A survey by the Unite union1 has found that almost a fifth of female healthcare workers have experienced work related sexual assault. Unite counts 65 000 women in the healthcare sector among its ...

Thousands of victims of the UK’s infected blood scandal have been “harmed further” by the operation of the compensation scheme set up by the government, the senior judge who chaired the public inquiry ...

Spain has overturned a decades old ban that prevented people with HIV from donating their organs, opening the door for transplantations between HIV positive individuals. The new regulation, published ...

Risk of progression differs in high risk and low risk cases when surgery is omitted Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a non-obligate precursor lesion of invasive breast cancer. Since the ...

Editors and publishers have a duty to resist Public trust in scientific integrity is eroded by the politicisation of institutions under Donald Trump’s US presidency. The implications extend far beyond ...

Medical associations in the Indian state of Maharashtra have raised concerns over a state government order allowing homeopaths to practise allopathic medicine, including prescribing, after completing ...

Twenty years ago, one of the London bomb attacks of 7/7 was on a bus passing the headquarters of the BMA (doi:10.1136/bmj.r1416).1 Staff from the BMA and The BMJ helped with the emergency response. It ...

Naomi Sutton speaks to George Webster about why she would always choose a career in sexual health Naomi Sutton is a sexual health consultant who was featured on Channel 4’s The Sex Clinic and ...

A BMJ investigation finds more than 90 deals between brands of food or drink that is high in fat, salt, or sugar and sporting entities, amid concerns over such sponsorship’s impact on the UK’s obesity ...

Microsoft claims its tool can outperform doctors The technology giant Microsoft is claiming that it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can solve complex diagnostic challenges ...

Medicines shortages in England are no longer isolated incidents but a persistent, systemic threat to patients and healthcare delivery, MPs have warned. A report1 by the All-Party Parliamentary Group ...

Leading US medical associations have opened two separate lawsuits against the Trump administration in the hope of stopping the growing politicisation of key national health policy. In one lawsuit the ...