The war in Gaza continues to claim lives at an alarming rate, and doctors on the ground need support to stem the tide. Jane Feinmann speaks to one doctor who joined the International Rescue ...

A man in his 30s presented with right anterior elbow pain after colliding with an opponent with his elbow in flexed position while playing basketball eight days previously. At the time of the ...

Since 2007 there have been moves towards stricter regulations on smoking in public spaces across the world. But have any of these had noticeable health impacts? Sally Howard and Geetanjali Krishna ...

Big majority of GPs vote against proposed contract GPs in Wales rejected the general medical services (GMS) contract for 2024-25 proposed by the Welsh government, with 98.7% of doctors (1079) voting ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Between 2000 and 2022 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) appraised 332 pharmaceuticals (with 83% getting positive recommendations). Had ...

Campaigners for impartial nutritional advice are dismayed at a service that seems to be adopting marketing tactics dubbed scandalous 50 years ago. Rebecca Coombes reports The UK supermarket giant ...

The latest revision of the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki on ethical principles for medical research involving human participants is likely to be viewed as its most significant ...

Most of us have favourite questions that we like to ask when consulting with patients or that we’re fond of teaching to medical students and resident doctors. One popular question many GPs teach their ...

The covid-19 pandemic was associated with an unprecedented increase in alcohol consumption and associated morbidity, including hospitalizations for alcohol withdrawal. Clinicians based in hospitals ...

This piece comes with a trigger warning. We used to avoid talking about cancer, menopause, periods, or other stigmatised topics—adding to feelings of shame and limiting our understanding. This remains ...

Meena was born in Mantuvi, a tiny island off the east coast of Sri Lanka, in 1930, the youngest of four children. She was delivered by her father, a doctor, whom she revered and adored. In 1946 she ...

Authors, institutions, funders, and editors must be alert to the dangers A growing number of entities misrepresent themselves as scholarly journals for financial gain despite not meeting scholarly ...