We welcome The BMJ ’s commitment to academic medicine by way of its commission launch.1 We hope that the commission gives ...

In 2025, by my count, there are over 650 words with some sort of medical significance that have lexicographic anniversaries.

GPs are being expected to act as a “specialist gender service” for young people despite lacking training or experience in the ...

Macdougall and colleagues identify a multitude of factors that have negatively affected medical education in recent years.1 ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved a one-off gene editing therapy to treat severe sickle cell disease (SCD) in people 12 years and over. In final draft guidance1 ...

Heather Guidone describes how endometriosis affected many aspects of her life and how collaboration in care is key My journey ...

Researchers need to do more to ensure that their study participants are diverse and representative of the patient population, ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is often framed and perceived as an obligatory course of action, a duty of care. To do otherwise seems a dereliction or disservice, yet “failing” can also invoke ...

What you need to know Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) is a new diagnosis in the International Classification ...

A US medical society has written to tell us that some of its members will be unable to contribute to journal activities. This ...

A Cochrane review has concluded that antidepressants are more effective than placebo in reducing the symptoms of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) in the short term.1 The National Institute for ...

Khan and colleagues call for changes to medical education to incorporate wider health determinants.1 Intergenerational ...