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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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