No, that isn’t the latest political outpouring from Russell Brand—it’s the theme of two recently published papers in The BMJ. Authors in Australia wanted to find out if the meme […]
Editors at large
David Payne: Digital dilemmas—a day in my life at The BMJ
Wednesday December 10. 8.30am: I’m on the bus into work and checking Twitter when I see an exchange between @garyschwitzer and @bengoldacre about some embargoed papers we press released last night, […]
The BMJ Today: Christmas has hit the fan
We’re getting festive in BMJ Towers, mince pies, tinsel, and dubious jumper choices abound. So settle back and let the Christmas issue relax you like a postprandial sherry. What makes […]
The BMJ Today: Is the private sector closing in on the NHS?
Yesterday, an investigation from The BMJ was making headlines everywhere from the BBC and the Financial Times, to Rochdale Online. This investigation, the latest by The BMJ‘s news reporter Gareth Iacobucci, found that since the Health […]
The BMJ Today: Could you have been trained in 48 hours?
The latest in our series of Head to Head articles was posted yesterday, and has already garnered a response—let us know if you agree with the arguments. Andrew Hartle and […]
The BMJ Today: Editor’s delights
Self prescribing among doctors is legal and commonplace, but its potential problems have been recognised for many years, and regulators are increasingly taking a dim view, writes BMJ Careers editor […]
The BMJ Today: Male circumcision and medical suicides
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that doctors start telling uncircumcised sexually active teenage boys they can reduce their risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted […]
The BMJ Today: Global differences in pregnancies
Global inequalities in health and healthcare never cease to amaze me. This week we published a large study from Sweden showing the negative effects of obesity in pregnancy, and we […]
The BMJ Today: Looking for general practitioner (GP) authors
In a recent BMJ Today, I explained that The BMJ maintains an educational section called Endgames aimed at junior doctors preparing for their postgraduate examinations. What I didn’t say was […]
Zosia Kmietowicz: Why don’t hospitals share test results?
My sister nearly died of pneumonia earlier this year. Exceptional NHS care saved her life. But I have been left flummoxed by the lack of communication during her illness and […]