Advances in heart failure care have been dramatic over recent years, including new drugs, devices, and diagnostics.

In light of this changing evidence base, this article provides an up-to-date review of the most important aspects of heart failure care
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Depression is common during pregnancy and shortly after giving birth.

A new trial finds that a single low dose injection of esketamine given immediately after childbirth reduces major depressive episodes in individuals with prenatal depression
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'If health inequalities are increasing, inequalities in society are increasing, and dealing with these inequalities is urgently needed.'

Dr Lucinda Hiam, Bob Klaber, Dr Annabel, and Sir Michael Marmot call for action to tackle the UK's social determinants of health bmj.com/content/385/bm…

What is the evidence for a Botox spray for hay fever?

It is the subject of bold claims but lacks clinical evidence, reports Sangeetha Nadarajah
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Placing sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future offers opportunities to deliver better services, support healthier populations, and save costs, argue Rita Issa and colleagues #BMJNHSCommission
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“We need a reorientation of how we understand health, from seeing it as a bill to pay to understanding it as a critical investment that underpins economic activity,” writes Mariana Mazzucato

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The Cass review is an opportunity to place evidence informed care at the heart of gender medicine, writes Kamran Abbasi in this week's Editor's Choice
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NHS staff have little time for workshops or away days to learn about good teamwork and communication.

But some more “bite sized” solutions are available to help us change our behaviour, says Prof Scarlett McNally bmj.com/content/385/bm…

#ThaiHealth is funded by a 2% surcharge on tobacco and alcohol sales and offers health promotion campaigns, strategic support for regulation and legislation, and evidence generation to inform policy.

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A staggering 89% of #diabetes related hospital admissions in Barbados involve foot complications.

Barbados is in the grip of a diabetic foot amputation crisis, reports Dr Yemisi Bokinni
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'Patients do need better access to general practice, but this should be achieved by training and employing the doctors who want to join us.'

Proposed changes to the current #GP care model are neither desirable nor inevitable, says Dr Helen Salisbury
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With the climate crisis accelerating, it is vital that we move #sustainable healthcare out of its current silos and into broader medical discourse and standard practice, says Samantha Holmes
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#Exclusive : As her independent review into gender identity services for children and young people is published, Hilary Cass writes for The BMJ about how we can improve services
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“Two thousand years ago, Hippocrates, the father of medicine, stated that all disease begins in the gut. Modern medicine is only just beginning to catch up.'

Consultant gastroenterologist Rajaratnam Mathialagan talks about his specialty
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How can we future proof health in response to climate change and rapid urbanisation in Africa? Prof Tolullah Oni et al consider a different approach that capitalises on informality and #Ubuntu values
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We must confront our biases and reconsider the needs and experiences of women from ethnic minorities working in healthcare to prevent discrimination in the #NHS , writes Fizzah Ali
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#Exclusive : A new review, chaired by Hilary Cass, calls for far reaching changes to the way children and adolescents with gender dysphoria and gender incongruence are treated.

Cass talks to The BMJ in an exclusive interview

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#covid19 , climate change, cost-of-living, and conflict crises reflect political, structural, and policy choices that drive an overarching crisis of inequality. Kumanan Rasanathan et al say they should prompt a shift to #HealthierSocieties

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