Following a #BMJInvestigation medical education provider Medscape has bowed to pressure and agreed to permanently remove accredited medical education courses on smoking cessation funded by Philip Morris International Hristio Boytchev Kamran Abbasi bmj.com/content/385/bm…

#BMJInvestigation Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry funded education programmes in UK universities and schools, which they say normalise drinking and downplay the long term health risks of #alcohol
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The World Medical Association World Medical Association has called for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza after its council passed a resolution put forward by The BMA.

The WMA said that it was gravely concerned by the deepening healthcare and humanitarian crisis in Gaza
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100% certain this The BMJ cover was produced by a Joy Division fan.

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Baby food manufacturer Nestlé has been accused of “unjustifiable” double standards after an investigation found that it added high levels of sugar to cereals for children sold in lower income countries
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India’s 2024 election process sees several health matters coming to the fore, including universal healthcare, the health workforce, and infrastructure, reports Kamala Thiagarajan
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Saddened to learn of death of Rhona MacDonald, extraordinary editor with whom I worked The BMJ PLOS Medicine The Lancet

She was incomparably fierce, caring, challenging & ahead of her time in advocating for coverage of human rights & global health at medical journals

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#BMJExclusive The next government should establish a senior cabinet level position of children’s minister to ensure that young people’s health and wellbeing are at the heart of all policy making, Camilla Kingdon, outgoing president of RCPCH has said
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New research published in JRSM shows that ethnic minorities are underrepresented in studies into multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs), despite being more likely to be affected.

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Interventions to suppress puberty in adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence

Lack of high-quality research to draw conclusions about impact on gender dysphoria, mental and psychosocial health or cognitive development

Systematic review
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This makes extremely grim reading. The terms 'genocide' and 'ethnic cleansing' may conceivably be open to debate, but the term 'Occupied Territory' simply reflects the legal status of Gaza and the West Bank in International Law. The New York Times is siding with extremists like Ben Gvir &…

Wow - so pleased to see TRIPOD+AI published today in The BMJ

Brilliantly led by Gary Collins 🇪🇺

Provides a guideline for transparent reporting of studies developing or evaluating AI-based prediction models (eg, using machine learning or regression) in healthcare

'The value of general practice cannot be understated. If continuity of care was a drug it would be a blockbuster.'

Margaret McCartney explains why the state of general practice is 'bad and still deteriorating' The BMJ bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Sudan is facing a devastating humanitarian crisis—the world must do more to protect the population’s health

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