All I want for Christmas is…The BMJ’s patient advisory panel tell us what is on their Christmas wishlist Dear Father Christmas, I do apologise for bothering you. I know December […]More…
Using routine data to uncover underlying trends presents challenges Population estimates of dementia have, in recent decades, become of national interest to policy makers, politicians…
Objective To determine the incidence and prevalence of dementia in a nationally representative cohort of US Medicare beneficiaries, stratified by important subgroups. Design Population based…
The bibliometric analytics company Clarivate has announced that citations to and from retracted articles will no longer contribute to a journal’s impact factor.1 The company,…
This fifth article in a seven part series presents the Core GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach to systematic reviews, clinical practice…
In early April 2020, staff at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust gathered to prepare for the wave of covid-19 patients they knew were coming their…
Novel interventions are needed to tackle a public health crisis Annually, there are more than 82 million cases of gonorrhoea worldwide.1 In 2023, England recorded…
### What you need to know Gonorrhoea is of increasing concern for global sexual health. Continued stigmatisation of sexual health, particularly for those in marginalised…
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has criticised “truly shocking” police guidance detailing how to search women’s homes for abortifacient drugs and seize phones…
“If you take a sick child from its parents or nurse you break its heart immediately,” wrote physician George Armstrong in 1792. Mary Lindsay took…
Scrap means testing for personal care and regulate care home charges The care home market in the UK is characterised by rising fees, inadequate capacity,…
