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Global warming must stay below 1.5°C

We are facing a global emergency and should organise accordingly, say Adam Law, Patrick Saunders, John Middleton, and David McCoy

prawn on a fork

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Serial circulating omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and healthy ageing among older adults

EditorialOmega 3 polyunsaturated acids and healthy ageing

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Practice

Assessment and initial management of suspected behavioural insomnia in pre-adolescent children

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Analysis

Intensive care: balancing risk and benefit to facilitate informed decisions

An antenatal examination

Research paper

Pre-eclampsia and risk of dementia later in life

EditorialPre-eclampsia and the brain

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The extricable links between health, wealth, and profits

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Medical institute withdraws peer’s invitation over “allegations of anti-Semitic sentiment”

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Cardiologist is struck off after making unwanted sexual advance towards student

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Sixty seconds on . . . hospital car parking

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Alma Ata and primary healthcare: back to the future

News

Tackling antimicrobial resistance should be “top five” priority for UK government, MPs urge

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GP recruitment: could an undergraduate apprenticeship create the generalists the NHS needs?

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GP trainees recruited in England surpass target

Practice

Renal replacement therapy: summary of NICE guidance

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Update on STPs: Five minutes with . . . Anna Charles

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BMJ Awards: nominations open with six new categories for 2019

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NEJM retracts article from former researcher once hailed as heart stem cell pioneer

News

Ebola: WHO expresses “very serious concern” about Congo outbreak

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Cystic fibrosis: triple drug regimens that target defective ion channel improve lung function, studies show

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MPs call for 10 year social care plan to match the imminent NHS long term plan

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Brexit: hospitals told to identify contracts that could be affected by “no deal”

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MPs slam “outrageous” 25% uptake of flu vaccine among social care staff

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Doctors need to improve their conversations with dying patients, says RCP

News

Cannabis: Canada sees queues and shortages as it legalises recreational use

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Chinese government fines vaccine company £1bn for string of violations

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Less than half of women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer within a month of seeing a doctor, finds survey

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Law on gross negligence manslaughter is flawed, says leading medical lawyer

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Endgames

An unusual cause of shortness of breath and palpitations

Research paper

Association between patient outcomes and accreditation in US hospitals

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