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Smartphone apps to assess risk of skin cancer

Research paper

Algorithm based smartphone apps to assess risk of skin cancer in adults

Current algorithm based smartphone apps cannot be relied on to detect all cases of melanoma or other skin cancers, concludes this systematic review

EditorialThe poor performance of apps assessing skin cancer risk

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Can we trust AI not to further embed racial bias and prejudice?

stroke ischaemic

Clinical review

Management of acute ischemic stroke

David Williams

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Harnessing the outrage: it’s time to tackle racial bias

Read all of the articles in our special issue on Racism in Medicine

Cellulitis

Practice

What diagnostic strategies can help differentiate cellulitis from other causes of red legs in primary care?

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Coronavirus: home testing pilot launched in London to cut hospital visits and ambulance use

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Unvaccinated “Wakefield cohorts” blamed for 5000 cases of mumps in England last year

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Radiologist who claimed to be GP to write road injury reports is struck off

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Ethnic minority staff: trust boards still do not reflect NHS workforce

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Competing interests: GMC rejects calls to establish central register for doctors

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Revamped emergency targets set to be phased in from this April

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Worcestershire acute trust must “make urgent improvements” in emergency departments, says regulator

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Improving transparency and performance of private hospitals

BMJ opinionOffending in theatre—the case of Ian Paterson

BMJ opinionThe Paterson case is not a one-off—it indicates systemic weaknesses in the NHS

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Bringing an end to deadly “menstrual huts” is proving difficult in Nepal

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Coronavirus: online GP bookings should be stopped because of safety risks, warns BMA

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Government orders urgent review of maternity services at East Kent Hospitals

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It’s time to act on racism in the NHS

Views & reviews

Helen Salisbury: Risk taking and decision making

Minerva

Mind that mushroom medley

Minerva

Pregnancy and rates of Crohn’s . . . and other stories

Endgames

New onset weakness in the face and arm

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Primary care networks: revised contract averts GP mutiny but staffing challenges remain

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Tackling racism in medical schools: five minutes with . . . Gurdas Singh

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Seven days in medicine: 5-11 Feb 2020

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White doctors are still over-represented in top NHS jobs, study finds

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Specialty training: ethnic minority doctors’ reduced chance of being appointed is “unacceptable”

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Taking the difference out of attainment

EditorialDifferential attainment in medical education and training

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Are medical schools turning a blind eye to racism?

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Health ministers condemn Novartis lottery for Zolgensma, the world’s most expensive drug

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Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial | The BMJ

Health ministers condemn Novartis lottery for Zolgensma, the world’s most expensive drug | The BMJ

Oseltamivir for influenza in adults and children: systematic review of clinical study reports and summary of regulatory comments | The BMJ