• The scientific report guiding the US dietary guidelines: is it scientific? For years, Western dietary guidelines have recommended that we follow a low fat diet: eat less meat, less […]
Editors at large
The BMJ Today: No cash in the attic
• Politics of desperation In the latest of his regular column, Nigel Hawkes comments on the impossible situation the NHS finds itself in: as prey to an austerity hungry government […]
The BMJ Today: Appraisals, carers, and cognitive enhancement
• What is appraisal good for? As big finance companies such as Accenture are reported to be scrapping formal appraisal systems for their employees, Margaret McCartney, our Glasgow based weekly […]
The BMJ Today: Dengue, refugees, exercise, and the future
• What is dengue fever, and who gets it? What are its causes, and can it be prevented? Our latest clinical review provides an overview of the current evidence, including the […]
The BMJ Today: GSK’s Study 329, BMJ Confidential, and facial nerve palsy
• A feature discusses GlaxoSmithKline’s Study 329. Under the restoring invisible and abandoned trials (RIAT) initiative, The BMJ has published a major reanalysis which found paroxetine to be neither safe nor effective […]
The BMJ Today: The benefits of antibacterial soap, a trans fats ban, and e-cigs
• The latest news article by Gareth Iacobucci reports that an additional £1bn in emergency deficit funds is now urgently needed by the NHS this year. In a recent review by […]
The BMJ Today: Women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health
Global health experts warn that societies are failing women, children, and adolescents, particularly in the poorest communities around the world, and urgent action is needed to save lives and improve health. […]
The BMJ Today: A weekend of tweets
Last week Andrew Brown, obituaries editor at UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph, gave a great talk to me and other colleagues at The BMJ about the Telegraph‘s approach to chronicling […]
The BMJ Today: Europe’s refugee crisis
The BMJ covers the refugee crisis with four recent articles. • Kamran Abbasi, Kiran Patel, and Fiona Godlee state that offering asylum is a minimum standard of civilised society. They say […]
The BMJ Today: Doing the right thing, doing the wrong thing, and the Hawthorne effect
• Samir Dawlatly explains in a blog the barriers that he faces daily as a practicing GP, which often hinder him from providing high quality healthcare. He gives the example of […]