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 ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) such as semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) may ...

A culture of fear and blame, systemic problems with data collection, and lack of patient and family involvement are ...

In recent decades we’ve surely lost too many general and acute hospital beds in the UK, without creating sufficient alternative capacity outside hospital. This has resulted in entirely predictable ...

One of the most admired research agencies in the world, the US National Institutes of Health, now has a huge target on its ...

A national training framework is needed to reverse the decline in clinical academics and build a sustainable research ...

Much attention has rightly been placed on how to fill the World Health Organization’s funding gap if and when the US ...

John Geddes (L) with the crew of the mobile coronary care unit Personal collection of Sam Webb John Geddes was working as a ...