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A boy with autism and his mother

Clinical review

Linking risk factors and outcomes in autism spectrum disorder: is there evidence for resilience?

This State of the Art Review discusses advances in our understanding of the causal pathways leading to autism and overlapping neurodevelopmental conditions

Buffet at a meeting

Views & reviews

Matt Morgan: Meetings without meat

People wash in the Ganges, one of many rivers across the world contaminated with medicines

Editorial

Boost for sustainable healthcare

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News

China coronavirus: mild but infectious cases may make it hard to control outbreak, report warns

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women and babies

Editorial

Reaching all women, children, and adolescents with essential health interventions by 2030

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News

Chinese premier rallies medics in coronavirus fight

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UK offers fast track visas to top researchers and scientists

Views & reviews

The psychological effects of quarantining a city

News

Over 200 patients recalled amid concerns that surgeon did unnecessary operations

Analysis

To include or not include: renal dialysis policy in the era of universal health coverage

Analysis

Prevention of non-communicable disease: best buys, wasted buys, and contestable buys

Analysis

Adapting Lean methods to facilitate stakeholder engagement and co-design in healthcare

Views & reviews

Helen Salisbury: Is transactional care enough?

News

Esketamine for treatment resistant depression is not recommended by NICE

EditorialEsketamine for treatment resistant depression

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Sixty seconds on . . . minimum unit pricing

News

Almost a third of UK doctors may be burnt out and stressed, study suggests

News

Cochrane reviewer sues Roche for claiming Tamiflu could slow flu pandemic

Careers

Why I . . . take a lunch break

BMJ opinionGive us a (lunch) break: why doctors need to eat together

Editorial

GPs condemn new specifications for primary care networks

Practice

Writing outpatient letters to patients

BMJ opinionWriting letters directly to patients puts them at the centre of their care

Editorial

Advancing women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health and equity

Analysis

Structural determinants of gender inequality: why they matter for adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health

Analysis

Assessing coverage of interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition

Analysis

How can we realise the full potential of health systems for nutrition?

News

Climate emergency: new expert panel will set out how NHS can achieve net zero

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Rapid response teams must not divert resources away from other services, say clinicians

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Baby’s death at Margate hospital was “wholly avoidable,” says coroner

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Junior doctor who was convicted of downloading child pornography is struck off

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China coronavirus: what do we know so far?

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