BMJ-British Medical Journal

Article	Citations
Brexit three years on: Health and the NHS are still suffering	3049
Methenamine is as effective as antibiotics at preventing urinary tract infections	990
GP who faked phone consultations in patients’ notes is suspended for nine months	478
Ask the consultant: old age psychiatry	465
Helen Salisbury: Trouble with the new normal	462
Doctors should ask patients about gambling, draft guidance recommends	431
Cryptic Christmas crossword	426
The BMJ Awards 2021: “Landmark” study on dexamethasone wins paper of the year	346
Doctor’s voluntary erasure to avoid fitness to practise hearing can’t be challenged legally, judge rules	342
E-cigarette maker Juul will pay $462m to settle deceptive marketing allegations in six US states	326
Judge stops attempt to sue companies over harms of pregnancy test in the absence of evidence	318
Halt patient access to medical records if there are safety concerns, BMA tells GPs	299
Sixty seconds on . . . excellence awards	291
Poverty is behind deterioration in health in under 5s in the UK, find researchers	280
Vaccination to prevent mpox	269
Covid-19: Silencing health workers, researchers, and journalists caused unnecessary deaths, says Amnesty	268
CQC is reviewing GP service provider’s use of less qualified staff after BBC investigation	264
The NHS at 75: the current crisis is not unintended	262
Children lack access to routine dental care	261
The BMJ Awards 2021: Critical care team of the year	253
Roundup from the BMA’s annual representative meeting 2023	250
Covid-19: Omicron drives weekly record high in global infections	249
Covid-19: How Kerala kept itself above water in India’s devastating second wave	245
Junior doctors’ pay dispute in England: Government and BMA agree to look at mediation	240
Helen Salisbury: Risk and responsibility when working with physician associates	232

An international medical student’s perspective	232
BMA calls for investigation into debacle over covid and flu vaccinations	232
Patient safety: Access to critical patient information must improve, says report	228
Government’s “neglect” of GP workforce has made services unsafe, conference hears	226
UK’s Rwanda bill is widely condemned for putting vulnerable people’s health at risk	224
February top picks: new beginnings	217
Dystonia	213
Labour’s child health action plan: a multifaceted positive health approach is needed	211
Mortality risk in transgender people is twice as high as in cisgender people, data show	208
Pension changes won’t stem doctor exodus, warns BMA	204
At the heart of communities: the consultant geriatrician	198
Julian André Bradley	196
Heliotrope rash	188
Update to living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19	185
Gas in the kidney	179
The NHS crisis is not an equal crisis	175
How Botswana discovered the omicron variant	174
Helen Salisbury: Where have our GPs gone?	167
Judge rebukes expert witness in injured baby case for series of failings	165
Charles Wakeley	163
Sixty seconds on . . . xylazine	162
Three ways genomics is already helping NHS patients—and three ways it will soon	161
Charles Martin-Bates	161
David Oliver: Soundbites won’t solve a pandemic	158
Author’s reply to Dawson	154
Winter is coming—but will the gloomiest forecasts come to pass?	154
Formula milk companies are exploiting legal loopholes, say campaigners	151
Covid-19: Italy sees protests against mandatory health passports for workplaces	148
A baby with a scalp plaque	146
Covid-19: Winter surge feared as China lurches away from zero covid	145
Surgeon who repeated false claims about covid and vaccines while suspended is struck off	145
NHS makes urgent appeal for blood donations after cyberattack on London hospitals	141
Time to improve the clarity of clinical trial reports by including estimands	134
What is driving the pandemic related surge in disordered eating?	132
Why I . . . make podcasts	131
NHS workforce plan aims to train thousands more doctors and open up apprenticeship schemes	130
Patient access to medical records: What is happening with the rollout in England?	128
Halving gap in healthy life expectancy must be priority for next government, says NHS leader	128
Covid-19 vaccination and postmenopausal bleeding	124
Covid inquiry: Tears and tensions as Sturgeon takes the stand	124
American women’s health “is in a perilous place,” study finds	122
Junior doctors pay dispute: What’s happening across the UK?	121
Stuart Graeme Parker	120
UK healthcare provision: the new normal is not good enough	112
Ian Crerar Menzies	110
Don’t shift the burden on to me	108
Gerald Keen: pioneering cardiothoracic surgeon	108
Nitin Shripad Pradhan	108
An older woman with abdominal pain and ascites	106
Guidelines also need to consider what patients and families must—and can—contribute	105

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—16 February 2023	103
The inefficiency of NHS surgery: beds aren’t “stolen” by the medical team	102
The covid-19 pandemic three years on	102
Bilateral hearing loss and constricted visual fields	101
Without junior doctors, there is no NHS	100
The commercial determinants of health: The mini-budget is a consequence of foundational forces medicine must bear witness to	100
NewJAMAeditor says she will focus on communication, diversity, and health equity	99
Healthcare for asylum seekers: recognise suffering and improve responses	99
RCGP disputes health secretary’s claim that A&E pressure is due to lack of GP appointments	98
The impact of Brexit on health is only just beginning	97
How the US can have guns but fewer gun problems	94
Hazel Stibbe	91
Examining our failings	90
Choices that fail health and wellbeing	89
Communication around the social determinants of health: use the “devil’s music” for emotional appeal	87
Asylum seekers’ health suffers from “unsafe” UK accommodation, report claims	85
Clinical research: What will be the effect of closing down “unviable” trials?	85
Seven days in medicine: 23 February to 1 March	85
Authors’ reply to Chiolero, Bannon, and Dickinson	83
Covid-19: High Court overturns decision to ban GP from posting views on pandemic on social media	83
Mandatory covid-19 vaccination for healthcare workers: all employers are bound by health and safety laws to reduce risk	83
Guidance on cow’s milk allergy may be fuelling overdiagnosis in infants, study finds	83
Seven days in medicine: 26 Jan to 1 Feb 2022	82
World’s young demand eco-action	82
Ukraine invasion: Hope of new life in the tragedy of war	82
Hygromycin A . . . and other stories	82
Covid-19: Second judge says that “most complex covid patient in the world” should be allowed to die	82
The workforce crisis: don’t leave overseas doctors in limbo	82
John Alexander Glennie	81
Could it be covid? Update information to stop public confusion	81
Primary care led triage in emergency departments decreases waiting times, study finds	80
Maternal health: “white” medical curriculum needs overhaul to tackle racial inequalities, campaigners say	80
Are we lioness enough to question the Brexit elephant?	80
Awani Kumar Choudhary: orthopaedic surgeon and medical activist	79
Learning to live in a body at war with itself	79
Every pregnancy associated violent death should be considered preventable, say researchers	79
Seven days in medicine: 20-26 April 2022	79
Narindar Nath Sood	78
Godfrey Fowler	78
Robert Kenneth Jackson	77
Why I . . . embroider	77
New vision for NHS health data has potential to drive health improvement	76
Covid-19: Case rises in the Americas driven by increases in North and Central America	76
Covid-19: Hospital admissions continue to climb amid record infection rates	76
Alexander Knapton	75
Covid-19: Pandemic waste threatens human and environmental health, says WHO	74
It’s time for all doctors to engage on assisted dying	74
Centralising human resources paperwork would improve rotational training	74
Partha Kar: Antiracism starts with an apology	73
Antiracism must confront failings have become the new norm	73
Broader approaches are necessary for containing pandemics like covid-19	72
It makes no sense for Thérèse Coffey to continue to vote against measures to prevent climate change	72
Housing and climate: UK homes need urgent adaptation to protect our health	72
Helen Salisbury: The weight of emotions	71
Another drug strategy for the UK	71
Gambling: call to end industry funded education materials that “stigmatise” people with addictions	71
Review that questioned serotonin theory of depression was flawed, say researchers	71
Tackling rare conditions: the consultant dermatologist	70
Former deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam joins Moderna as clinical adviser	70
Seven days in medicine: 14-20 June 2023	70
Covid-19: Show us evidence for lifting restrictions, doctors tell Johnson	70
GP clinic closures are linked to lower patient satisfaction at remaining practices, study finds	69
Prostate cancer screening and the golden rule of humanity	69
Preterm birth and airway disease . . . and other stories	68
Recurrent facial paralysis and weakness	67
No water by 2040: The crisis engulfing Iraq and its historic river flow	67
Doctors’ strikes show that it’s time to introduce true democracy throughout the NHS	66
One-off physiotherapy and at-home exercise are effective in treating shoulder pain	66
World Cup: Concussion protocol in Iran-England match was “utter disgrace,” says charity	66
Labour’s primary care reforms cannot happen without an appropriately funded NHS	65
“Placeholder jobs” are isolating doctors at the start of their careers	65
Ahmad Fahim Ismail	64
Speech therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease	64
Girls’ education and the future of healthcare in Afghanistan	64
Health department will help boost UK economy by getting people back to work, says Streeting	63
Challenging NHS hierarchy can save patients’ lives—I’ve seen how it saved my son	63
Abolition of the Medical Practices Committee has led to inequitable distribution of GPs	63
Coaching: a personal touch	62
Seven days in medicine: 17-23 May 2023	62
Doctors can’t fix the alcohol problem by themselves	61

Men wage war, women and children pay the price	61
Academics protest at UK research body’s “failure” to stand up for free speech	61
Covid-19: What went wrong after initial success in Laos?	61
Record breaking floods hit Brazil	60
Jennifer Kernahan	59
David Leonard Asbury	59
Sudden onset generalised yellowish papules	58
Ken Stein	58
Global leaders call for negotiators to push through pandemic accord ahead of May deadline	58
John Launer: Rehumanising the NHS a day at a time	57
Adopting new technology is crucial to surgeons’ training, says report	57
It is time to expand community alternatives to immigration detention	57
Death toll rises after two earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria in 12 hours	57
Raul Perez-Montejano	56
Seven days in medicine: 11-17 September 2024	56
Fix workforce problems in environmental health or risk further outbreaks of foodborne disease	56
Jonathan (“Joff”) Harvey Shaw	56
How can we get malaria control back on track?	54
Gender conversion therapy: why is banning it so divisive?	54
The NHS workforce plan: building resilient teams and retention of senior clinicians must be prioritised	54
Covid-19: Charities question inquiry’s “refusal” to fully examine mental health impact	54
Covid-19: Bereaved families group collects BMJ award for holding ministers to account	53
UN fires nine staff members over potential involvement in 7 October Hamas attack on Israel	53
Nature and climate crisis: adaptations need to “spread like wildfire”	52
Inconsistent definitions of labour progress and over-medicalisation cause unnecessary harm during birth	52
Solidarity kitchens: how pandemic food assistance developed to offer much more	52
Indian medical students are using social media to challenge hierarchies in medical education	52
When I use a word . . . Aphrodisiacs—taxonomy and doctrines	52
When I use a word . . . Diphthongs and digraphs	52
Association of holidays and the day of the week with suicide risk: multicountry, two stage, time series study	52
John Matheson: GP and bridge champion, who put his success down to a combination of psychology and strategic thinking	51
Mike Pawson: obstetrician and gynaecologist who reflected on the psychological aspects of fertility and pregnancy	51
Helen Salisbury: An illusion of control	51
Why I . . . set up a death cafe	51
Anne Bayley: surgical oncologist who recognised the spread of AIDS in Zambia among heterosexual patients	50
When I use a word . . . . Vaccination—rights and duties	50
Covid-19: politicisation, “corruption,” and suppression of science	50
When I use a word . . . . Too much healthcare—too much of everything	50
What do we know about covid in immunocompromised people?	50
Surgical adverse events in the US	49
Tirzepatide: Obesity injection will get phased rollout to avoid overwhelming GPs	49
UN biodiversity summit on reversing nature loss “veers dangerously off track”	49
Retention of skilled anaesthetists should be a priority	49
When I use a word . . . . Medical anniversaries in 2023	49
Diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension	48
Deadly nitazenes: a 2024 update	48
Correction	48
England’s new workforce plan is a propaganda masterclass in glossing over the gaps	48
Doctors need training to become good leaders	48
Arterial thrombosis in users of contemporary hormonal contraception	47
What is “man flu”?	47
Why doctors have a moral imperative to prescribe and support medical cannabis—an essay by David Nutt	47
Genetic determinism . . . and other stories	47
Partha Kar: The new storm propagated by poor medical workforce planning is now upon us	46
Anthony John Webb	46
NHS must fix training for UK doctors before encouraging applicants from abroad, says BMA chair	46
The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings	46
Health coaching to support patients with addiction	46
Medical abortion: Taking first tablet at home after 12 weeks of pregnancy is safe, study reports	46
Trauma surgeon who had PTSD awarded £100 000 for unfair dismissal	46
Cardiovascular disease: Just one in 12 eligible people had health check last year, watchdog finds	46
EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Efficacy of psilocybin for treating symptoms of depression: systematic review and meta-analysis	45
The Ride for Ella	45
Successful co-production can help tackle inequalities in maternal health outcomes	45
GP leaders in Wales reject contract offer	44
Climate change: defeating misinformation with trusted knowledge	44
Government aims to cut waiting lists and improve mental health support to get two million people into work	44
Navigating surgery with ADHD and autism	44
Fixing the health workforce crisis in Europe: retention must be the priority	44
Widening access to medical school	44
Leading mesh removal surgeon is suspended for dishonesty and consent irregularities	44
Merck sues US government over negotiations on drug pricing	43
Cost of living and workforce crises are creating two tier health and care system, CQC warns	43
Dennis Barter	43
Why GMC’s apology to LGBTQ+ doctors is everything and nothing	43
US Senate passes landmark bill to tackle climate change and cut drug costs	43
GMC referrals: Doctors express scepticism over letter of “reassurance”	43
As a solo parent and a doctor, I know firsthand the challenge of balancing childcare and career	43
Covid-19: Molnupiravir does not cut hospital admissions or deaths in vaccinated people at high risk, trial finds	43
GMC should prioritise doctors’ wellbeing and communication during disruptions to training, says report	43
William Ian Jones	43
Gynaecomastia	43
Sexual harassment: New legislation should be tightened to protect doctors, says union	43
Sixty seconds on . . . NHS productivity	42
Collective action may be the missing link in the UK’s pandemic performance	42
A book to help us choose hope	42
Russell Rees	42
Asia’s “twindemic”: dengue fever cases rocket as covid-19 rages on	42
James Burns	42
Real-world evidence is a vital tool for informing treatment strategies in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	42
We need affordable homes for healthy, happy lives	41
Recurrent rash and orogenital ulcers	41
UN agency calls for funding boost and political will to end AIDS by 2030	41
Recycling in the NHS—where does the buck stop?	41
French medical regulator rejects responsibility for paedophile surgeon continuing to practise after conviction	41