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When I use a word . . . Medical powers of three

November 7, 2025

Torture and health worker complicity in Israeli detention sites

November 7, 2025

Governments should show climate and health ambition in their nationally determined contributions

November 7, 2025

Indigenous women’s leadership in the Amazon: how lessons learned from covid-19 can strengthen our response to the climate crisis

November 6, 2025

COP30 is a chance for Brazil to lead on climate action and defend multilateralism on a global stage

November 6, 2025

Brazil and the climate emergency: why the medical curriculum must include climate education

November 6, 2025

The international community must not turn its back on Sudan

November 6, 2025

Health risks of migration in a heating world

November 6, 2025

Cancer rates in younger people . . . and other research

November 6, 2025

Health systems in the Amazon need to be reimagined for a more sustainable future

November 6, 2025

Tackling the complex links between climate change, conflict, and health

November 6, 2025

New sociopolitical governance models are needed to tackle health challenges in the Amazon

November 6, 2025

The Amazon is one of Earth’s major climate stabilisers—we must protect the rainforest and its biodiversity

November 6, 2025

Medical evidence drove legal action to clean up the air we breathe—climate justice may be next

November 5, 2025

Big emitters must be held responsible for deaths caused by climate change

November 5, 2025

We need to rethink the “scandal” narrative in the NHS

November 5, 2025

David Oliver: NHS training review offers useful diagnostics but no clear management plan

November 4, 2025

H-1B visa fees pose a dire threat to patient care in the US

November 4, 2025

Climate change is driving a surge of infectious diseases in Brazil

November 4, 2025

When I use a word . . . Clinical pharmacology—the quintessential generalist specialty

November 3, 2025

We must break the inequality-pandemic cycle

November 3, 2025

Waiting for America’s healthcare revolution

November 3, 2025

Trump’s rollback of US climate policy requires a subnational, international, and private sector response

November 3, 2025

Brazil’s agribusiness industry is contributing to the climate crisis, hunger, and food insecurity

October 31, 2025

The NHS strikes have reshaped how medical students see their future

October 30, 2025

Medicine’s reckoning with genocide and crimes against humanity

October 30, 2025

Fair pay agreement for care workers is welcome but needs a reality check

October 29, 2025

Medical testimony in criminal cases needs reform

October 28, 2025

Cancer decision making needs a radical rethink

October 27, 2025

International Court of Justice’s ruling on climate change affirms states’ obligations to human and planetary health

October 27, 2025

When I use a word . . . Powers of three

October 24, 2025

Cannabis for chronic low back pain . . . and other research

October 23, 2025

Can AI chatbots validate delusional thinking?

October 23, 2025

Matt Morgan: The NHS 10 year plan—expertly written by experts in writing expert plans

October 22, 2025

Cosmetic tourism: patients must be safeguarded from the dangers

October 22, 2025

Scarlett McNally: Doctors safeguard against unwarranted interventions

October 22, 2025

Helen Salisbury: Confidentiality and the single patient record

October 21, 2025

Doctors should be aware of the professional risks that social media exposes them to

October 21, 2025

Rammya Mathew: Redressing the power imbalance in general practice

October 21, 2025

The UK must defend drug price controls

October 20, 2025

Defunding mRNA vaccine research leaves us all more vulnerable to future health emergencies

October 20, 2025

When I use a word . . . Medical analogies and analogues

October 17, 2025

UN special rapporteur’s report on surrogacy encourages us to ask difficult questions

October 16, 2025

Religious partnerships can strengthen health delivery

October 15, 2025

Health professionals should be involved in setting research priorities

October 14, 2025

A new antibiotic is positive news—but it will take more to stay ahead of superbugs

October 13, 2025

When I use a word . . . On the origins of medical words

October 10, 2025

Trump’s war on diversity in medical education could shorten lives

October 10, 2025

The implications of the Make Our Children Healthy Again report for child health and obesity in the US

October 9, 2025

Low dose oral semaglutide for obesity . . . and other research

October 9, 2025

John Launer: The pluripotent consultation

October 8, 2025

Plastic pollution is a worsening public health crisis, but there are solutions

October 7, 2025

Matt Morgan: The death of the traditional medical career

October 7, 2025

Helen Salisbury: GPs versus hairdressers? Streeting has no idea

October 7, 2025

Scarlett McNally: Why I love our new operating theatres

October 7, 2025

No supply, no survival: why patients must be involved in global trade decisions

October 3, 2025

Performative doubt and the fight for public trust

October 3, 2025

When I use a word . . . On becoming a doctor

October 3, 2025

Paracetamol and pregnancy: the real story is a lack of funding for women’s health research

October 2, 2025

David Oliver: League tables are no solution to the problems in NHS hospitals

October 2, 2025

Medical opposition to capital punishment is needed as executions surge

October 1, 2025

Resident doctors shouldn’t depend on exception reporting

October 1, 2025

Partha Kar: MWRES five years on—an opportunity for antiracist action in the NHS

September 30, 2025

“What if”—Two words that are breaking emergency medicine

September 30, 2025

Medical schools should normalise and facilitate students taking a year out

September 30, 2025

We need greater awareness of the ADHD continuum

September 29, 2025

Menopause care is neglected and inequitable

September 29, 2025

When I use a word . . . Paracetamol/acetaminophen—autism and asthma

September 26, 2025

Women’s health hubs offer a scalable, equitable future for gynaecological care

September 26, 2025

A study on the patterns of war related injuries in Gaza was born out of necessity

September 25, 2025

Scarlett McNally: The collective wisdom of older staff is priceless

September 23, 2025

I was arrested for peacefully protesting against genocide—why our medical leaders need to speak up

September 23, 2025

Helen Salisbury: Supply induced demand and waiting lists in general practice

September 23, 2025

Using behavioural sciences could enhance public health messaging on social media

September 23, 2025

The mismatch between physician assistants and doctors in confidence and competence

September 22, 2025

When I use a word . . . Acronymic sleuths

September 19, 2025

Attacks on healthcare in war are being steadily normalized—we need to end impunity

September 19, 2025

John Launer: Medical education must not be forgotten in the latest round of management musical chairs

September 18, 2025

Transparency, voice, and choice: patients must lead on the path to quality improvement in the NHS

September 17, 2025

David Oliver: What does the NHS have planned for doctors’ future careers?

September 17, 2025

GLP-1 receptor agonists risk becoming another story of global health inequity—what can we learn from the response to HIV/AIDS?

September 16, 2025

There’s no shame in stepping off the conveyor belt of medicine

September 15, 2025

When I use a word . . . Academic and other sleuths—a taxonomy

September 12, 2025

Safeguards against domestic abuse and coercion in the assisted dying bill must be strengthened

September 11, 2025

Digital wellbeing training . . . and other research

September 11, 2025

The Lords can make the assisted dying bill more workable

September 10, 2025

Scarlett McNally: Upgrading public transport and active travel can transform communities and public health

September 10, 2025

UK and international aid cuts are fuelling a worldwide health crisis for women and girls

September 10, 2025

Helen Salisbury: Unwelcome surprises in the latest GP contract variation

September 9, 2025

Struggling on in the US federal research system

September 9, 2025

The resurgence of malaria in Africa is an avoidable crisis—here’s what we must do

September 8, 2025

Political polarisation: an overlooked determinant of health

September 5, 2025

Matt Morgan: An alternative medical dictionary for when we have no words

September 4, 2025

General practice must be the foundation of primary care reform

September 3, 2025

Rammya Mathew: Why I use Google in front of my patients—and now AI too

September 2, 2025

War is a global health crisis: community based action can confront it

September 2, 2025

When I use a word . . . Academic sleuths

August 29, 2025

When students lead, professors must stand with them in defence of health and human rights

August 29, 2025

Argentina and the US share an ideological blueprint to destroy science and healthcare

August 29, 2025

When doctors lose their faith in medicine

August 28, 2025
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