The BMJ’s readers are used to maintaining scepticism in the face of hype and hyperbole, and two new articles suggest that this is a healthy position to maintain. Rory Watson reports on […]
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The BMJ Today: Sugar, kids, and cranberry cake
What should we eat? And to what extent can doctors influence the diet of their patients? Last week, NICE recommended that doctors send their overweight patients to Weight Watchers or […]
The BMJ Today: Flu jabs during pregnancy
As a mother and a doctor, I am often asked medical questions by my non-medical friends. Most of the time this has nothing to do with my specialty (radiology), and […]
The BMJ Today: The challenges of foodborne illness, HIV, tuberculosis, and scorpion stings
Being a GP myself, one of the first things I did when I arrived in London last year to work at The BMJ was register with a GP. In London, […]
The BMJ Today: Screening for lung cancer, treating warts, and prescribing the polypill
At the end of last year, the US Preventive Services Task Force launched guidelines recommending screening for lung cancer in those at high risk. These were greeted with applause by […]
The BMJ Today: Sham surgery and the placebo effect
Imagine you have severe gastro-oesophageal reflux. You are taking the maximum dose of your antacids and guzzling your way through bottles of Gaviscon, yet you’re still plagued by heartburn. It […]
The BMJ Today: H pylori—some factoids
Burping, bloating, rumblings, and tummy pains. Patients with dyspepsia have crowded my GP days of late. I have turned my computer screen around for patients to deliver my familiar online […]
The BMJ Today: E-reefers and cannabis gummi bears
Everybody must get stoned! Sang Bob Dylan back in the lazy hazy days of the mid 1960s. In that respect, it was clear from walking around Amsterdam last week, where […]
The BMJ Today: The schools of hard knocks?
Schools should teach students not only academic knowledge and cognitive skills, but also the knowledge and skills they will need to promote their own mental and physical health, and successfully […]
The BMJ Today: Smoking, nicotine, e-cigarettes, and corruption
Should smokers be advised to cut down as well as to quit? This is the debate captured in our latest Head to Head article, just published on bmj.com. The cost […]