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When I use a word . . . Facial blindness—prosopagnosia
March 13, 2026
Relentless rises in radiology workloads cannot be solved by the radiology department alone
March 13, 2026
When Tourette syndrome is reduced to a debate about offence, clinical care suffers
March 12, 2026
EPA throws out science in favour of anti-regulatory ideology
March 11, 2026
A comprehensive public health approach is needed to study the impact of digital technology on health
March 10, 2026
Systemic weaknesses lost the UK its measles elimination status
March 10, 2026
UKRI’s funding reforms: universities and researchers should be valued collaborators, not an afterthought
March 6, 2026
Language and geographical bias limits global health research
March 5, 2026
Wired to avoid dementia . . . and other research
March 5, 2026
GLP-1 drugs hold promise for treating substance addiction
March 5, 2026
Climate change threatens survival—will warnings from economists and intelligence services at last move us to act?
March 4, 2026
Matt Morgan: Why is stopping a pointless intervention so difficult?
March 4, 2026
John Launer: Finding meaning in general practice
March 3, 2026
Medicaid: the medical safety net of the United States is being unraveled
March 3, 2026
Partha Kar: Expanding roles of healthcare staff—where are the safety checks?
March 3, 2026
Helen Salisbury: Another imposed GP contract
March 2, 2026
Treatment with GLP-1 drugs must not replace obesity prevention in low and middle income countries
March 2, 2026
When I use a word . . . The mind’s eye—phantasia, aphantasia, and hyperphantasia
February 27, 2026
Global health in a new era of US extraction
February 27, 2026
Scarlett McNally: Bone cement—relying on fewer suppliers may be unstable, but standardisation is beneficial overall
February 26, 2026
Women’s health is being targeted by authoritarian governments in Latin America
February 26, 2026
Fear of immigration enforcement is driving a public health crisis in Minnesota
February 24, 2026
Doctors were complicit in Epstein’s abuse—survivors must now be our priority
February 23, 2026
Boys at risk of radicalisation must be approached with compassion, not suspicion
February 23, 2026
Pitting nurses and doctors against each other will not help solve workforce problems
February 19, 2026
The academic arms race in medical recruitment—why being a good doctor is not always enough
February 19, 2026
Rammya Mathew: Longevity medicine—innovation or excess?
February 19, 2026
Trump administration is expanding global gag rule to export its ideology worldwide
February 19, 2026
Evidence for grief interventions . . . and other research
February 19, 2026
Clarity is needed about liability when medical AI fails
February 18, 2026
Experiential learning for medical students would help to tackle homeless health inequalities
February 18, 2026
Scarlett McNally: England’s cancer plan makes big commitments but underplays the small changes we can all make
February 18, 2026
Taking the guesswork out of clinical trial registration information
February 18, 2026
Helen Salisbury: The right to refer
February 17, 2026
How machines can help us reclaim the human consultation
February 17, 2026
Blaming overdiagnosis fails to confront the deeper causes of children’s distress
February 16, 2026
When I use a word . . . Medical emoticons
February 14, 2026
England’s national cancer plan is more of a commercial strategy than a health policy
February 12, 2026
Ethnic inequality in prostate cancer: no current role for screening but hope for the future
February 10, 2026
When I use a word . . . Pictorial symbols: smileys, emoticons, emojis
February 6, 2026
Scrutiny of the assisted dying bill is vital but obstruction in the House of Lords could mean it never becomes law
February 6, 2026
David Oliver: Cutting resident doctors’ numbers or roles would threaten the NHS’s future
February 6, 2026
Iran: Attacking injured protestors and healthcare workers violates medical neutrality
February 6, 2026
Is Hamnet the pandemic story we needed?
February 5, 2026
Paediatric elbow fractures . . . and other research
February 5, 2026
Matt Morgan: What mermaids can teach us about misinformation
February 4, 2026
Scarlett McNally: Shared decision making requires striking the right balance
February 4, 2026
Supermarket-style scanners can track medical devices safely and easily—so why are they not used across the NHS?
February 4, 2026
Statistics is important in medical misconduct cases
February 3, 2026
Ketamine: reclassification alone will not reduce harms
February 3, 2026
Helen Salisbury: The importance of being seen
February 3, 2026
When I use a word . . . Artificial intelligence—predicting and detecting adverse drug reactions
January 30, 2026
Ecosystem destruction will force the UK to tackle food security
January 30, 2026
Public health must bridge the divide with groups who mistrust science
January 29, 2026
Ignoring deaths, benefiting polluters: EPA discards science on pollution harms
January 29, 2026
Europe has greater responsibility in the WHO without the United States
January 28, 2026
David Oliver: Is goodwill towards doctors still important?
January 28, 2026
Trust equation is a tool to build confidence in medicine
January 27, 2026
The false dichotomy between service and training: will England’s new training review solve the problem?
January 26, 2026
Race is not a biological category: challenging this misconception will help tackle racism in healthcare
January 23, 2026
The UK’s recruitment for foundation medicine requires radical reform
January 23, 2026
We must no longer accept waiting years to understand disease burden
January 22, 2026
Anticoagulation to prevent dementia . . . and other research
January 22, 2026
Patients are disclosing sensitive information to AI tools—clinicians must adapt
January 21, 2026
John Launer: A bellyful of the NHS—why can’t we treat our doctors like our patients?
January 21, 2026
Helen Salisbury: Whole system thinking
January 20, 2026
Scarlett McNally: What my OBE means to me
January 20, 2026
The BMJ appeal 2025-26: Hospitals should be sanctuaries, not military targets
January 20, 2026
When I use a word . . . Medical anniversaries in 2026: William Withering’s Botany
January 16, 2026
Child poverty strategy: Bold commitments and binding targets are essential for health equity
January 16, 2026
Policies to increase access to general practice may have unintended consequences
January 16, 2026
Hope without action is a damaging sedative to the reality of the climate crisis
January 16, 2026
Learning through uncertainty: a final year student reflection on placements during prolonged industrial action
January 15, 2026
Military spending will not deliver global security
January 15, 2026
Partha Kar: Prioritising UK medical graduates could be a risky reset
January 15, 2026
PLAB exams: International medical graduates face exploitation and unemployment
January 14, 2026
Patient perspectives like mine are missing from the government’s assisted dying discussions
January 13, 2026
The UK’s Health Data Research Service can unlock major public benefit—if grounded in real world care and internationally connected
January 12, 2026
When I use a word . . . Medical anniversaries in 2026
January 9, 2026
The BMJ appeal 2025-26: Breaking the cycle of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo demands action
January 9, 2026
High rise living means high risk living
January 9, 2026
Weight loss drugs are effective, but can healthcare systems afford them?
January 8, 2026
Cancer treatment delays need systematic attention
January 8, 2026
Liraglutide for Alzheimer’s disease . . . and other research
January 8, 2026
From crisis to action: a new shared vision for the future food system
January 7, 2026
Climate migration is inevitable; we are unprepared
January 7, 2026
The ocean is our greatest ally in mitigating climate change, but overusing it as climate “solution” could be counterproductive
January 7, 2026
Prosperity as health: Why we need an economy of care for a liveable future
January 7, 2026
What can’t wait: climate triage and The Ministry for the Future
January 7, 2026
Managing the impact of AI on both human health and planetary health requires new forms of governance
January 7, 2026
The narrowing legal operating space for climate action
January 7, 2026
Sustainable healthcare: how Asia Pacific is leading the way
January 7, 2026
Trump and RFK Jr are dismantling public health—aided and abetted by powerful doctors
January 6, 2026
Effective obesity care? Doctors could ask more about people’s lives and less about their weight
January 5, 2026
The rights and health of UK hunger strikers must be protected to prevent avoidable tragedy
December 31, 2025
AI could strengthen health equity, if we make the right choices now
December 31, 2025
Climate change threatens global health, but COP30 sparked hope
December 30, 2025
Gaslighting the next generation of doctors is a futile exercise
December 22, 2025
When I use a word . . . Lists of biases and a catalogue
December 19, 2025
The fight for doctors’ pay starts in medical school
December 19, 2025
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