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Struggling in the heat: what I need to know about my medication
Stephanie Allan describes how extreme heat induced side effects from the medication she was taking, and how better information could have helped
Struggling in the heat: what I need to know about my medication
Stephanie Allan describes how extreme heat induced side effects from the medication she was taking, and how better information could have helped
Tackling climate change: the pivotal role of clinicians
How large is the carbon footprint of healthcare, what can be done to reduce it, and what role do clinicians play? This article offers an overview
Tackling climate change: the pivotal role of clinicians
How large is the carbon footprint of healthcare, what can be done to reduce it, and what role do clinicians play? This article offers an overview
“Silent scandal” of missing lung diagnostics in England’s most deprived areas
The BMJ finds there is a postcode lottery for access to crucial diagnostic services that most impacts the areas with the highest burden
“Silent scandal” of missing lung diagnostics in England’s most deprived areas
The BMJ finds there is a postcode lottery for access to crucial diagnostic services that most impacts the areas with the highest burden
Delivering climate and nature commitments is crucial for health
Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller groups need more equitable mental healthcare, says report
Young doctors in Italy protest and threaten to strike over working conditions
What NHS services are migrants entitled to?
ADHD: GPs are told to review some patients amid drug shortages
Writing off medical students’ loans could improve NHS retention, says think tank
Creating breathing space: the scandal of missing respiratory diagnostics
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Climate action: Six young people take on 33 European nations in landmark case
New controls on drug prices will benefit patients, say health economists
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Health experts call for a “feminist approach” to cancer care
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty can be used to treat obesity, says NICE
Ministers are urged to adopt 10 year blueprint to tackle mental ill health in England
Safe space for injecting drugs is approved in Scotland
Investing in community care saves money for the wider NHS, analysis shows
Seven in 10 GPs see rise in patients seeking help to deal with cost of living crisis, warns RCGP
Research
Association between recently raised anticholinergic burden and risk of acute cardiovascular events
Suboptimal gestational weight gain and neonatal outcomes in low and middle income countries: individual participant data meta-analysis
Efficacy and safety of an inactivated virus-particle vaccine for SARS-CoV-2
Visits by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the USA
Non-erosive gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and oesophageal adenocarcinoma
Venous thromboembolism with use of hormonal contraception and NSAIDs
Food additive emulsifiers and risk of cardiovascular disease
Promoting Activity, Independence, and Stability in Early Dementia and mild cognitive impairment
Comment
A Spartacus moment for public health physicians?
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—28 September 2023
Sharp Scratch episode 90: Sharing is caring
Helen Salisbury: Advice and guidance for all referrals
John Launer: Thinking the unthinkable on Lucy Letby
Time to ban the word “prevention”
Universal health coverage: ensuring that nobody is left behind
David Oliver: NHS doctors’ pay—what are the right comparisons?
Ending communicable diseases requires a combined elimination framework
Education
Taking a collateral history: the missing piece of the puzzle
Looking but not seeing
Advances in the care of breast cancer survivors
Glucose monitoring and glucose lowering agents for children and young people with type 2 diabetes
Diagnosis and management of sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease in primary care
Management of epilepsy during pregnancy and lactation
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Personality disorder
Two-drug antiretroviral regimens for HIV
Referral criteria and assessment for bariatric surgery: summary of updated NICE guidance
Medical doctor apprenticeships
NHS workforce plan aims to train thousands more doctors and open up apprenticeship schemes
David Oliver: Shortening and narrowing training won’t solve the medical workforce crisis
What are medical doctor degree apprenticeships? A brand new route into medicine
Apprenticeships only part of the answer to widening participation in medicine, says BMA
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