbourhoods
June 24, 2025
When I use a word . . . Managing stocks of pharmaceutical products and medical equipment by consignment
June 20, 2025
NHS management reform: regulation is just the beginning
June 20, 2025
Children in Gaza are dying of malnutrition: we need a ceasefire now
June 18, 2025
Confusion over emergency pregnancy care is endangering patients
June 18, 2025
Humanitarian access is needed to prevent famine in Gaza
June 18, 2025
“One mistake could cost you everything”: five lessons from teaching clinicians in trouble
June 18, 2025
The UK’s abortion laws need reform—MPs have a chance today to make this happen
June 17, 2025
The spending review and the NHS
June 16, 2025
Unfair welfare: disability cuts will widen England’s north-south divide
June 16, 2025
When I use a word . . . Managing pharmaceutical stocks stocklessly
June 13, 2025
Emergency care alternatives for mental health risk reinforcing a dangerous divide between body and mind
June 13, 2025
The assisted dying bill continues through UK parliament, with legal momentum but also lingering questions
June 13, 2025
Football can’t ignore its sugar problem
June 13, 2025
Spending review leaves a greater need for clarity on healthcare priorities
June 13, 2025
Trends in sedentary behaviour. . . and other research
June 12, 2025
Helen Salisbury: Mandatory reporting of sexual activity will be counterproductive
June 11, 2025
Scarlett McNally: Healthier environments and prevention can help us manage dementia better
June 11, 2025
David Oliver: Bottlenecks in postgraduate medical training are an abject failure of medical leadership
June 11, 2025
Partha Kar: The spending review is an opportunity to reevaluate priorities in diabetes care
June 10, 2025
Play has therapeutic power in healthcare and humanitarian settings
June 10, 2025
Assisted dying is an existential choice, not a treatment
June 9, 2025
When I use a word . . . Overstocking medicines
June 6, 2025
The US executive order establishing “Gold Standard Science” does anything but
June 5, 2025
John Launer: Making sense of our times
June 5, 2025
Asking patients to share a short biography establishes a better connection and improves care
June 5, 2025
Rammya Mathew: Trained, qualified, and unemployed—the GP workforce paradox
June 4, 2025
Trolling on social media is discouraging women doctors from speaking up
June 3, 2025
A reset of international development for the UK requires a principles-based approach
June 3, 2025
Efficiency must not compromise trustworthiness in rating certainty and formulating recommendations in AI era
June 3, 2025
When I use a word . . . Avoiding drug stock-outs
May 31, 2025
A brief history of discharge summaries . . . and other research
May 29, 2025
Physician associates: Direct instruction is a more appropriate term than supervision
May 29, 2025
Stepping back from the brink: time for reason and rapprochement between India and Pakistan
May 28, 2025
The UK is going its own way on AI regulation in health, but problems lie ahead
May 28, 2025
John Launer: Botox, lifestyle medicine, and future general practice
May 28, 2025
Scarlett McNally: Small changes make a big difference in helping women doctors thrive
May 28, 2025
Helen Salisbury: Waiting for the 10 year plan
May 28, 2025
Matt Morgan: The dangers of main character syndrome in healthcare
May 27, 2025
23andMe’s bankruptcy raises concerns about privacy in the era of big data
May 27, 2025
When I use a word . . . Drug stock-outs
May 23, 2025
Defence or aid, or defence and aid? Both are necessary for national security
May 23, 2025
Tackling medicines shortages: a complex problem requiring collaborative action
May 23, 2025
Infant mortality is rising in the UK—reducing modifiable risks can help reverse reverse the trend
May 22, 2025
Maternity safety: where does the withdrawal of national service development funding leave us?
May 22, 2025
Managing multimorbidity can help people with dementia live better for longer
May 20, 2025
David Oliver: Public misunderstanding, myths, and misinformation can hamper good end-of-life care
May 16, 2025
With a new government in place, Canada must lead on pandemic preparedness
May 15, 2025
Metformin for knee osteoarthritis … and other research
May 15, 2025
John Launer: Encountering family medicine in China
May 15, 2025
Patients with severe ME/CFS need hope and expert multidisciplinary care
May 14, 2025
Pandemic treaty is a win for multilateralism and global health
May 13, 2025
Partha Kar: Weight loss drugs have opened the door to a two tier health service
May 13, 2025
Helen Salisbury: Austerity and efficiency in the NHS
May 13, 2025
Sudan’s healthcare system faces relentless assault
May 13, 2025
Reducing smoking in pregnancy in England—a public health success story
May 13, 2025
When I use a word . . . Penicillin during the second world war
May 9, 2025
We should implement electronic blood management systems across the UK to improve blood transfusion safety
May 9, 2025
See one, do one, teach one: other professionals don’t accept this so why should the medical profession?
May 9, 2025
Postnatal wards should nurture new mothers, not heighten their vulnerability
May 9, 2025
Culture should be a strategic priority amid the changing landscape of the healthcare system
May 8, 2025
Call to action on social determinants of health
May 6, 2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo needs a sustained ceasefire
May 6, 2025
The outpatient model in the NHS is not just creaking—it is collapsing
May 6, 2025
Your place or ours?—the case for mainstreaming Hospital at Home programmes is persuasive
May 2, 2025
Is cancer treatment inevitably unsustainable?
May 2, 2025
When I use a word . . . Evidence synthesis—terms and types
May 2, 2025
Cancer from CT scans … and other research
May 1, 2025
John Launer: Recognising and celebrating identity
April 30, 2025
Scarlett McNally: Recognising the complexity of healthcare to deliver better health
April 30, 2025
Bodily autonomy for intersex children and adults must be protected
April 29, 2025
Racism in pain management causes needless suffering
April 29, 2025
Helen Salisbury: The problem with outsourced diagnosis of ADHD
April 29, 2025
Rammya Mathew: The illusion of continuity in general practice
April 29, 2025
Casgevy gene therapy could be life changing for people with sickle cell disease
April 29, 2025
As Sudan’s next generation of doctors, we need support to continue our medical education
April 28, 2025
The US attack on universities endangers future scientific progress, American prosperity, health outcomes, and national security
April 25, 2025
When I use a word . . . Drug shortages—a new prospect
April 25, 2025
Problematic trials are contaminating the evidence ecosystem
April 24, 2025
UK government’s disability benefit cuts are cruel and unfair
April 24, 2025
The government must protect the NHS by rejecting further privatisation
April 23, 2025
The social determinants of misinformation
April 22, 2025
To restore public confidence in the NHS, the health service must ease the pain of waiting
April 22, 2025
When I use a word . . . What is a physician?
April 17, 2025
Tackling alcohol and unhealthy food is crucial to the health and wealth of the nation—so when will we see bolder government action?
April 17, 2025
Fluid intake and heart failure … and other research
April 17, 2025
The diagnosis explosion: an important new book tries to understand what’s happening
April 16, 2025
Matt Morgan: Sitting on our hands is sometimes the best option
April 16, 2025
Afghanistan’s fragile health system faces catastrophe without immediate international funding
April 16, 2025
Helen Salisbury: New incentives to ask for advice and guidance
April 15, 2025
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