Research suggests the drugs have potential for prevention and harm reduction in substance use disorders, writes Ziyad Al-Aly People taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists often ...
As public health officials warn about rising emissions from urban wood burning, a BMJ investigation finds that just under a third of councils in high use areas have faced pressure from the stove ...
Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Much is made of how large language models (LLMs) can pass medical licensing exams with ...
Clinical trials and equitable care pathways are needed to build on early evidence of benefit Substance use disorders (SUDs) are common and burdensome for patients, families, and health systems,12 yet ...
I found myself unusually narked this month. Not by a long night shift or a difficult airway, but by governance. I was trying ...
Health workers and facilities have come under attack across the Middle East as conflict engulfs the region, health leaders and charities warn. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), ...
When the powers that be at King’s College Hospital told neurosurgeon Charles Polkey that it had decided to name a ward after him he was initially reluctant to accept the honour. He only relented after ...
Weigl rightly argues that physician burnout undermines safe healthcare and should be tackled as a system problem rather than ...
A bill promising to prioritise UK trained medical graduates for training places has become law. However, doctors’ leaders say questions remain over international medical graduates (IMGs) and the ...
As a young missionary doctor Bill Foege was sent with his wife and young son to eastern Nigeria: it was 1966 and the family ...
A woman in her 20s presented with a three month history of persistent erythematous patches on both thighs. Examination ...
Funding uncertainty could weaken the UK’s higher education sector when it’s already under considerable strain, write Mishal S Khan and colleagues The UK health research funding landscape has changed ...