The summaries of product characteristics (SmPCs; previously called data sheets) of certain drugs sometimes specify that they should be used “at the discretion of the physician,” often when advising ...

Central to the government's mission to improve health and fix the NHS is a “shift from sickness to prevention.”1 Yet key indicators suggest we are moving in the wrong direction. Healthy life ...

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that doctors in two children’s end-of-life cases may be named, to allow the parents to tell their story about what happened to them and their child in hospital and in ...

First developed in the 1960s, tranexamic acid, an inhibitor of plasminogen activation and fibrinolysis, found niche applications in treating hereditary bleeding disorders. The indications for drugs ...

Vicky Evans played a leading role in developing the discipline of forensic medicine as an academic specialty, establishing a training programme as well as professional standards and competencies: ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research It wasn’t long ago that we’d routinely. advise people with heart failure and fluid overload to restrict their fluid intake. Nowadays, restriction advice is ...

With another NHS reorganisation looming, any changes must strengthen the role of public health in the NHS, write Chad Byworth and colleagues The government’s decision to abolish NHS England while ...

NHS outpatient care is “archaic, disjointed, and inefficient” and needs radical reform to bring down waiting lists, the Royal College of Physicians and the Patients Association have said.1 The two ...

The UK population’s health is getting worse. Health inequalities are widening and obesity rates rising, particularly among children in deprived areas (doi:10.1136/bmj.q2819 doi:10.1136/bmj.r525 doi:10 ...

Role of artificial intelligence in identifying colorectal cancer is still evolving Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide, often arising from precancerous adenomas.12 ...

This author describes what it is like to experience a loved one going through a psychotic episode and what support health professionals could have given her and her family. I was 10 when my sister ...

A woman in her early 60s presented with a three day history of a widespread, itchy rash. She had no relevant history and was not on any regular medications, but the rash occurred after she had worn ...