Robert F Kennedy Jr, now the US health secretary, ordered medical journals to “start publishing real science and stop retracting the real science.” Now, after delivering 100 days of global disruption, ...

Pope I, Clark LV, Clark A, et al. Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (COSTED): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Emergency Medicine Journal 2024;41:276-282. To read the ...

The arterial side of the vascular system becomes stiffer with age and intensive treatment of hypertension in older people might do more harm than good if it leads to falls or cerebral hypoperfusion.

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research The scale and impact of modern health care can be mind-boggling. “Approximately 93 million computed tomography (CT) examinations are performed on 62 million ...

What you need to know Adrenal insufficiency is the inadequate production of the hormone cortisol from the adrenal glands. Global prevalence ranges from 0.4/100 000 (South Korea) to 15-22/100 000 ...

Launer’s role playing exercise—in which he shared the thoughts going through his mind during a difficult consultation—raises issues relevant to the care experienced by many people with rare conditions ...

The UK is not prepared to cope with the likely effects of a warming climate, such as escalating deaths and health system disruption, independent advisers have warned the government. In its 2025 report ...

Risk from doctor fatigue is often misunderstood The Health Services Safety Investigations Body said that fatigue among healthcare staff contributed directly and indirectly to patient harm but was not ...

Consider routine follow-up, especially after medication has been stopped Gabapentinoids, including gabapentin and pregabalin, are a class of drugs that have anticonvulsant, analgesic, and anxiolytic ...

Associated with reduced vein graft occlusion Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains a primary revascularisation strategy for complex coronary artery disease.1 The long term success of CABG ...

A coroner has demanded specialist medical care for women going through the menopause after a teacher aged 54 killed herself by driving into the path of a heavy goods vehicle. The senior coroner for ...

Launer’s reflection on a role playing exercise brilliantly exposes prevailing clinical practice, where adherence to protocol may restrict our ability to make better contact with patients.1 As trainers ...