• Tobacco industry lobbying undermines public health in Asia Martin McKee, Nichola Hopkinson, and K Srinath Reddy discuss the “fundamental and irreconcilable conflict between the tobacco industry’s interests and public […]
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The BMJ Today: Should medical journals avoid discussing political issues that have a bearing on health?
• Politics, medical journals, the medical profession, and the Israel lobby–In July 2014, The Lancet published an “Open letter for the people in Gaza” from a group of doctors and […]
The BMJ Today: Elections, pathogen genomics, and prescription supply problems
• In the wake of the UK general election, Chris Ham, chief executive at the Kings Fund, writes about the challenges facing the newly elected Conservative government. He asks what […]
The BMJ Today: The NHS in the aftermath of the UK’s general election
• Gareth Iacobucci reports that the National Health Action Party secured just over 20 000 votes across 12 constituencies in the UK general election. In three constituencies, it achieved fourth place […]
The BMJ Today: Assessing eyes in infants, latest on open data, and new EMA rules on pharma’s revolving door
Here’s what is new in The BMJ today. • Practice Many GPs may find the challenge of assessing eyes and vision in infants and preschool children intimidating. Andrew Blaikie and Gordon […]
The BMJ Today: The Ebola legacy and the social determinants of health
• In a week in which the World Health Organization announces a drop in new cases of Ebola virus infection, Sophie Arie looks at lessons learnt during the recent epidemic and […]
The BMJ Today: Private practice—“so venal, it bordered on criminal”
• Private practice is unethical—and doctors should give it up Consultant cardiologist John Dean talks frankly about why he could not go on with his private medical practice. “No matter how […]
Nepal’s earthquake, depression in EastEnders, running away from rugby balls, and bad language
• “We were on the fifth floor of the Yellow Pagoda Hotel discussing radiotherapy for lung cancer at about noon on Saturday 25 April when suddenly the floor lurched and we […]
The BMJ Today: A bullet in the heart and other stories…..
• According to this study of 900,000 patients, commercial providers of out of hours GP care in England are associated with poorer experience of care compared with NHS or not for […]
The BMJ Today: A healthy NHS, preventing SIDS, and more on Nepal
• A letter to the next secretary of state for health In an open letter to the politician who will become secretary of health after the UK general election on […]