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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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