UK regulators must produce clear guidelines for the prescribing and monitoring of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for weight loss, particularly when treatment is initiated online, GP ...

People who were vaccinated against herpes zoster were 26% less likely to die from heart disease or have a stroke, heart attack, or heart failure compared with people who hadn’t been vaccinated, ...

In 2004, we published a historic theme issue on South Asia (doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7443.777)1 with a grand ambition: “This non-political collaboration may be the beginning of a sustained and combined ...

Leaders across the globe must now decide whether to act to end the “escalating atrocities in Gaza” or “bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population,” UN experts have said.1 The 39 ...

The way we treat staff working in the healthcare system is crucial to the success of any reform, say Isabelle Brown and Laura Turner The NHS workforce is under considerable operational pressure at ...

AI therapy apps are increasingly being offered to patients needing mental health support as services struggle to keep up with demand. Alexander Mafi explores the advantages and possible pitfalls of ...

A lifelong approach is needed for safe and personalised care Achieving safe, personalised, and equitable maternal health services with a lifelong focus is not a new vision,1 yet data suggest we are ...

In a surprising ruling, the administration of US president Donald Trump has defended the abortion pill mifepristone against an attempt to restrict its supply by mail to people in three states. Idaho, ...

Higginson and Ramjeeawon emphasise the urgent need to tackle inequality in access to hospice and end-of-life care.1 Central to this effort must be a deliberate focus on those living at the ...

A role for primary care Advances in intensive care medicine have improved survival rates, yet post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains a prevalent and often underdiagnosed consequence among ...

The NHS Race and Health Observatory (RHO) has agreed to collaborate with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to tackle persistent and systemic ethnic health inequalities. The ...

As a co-founder of the British Paediatric Respiratory Group at the University of Edinburgh, and later as professor of child health at the University of Leicester, Hamish Simpson helped to establish ...