The UK needs to create an additional 11 000 medical school places to train the medical workforce it needs by the year 2030, the British Medical Association has told MPs on the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee Latifa Patel, interim chair at the BMA, told an evidence gathering session for the committee’s workforce inquiry on 11 May that England is not training …
Focus on fostering sustainable changes over time Fasting is defined as the voluntary abstinence from food for a determined period. Although traditionally associated with religious…
The price of prescription drugs is too high. This is a global problem on which we can agree with Donald Trump. This week the UK’s…
Objective To assess the effect of intermittent fasting diets, with continuous energy restriction or unrestricted (ad-libitum) diets on intermediate cardiometabolic outcomes from randomised clinical trials.…
Welfare cuts will hit the most deprived areas and the north of England hardest, with long term health and economic harms, write Clare Bambra and…
In the age of telemedicine, house calls remain a vital part of primary care—and are in fact on the rise. Indira Subramanian reports House calls…
The international community must act now to stop starvation in Gaza, writes Bob Kitchen In Gaza, people are getting closer to starvation every day. We…
Last month, a baby in the US city of Philadelphia received treatment calibrated to his genetic code, offering relief for his life threatening disease.1 Yet…
Podcast Episode · Medicine and Science from The BMJ · 16/06/2025 · 26m
Trump’s withdrawal of guidance on emergency care has created confusion that will have life and death consequences for patients, say Greer Donley and Kimberly Chernoby…
As generic versions of AstraZeneca’s blockbuster drug ticagrelor prepare to enter the market, The BMJ raises fresh concerns over the integrity of the clinical trials…
