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Solutions for non-communicable disease prevention and control

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Solutions for non-communicable disease prevention and control

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) constitute a major global health challenge. This collection examines the major obstacles to preventing and controlling these diseases and suggests scalable solutions

Global health financing

Editorial

Trends in global health financing

Alabama abortion

News

Alabama law makes almost any abortion a crime

BMJ opinionNew efforts to restrict abortion in the United States

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Practice

Thyroid hormones treatment for subclinical hypothyroidism

NewsSubclinical hypothyroidism: doctors shouldn’t routinely prescribe hormones

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Research paper

Breast cancer risk in transgender people receiving hormone treatment

BMJ opinionBreast cancer risk in transgender people: gaining new insights from other sources

NewsHormone therapy increases breast cancer risk in transgender women

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Feature

US doctors worry about rise in unsafe abortions

News

Trust admits it was wrong to suspend surgeon and apologies for distress caused

News

GP who was secretly filmed taking pills from stock cupboard is suspended for a year

News

Turkish doctors protest as 11 of their leaders are imprisoned

News

Antidepressant withdrawal guidance must be updated to reflect evidence

LetterClinical guidelines on antidepressant withdrawal urgently need updating

News

Capita error led to 130 000 patient records being wrongfully archived

Editorial

Malaria control stalls in high incidence areas

Editorial

Tobacco dependence should be recognised as a lethal non-communicable disease

Editorial

Ethnic minority staff and patients: a health service failure

NewsDiversity: Boards of NHS national bodies fail to reflect BME workforce

Views & reviews

Helen Salisbury: Alcohol excess—time for new measures?

Research news

Rheumatoid arthritis: glucocorticoids are associated with nearly double infection risk post-surgery

News

Scrap 10 minute consultations, RCGP urges

News

Bullying in NHS Highland: five minutes with . . . Iain Kennedy

NewsHundreds of staff may have been harmed by bullying and harassment in NHS Highland

News

Diversity: Boards of NHS national bodies fail to reflect BME workforce

Views & reviews

Partha Kar: Our responsibility to the next generation

News

Medical associates: junior doctors oppose professional equivalency

Observations

Ask your patient: what is most important to you, and why?

News

Former GP partner is jailed for 10.5 years for sexually molesting patients over two decades

Analysis

National action plans to tackle NCDs: role of stakeholder network analysis

Feature

WHO’s surgical safety checklist: it ain’t what you do . . .

Analysis

Asking the right question: implementation research to accelerate national non-communicable disease responses

Editorial

Mobilising society to implement solutions for non-communicable diseases

Analysis

Using economic evidence to support policy decisions to fund interventions for non-communicable diseases

News

Scottish government is urged to double medical school places for rural and poorer students

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Think tanks should come out of the shadows

FeatureBig tobacco, the new politics, and the threat to public health

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