Aylar: Ağustos 2023

Pred weightHow much should you worry about the effect of weight and blood pressure if prescribing long term low dose glucocorticoids? An analysis of individual data from five randomised controlled trials looked at 1112 people with rheumatoid arthritis who were

bmj;382/aug30_12/p1994/FAF1faPeter Brunt, professor of medicine in Aberdeen, worked with some outstanding pioneers before becoming one himself—as one of the first physician-gastroenterologists. In the world at large he was perhaps better known as physician to the Queen in Scotland, a man

This Editor’s Choice article (BMJ 2023;382:p1542, 6 July 2023, doi:10.1136/bmj.p1542) referred to England’s (rather than the UK’s) Conservative government. This has now been corrected.

On 22 August 2023, the General Medical Council (GMC) published the latest version of Good Medical Practice, its guidance for doctors.1 The guidance will come into effect on 30 January 2024, but it has already been widely debated by doctors

Perinatal depression, among the most common morbidities of pregnancy and the postnatal period, is a major public health challenge. The US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of zuranolone, the first oral drug indicated for the treatment of postpartum depression, on

The General Medical Council’s (GMC) updated guidance, Good Medical Practice, is a disappointing missed opportunity to embed sustainability as a core focus of medical practice.Following extensive consultation, which received more than 4,600 responses from across health professionals, patients and carers,

Launer describes the devastating effects of nuclear weapons and highlights the moral responsibility of medical professionals to prioritise the elimination of nuclear weapons as an urgent medical, humanitarian, and public health imperative.1 We doctors have a profound understanding of both

In the Review article “Common Hand Conditions,” published in the June 28, 2022, issue of JAMA, Figure 3 incorrectly showed the muscle insertions of the extensor pollicis brevis and the abductor pollicus longus in the lateral view of the hand.

Kang and colleagues have concisely summarised the definitions and diagnosis of chronic pain.1 There are several major problems underlying the decision to label chronic pain a diagnosis and to subsequently dichotomise this complex entity into “primary” and “secondary” subtypes. The

England’s former deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam, who became a recognisable face during the covid pandemic, has taken up a new role advising the covid vaccine maker Moderna.In a statement posted on LinkedIn,1 the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company announced

Mahase highlights the need for a better national food strategy for the UK.1 A recent report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition warns that the average diet of 1 to 5 year olds does not reach recommended standards for

The FDA has recently approved Krystal biotech’s beremagene geperpavec (B-VEC, Vyjuvek) to treat the wounds of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) patients. This represents a giant step, not only toward the treatment of this devastating disease, but also for the whole

Last month, ahead of the International AIDS Conference in Brisbane, Australia, a landmark study published in The Lancet by Laura N Broyles and colleagues reported that people living with HIV who maintain low—but still detectable—levels of the virus (less than

The current 10 cancer targets in the NHS in England are to be slimmed down to just three “standards” from later this year in a move designed to speed up diagnosis times and improve cancer care.Health experts and some politicians

“Feminist narratives have been increasingly co-opted or hijacked by commercial entities. Industry, consumer, and advocacy groups and media organisations now promote technology, drugs, or interventions to more women than are likely to benefit. Often these things are not backed by

In the Original Investigation titled “Effect of Ivermectin vs Placebo on Time to Sustained Recovery in Outpatients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” published in the October 25, 2022, issue of JAMA, a nonauthor collaborator’s surname was

On the second anniversary of Kabul’s fall to the Taliban, Afghanistan finds itself entangled in an increasingly profound crisis. The situation is extremely difficult for all Afghans, but particularly women and girls who are being deprived of essential rights, such

GPs in Scotland have issued an urgent plea for help, and most say that their practices are not sustainable in the long term.A survey carried out by BMA Scotland also found that a quarter of GPs were considering leaving their

Many healthcare systems are facing crises of excess demand, increased prevalence of chronic disease, spiralling costs, and workforce challenges which threaten their functioning.12 Recent evidence suggests that part of the increase in prevalence of “disease” is due to overdiagnosis, overtreatment,

The silly seasonWe are in the middle of what is called, or at least used to be called, the “silly season.” The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines it as “A period (typically in late summer and early autumn) when newspapers

The meteoric progress of generative artificial intelligence (AI)—such as Open AI’s ChatGPT, capable of holding realistic conversations, or others of creating realistic images and video from simple prompts—has renewed interest in the transformative potential of AI, including for health. It

There are more than 15 million people with a long term condition in England alone.1 Healthcare providers around the globe are facing the challenge of providing high quality services for these individuals and constantly evaluating whether these services are effective

The Sudan conflict is severely affecting paediatric healthcare, creating a humanitarian crisis. The ongoing war has led to the destruction of hospitals and facilities, and the departure of healthcare workers has created a shortage of medical personnel for children in

Listen to the JAMA Editor’s Audio Summary for an overview and discussion of the important articles appearing in this week’s issue of JAMA.

The number of hospital admissions for covid-19 is rising across England, latest figures show. Experts say waning immunity, together with a rise in indoor mixing and the appearance of a new omicron subvariant are likely to blame.In the week ending

The payment that general practices will receive for administering covid-19 vaccines during the upcoming autumn booster rollout will be reduced by a quarter, NHS England has decided.1Practices previously received £10.06 (€11.65; $12.80) for each vaccination administered to each patient.2 However,

In 2022, weeks after Russia re-invaded Ukraine, we warned of the risk to food supplies in Ukraine and beyond.1 Since then, the importance of food in this conflict has intensified, with clear lessons for the international community facing an ever

Development of radiopharmaceuticals for in vivo positron emission tomography imaging of alpha-synuclein aggregates has the potential to revolutionize Lewy body disease diagnosis and treatment. Reporting in this issue of Cell, Xiang et al. developed a high-affinity positron emission tomography tracer for alpha-synuclein.

August 9 marks the UN’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, a day to raise awareness and highlight the rights of the 476 million Indigenous people across 90 countries. The anniversary comes in what could be a landmark year

When existential crises come, they come not single spies but in battalions. Oppenheimer, the film of the moment, alongside Barbie, tells the story of the Manhattan Project and the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that hastened the end of

The results of our nationwide nested case-control study of menopausal hormone therapy and the risk of dementia1 align with those of the largest randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial on the topic, the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS), which

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), unexplained enlargement of the left ventricle and reduced ejection fraction, has an estimated prevalence of 1 in 400 to 1 in 250 individuals in the general population, is an important cause of clinical heart failure, and remains

Serious operational and systemic failures contributed to the death of an 18 year old prisoner’s full term baby who was born without medical help, a coroner has concluded.Richard Travers, senior coroner for Surrey, said baby Aisha Cleary “arrived in the