You’re very good at tying people up, aren’t you?” This casual remark from a male patient as I tied a tourniquet before taking blood was met with my awkward laugh and an instinctive adjustment of my ...

African governments need to invest more in malaria elimination amid increased uncertainty over foreign aid funding, a meeting of the continent’s health leaders has declared. Representatives from seven ...

We welcome O’Ryan and colleagues’ introspective tone and call for a “global conversation” on academia’s role in healthcare.1 Their article resonates with our thoughts and experiences in pain ...

A who’s who guide to the major health roles in Donald Trump’s second presidency Donald Trump began his second stint as president of the United States on 20 January 2025. His appointments to major ...

Government measures to reduce health harms now look vulnerable Under pressure from his own political party, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on 6 January 2025, after a ...

A man in his 30s presented to the emergency department after becoming intoxicated and striking the ground with his right fist. He reported pain, swelling, and limited movement around his right fifth ...

Hospitals in England are being urged by a watchdog to learn from a trust’s “tragic” delayed diagnosis of a woman’s cancer that denied her time with her family. The office of the Parliamentary and ...

General practice is changing fast. There is an abundance of digital technology supporting many new service delivery models.1 The NHS App is increasingly used to access GP services. Almost 40 000 new ...

To borrow a phrase from American football, Donald Trump is flooding the zone. The NHS is flooding the zone. Even medical journals are flooding the zone. Pity the citizen, health professional, or ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research “Small individual gain, larger population gain” sounds like the theme for a preventive medicine conference. It’s actually the headline of an editorial about a ...

The fast food giant used a GP to support appeals against planning decisions in some deprived areas with the worst rates of food related ill health in England. Then it threatened councils with bills ...

Over one year on from Israel's continued siege on Gaza, Duha Shellah examines the impact on Gaza’s medical students, and the implications that this has for the destruction of healthcare infrastructure ...