Anyone who questions the value of breast screening programmes must still feel a bit like Galileo did when he championed heliocentrism. To many people, including parts of the medical establishment, […]
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The BMJ Today: Medical neutrality, weight loss, and The BMJ Awards
“Doctors should never be punished for following their professional duty of providing care without discrimination.” So concludes a letter we’ve just published that condemns Turkey’s government for passing legislation that […]
The BMJ Today: Wikipedia, childbirth, and statins
Would you ever cite Wikipedia as a source of academic information? An increasing number of people are, according to this study by M Dylan Bould and colleagues. But it is […]
The BMJ Today: Insurance and inequalities
How can health inequities be tackled when their causes lie beyond the control of the health sector or even national governments? This was the question that a report by the […]
The BMJ Today: HPV vaccine, chemotherapy, and psychiatry in the Gaza strip
Another evidence booster for the quadrivalent vaccine today. Controlled clinical studies have shown it almost completely prevents high grade cervical abnormalities, and now a BMJ paper has confirmed that even […]
The BMJ Today: The Super Bowl doctor, The BMJ Awards, and gluten free diets
Could you cope with dehydration, hypothermia, and the Madden rule? Jonathan Drezner, team physician for the Seattle Seahawks, talks about this year’s Super Bowl and what it takes to become a […]
The BMJ Today: Sponsorship, epilepsy, and votes
Welcome to this new blog category, The BMJ Today. We aim to post an update each weekday of recent articles and other content to have caught our eye. We hope it […]