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Christmas 2023: Medicine—a performing art
Many clinical acts are performances—and we should think of that as a strength, not a weakness, writes Roger Kneebone
Christmas 2023: Medicine—a performing art
Many clinical acts are performances—and we should think of that as a strength, not a weakness, writes Roger Kneebone
New Zealand reverses landmark tobacco controls
Plans to abandon pioneering tobacco control measures are “unconscionable blow to the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders,” write Martin McKee and Nick Hopkinson
New Zealand reverses landmark tobacco controls
Plans to abandon pioneering tobacco control measures are “unconscionable blow to the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders,” write Martin McKee and Nick Hopkinson
An end of year resolution: phase out fossil fuels
Phasing out fossil fuels is our best shot at averting catastrophic climatic tipping points, writes The BMJ's editor in chief Kamran Abbasi
An end of year resolution: phase out fossil fuels
Phasing out fossil fuels is our best shot at averting catastrophic climatic tipping points, writes The BMJ's editor in chief Kamran Abbasi
Texas court grants woman with non-viable pregnancy right to abortion
North Middlesex University Hospital: CQC rates maternity services inadequate, blaming poor leadership
Hancock’s covid inquiry evidence offers few clues as to why long covid was sidelined
Duty of candour: Ministers to review varying application in health and care
Doctors in Italy strike over pension cuts and working conditions
Increase taxes on alcohol and sugary drinks, WHO urges
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Texas Supreme Court blocks permitted abortion for woman with non-viable pregnancy
Covid-19: Preliminary figures show 1.2% of people in England had infection at end of November
Immigration crackdown risks worsening NHS and care staff shortages, leaders warn
UK medical organisations back dedicated sex and gender research policies
Covid inquiry: What did Johnson say about underestimated risks, excess deaths, and his missing WhatsApps?
GLP-1 receptor agonists: European drug regulator asks makers for evidence of self-harm
Districts of Pakistan boycott polio immunisation until economic and health demands are met
November top picks: A strange time to study medicine
Conditions in Gaza are ripe for “epidemics and public health disaster,” UN warns
Court dismisses leadership of Turkish Medical Association after criticism of government
Research
Christmas 2023: Efficacy of cola ingestion for oesophageal food bolus impaction
Conservative management versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in adults with gallstone disease
Social media use and health risk behaviours in young people
Untreated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 and cervical cancer
Implementation of a high sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay and risk of myocardial infarction or death at five years
Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against post-covid-19 condition
Association between patient-surgeon gender concordance and mortality after surgery
ROB-ME: a tool for assessing risk of bias due to missing evidence in systematic reviews with meta-analysis
Comment
A whole sector approach to policy change will accelerate integration of sex and gender in research
Exploring together the emotional impact of the climate and nature crisis
Pregnant women in Gaza face perilous conditions as maternity services and infrastructure crumble
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—7 December 2023
The new health secretary must tackle junior doctors’ dissatisfaction before winter
The global health community must prevent the erosion of human rights in healthcare
Helen Salisbury: How the duty of kindness could suppress legitimate debate
Invest in youth led efforts for gender equality and pandemic preparedness
Building climate resilient and low carbon health systems
Education
Advances in the management of chronic kidney disease
Preventing cervical cancer: what are the risks and benefits of different treatments?
Cirrhosis in over 16s: assessment and management—updated summary of NICE guidance
Sharp Scratch episode 99: A problem shared is a problem halved
The power of the small stuff
Advances in the understanding and management of alcohol-related liver disease
Chronic prostatitis (chronic pelvic pain syndrome)
Paracetamol use in adults
Early, intense therapy for language problems after a stroke is linked to the greatest benefits
COP28
COP28: Loss and damage fund a step forward but not enough, say climate experts
Malaria: Climate change poses “substantial risk to progress,” WHO warns
The climate emergency could be the ultimate health opportunity, says WHO’s Maria Neira
Health is the engine to drive more urgent action on climate change, says WHO
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