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X ray of a shoulder replacement

Research paper

Serious adverse events and lifetime risk of reoperation after elective shoulder replacement

Younger patients, particularly men, need to be aware of a higher likelihood of early failure of shoulder replacement, concludes this study

BMJ opinionProviding better evidence in orthopaedic surgery: RCTs, registries, or both?

Diagnostics

Analysis

Dangerous diagnostics? Regulatory reform in the genomic era

Knee replacement surgery

Research paper

Patient relevant outcomes of unicompartmental versus total knee replacement

oedema

Practice

How to prescribe loop diuretics in oedema

A patient has Ketamine administered by way of an IV bag for the treatment of depression

News

Ketamine should be available for treatment resistant depression, says FDA panel

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Avoidable deaths: falling in England; stalled in Scotland and Wales; and up in Northern Ireland

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Sarah Wollaston: I’ll keep providing scrutiny, says newly independent MP

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Abortion: RCGP supports decriminalisation

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Sixty seconds on . . . free money

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Childhood trauma doubles risk of mental health conditions

Practice

Pertussis (whooping cough)

News

Provide doctors with rest spaces and on-call rooms, says mental health review

BMJ opinionWhy I wear an eye mask on the tube

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Cancer screening: NHS launches overhaul of national programmes

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More power to their elbow

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Bilateral central retinal vein occlusion as the first manifestation in chronic myeloid leukaemia

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Long term conditions in young people: UK is third worst of 15 countries

Endgames

A 61 year old man with pancreatitis, pituitary dysfunction, and painful exophthalmos

Minerva

Brains in space . . . and other stories

News

Seven days in medicine: 13-19 Feb 2019

News

Assisted dying methods can lead to “inhumane” deaths

Read our collection of articles on assisted dying

Editorial

Optimising the management of late term pregnancies

ResearchInduction of labour at 41 weeks versus expectant management until 42 weeks

BMJ opinionTo induce or not to induce pregnant women at 41 weeks

Research paper

Induction of labour at 41 weeks versus expectant management until 42 weeks

EditorialOptimising the management of late term pregnancies

BMJ opinionTo induce or not to induce pregnant women at 41 weeks

News

Doctors call on UK to be carbon neutral by 2030

Research news

US patients live longer in areas with more primary care doctors, study finds

Observations

Tolu Oni: Working on Africa’s health

News

Half of GP premises are not fit for purpose, finds BMA survey

Practice

I welcomed the inane chatter during a procedure

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Assisted dying and the RCP poll: what do The BMJ’s readers think?

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A scholarship to foster future leaders in evidence based medicine

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