• Our latest BMJ Confidential casts the spotlight on Liam Smeeth, a GP and professor of clinical epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He says […]
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BMJ Today: Junior doctors’ contract, cardiac rehabilitation, and working for the US marines
• The junior doctors’ contract: how did we get into this mess? With junior doctors about to vote on whether to strike over government plans to impose a new contract on […]
The BMJ Today: Practising what you preach, corporal punishment, and scientific misconduct
• Walking the walk? Drug and device manufacturers have been keen to publicise their rhetoric to share clinical trial data, but is it happening in practice? Mayo-Wilson and colleagues found […]
The BMJ Today: Diagnosing miscarriage and IBS
• When is it safe to diagnose a miscarriage? There has been some debate about miscarriage diagnostic criteria over past years, with evidence emerging in 2011 that criteria at the […]
The BMJ Today: The FDA, drug addicts, and standing with junior doctors
• The FDA’s new clothes Two new research papers (here and here) and a linked editorial take a detailed look at the FDA’s regulatory process. They present concerns that the […]
The BMJ Today: Food fights and contract concerns
• 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 […]
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 […]