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Renaming low risk conditions labelled as cancer

Removing the cancer label in low risk conditions that are unlikely to cause harm if left untreated may help reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment, argue Brooke Nickel and colleagues

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Views & reviews

Margaret McCartney: Reading makes us better doctors

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Practice

Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis: a clinical practice guideline

Medics take away injured protesters in Gaza

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Gunshot Gaza: hospitals struggle to treat surge in firearms injuries

A mobile lab that can be used during epidemics

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Is the world ready for the next pandemic threat?

AnalysisGlobal epidemics: how well can we cope?

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Tribunal made error in allowing psychiatrist back on register, says appeal court

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Renaming junior doctors: five minutes with Scarlett McNally

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Overdiagnosis in primary care: framing the problem and finding solutions

Practice

Diagnosis and management of venous leg ulcers

Views & reviews

David Oliver: Private practice by NHS doctors—still controversial?

News

EMA scales back transparency initiatives because of workload

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Emergency department closures do not lead to more deaths, study finds

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Sixty seconds on . . . tongue splitting

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Hadiza Bawa-Garba wins right to practise again

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Alternative to pethidine could halve rate of epidurals

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Italy suspends mandatory vaccination of nursery children after Senate vote

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AI system interprets eye scans as accurately as top specialists

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“No respite” for NHS as heatwave exacerbates pressure on services

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Sixty seconds on . . . life expectancy

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Trust in GPs remains high but patients report more difficulties getting an appointment

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Type 1 diabetes: earlier onset is linked to cardiovascular complications and reduced lifespan

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Locum oncologist has been struck off over death of patient in India

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Revitalising the GP partnership model

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How do we stop people smoking at the front doors of our hospitals?

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Patch tests should include chemicals used in false nail products, say dermatologists

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Sudden cardiac deaths: one-off screening misses cardiomyopathies in young footballers

AnalysisHarms and benefits of screening young people to prevent sudden cardiac death

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One in seven children born to mothers who had Zika infection has health problems

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Argentinian senators reject bill to legalise abortion

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The scourge of avoidable neonatal mortality in Malawi

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