Doctors in Ireland must be breathing a sigh of relief after judges ruled that a brain dead pregnant woman should be allowed to die. The case makes for grim reading. […]
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The BMJ Today: Parkinson’s disease, broken noses, and the diet wars
Pressure on emergency departments reaches its peak during the winter months, and the festive period puts the cherry on the Christmas cake. Data published last week show that the percentage […]
The BMJ Today: All I want for Christmas is . . . brussel sprouts
‘Twas the Monday before Christmas and all through BMA house, Not an editor was typing, nor clicking a mouse. The Christmas issue already hung on the website with care, In […]
The BMJ Today: Hidden holiday horrors
Are you ready to switch off the email and settle into some quiet time with family? Switch on the old classic cartoons for the kids and permit them an extra […]
The BMJ Today: All I want for Christmas is a chocolate Aneurin Bevan
In the past year you may have read BMJ Confidential, the weekly column that grills healthcare professionals on their backgrounds and inspiration, earliest ambitions, career mistakes, and guilty pleasures. For […]
The BMJ Today: Why diets don’t work and the rehabilitation of saturated fat
Depending on your world view, our obsession with food at Christmas (witness packed supermarket aisles, and the acres of menu ideas churned out by newspapers) is either a glorious, well […]
The BMJ Today: “Your husband can donate his tools” and other Christmas highlights
What do you do if you have to treat a very sick child in intensive care whose parents do not speak English—and there are no human translators available? What do […]
The BMJ Today: Idiotic men and socialism
No, that isn’t the latest political outpouring from Russell Brand—it’s the theme of two recently published papers in The BMJ. Authors in Australia wanted to find out if the meme […]
The BMJ Today: Christmas has hit the fan
We’re getting festive in BMJ Towers, mince pies, tinsel, and dubious jumper choices abound. So settle back and let the Christmas issue relax you like a postprandial sherry. What makes […]
The BMJ Today: Is the private sector closing in on the NHS?
Yesterday, an investigation from The BMJ was making headlines everywhere from the BBC and the Financial Times, to Rochdale Online. This investigation, the latest by The BMJ‘s news reporter Gareth Iacobucci, found that since the Health […]