BMJ-British Medical Journal

Article	Citations
Brexit three years on: Health and the NHS are still suffering	2831
Sixty seconds on . . . EU covid certificates	1150
Methenamine is as effective as antibiotics at preventing urinary tract infections	928
GP who faked phone consultations in patients’ notes is suspended for nine months	454
Ask the consultant: old age psychiatry	422
Helen Salisbury: Trouble with the new normal	419
Sixty seconds on . . . Wembley	391
Doctors should ask patients about gambling, draft guidance recommends	355
Cryptic Christmas crossword	331
The BMJ Awards 2021: “Landmark” study on dexamethasone wins paper of the year	325
Doctor’s voluntary erasure to avoid fitness to practise hearing can’t be challenged legally, judge rules	308
E-cigarette maker Juul will pay $462m to settle deceptive marketing allegations in six US states	297
Peter Gould	290
Judge stops attempt to sue companies over harms of pregnancy test in the absence of evidence	290
Halt patient access to medical records if there are safety concerns, BMA tells GPs	265
Sixty seconds on . . . excellence awards	259
Poverty is behind deterioration in health in under 5s in the UK, find researchers	256
Subacute small bowel obstruction or chronic large bowel obstruction	252
Vaccination to prevent mpox	249
Covid-19: Silencing health workers, researchers, and journalists caused unnecessary deaths, says Amnesty	242
CQC is reviewing GP service provider’s use of less qualified staff after BBC investigation	235
The NHS at 75: the current crisis is not unintended	234
Children lack access to routine dental care	229
The BMJ Awards 2021: Critical care team of the year	227
John Arthur Lunn	226

Roundup from the BMA’s annual representative meeting 2023	225
Covid-19: Omicron drives weekly record high in global infections	223
Junior doctors’ pay dispute in England: Government and BMA agree to look at mediation	220
Covid-19: How Kerala kept itself above water in India’s devastating second wave	220
Helen Salisbury: Risk and responsibility when working with physician associates	219
BMA calls for investigation into debacle over covid and flu vaccinations	217
An international medical student’s perspective	217
Patient safety: Access to critical patient information must improve, says report	216
UK’s Rwanda bill is widely condemned for putting vulnerable people’s health at risk	211
Managing risk: GP Pipin Singh	211
Government’s “neglect” of GP workforce has made services unsafe, conference hears	211
February top picks: new beginnings	196
Dystonia	195
Labour’s child health action plan: a multifaceted positive health approach is needed	186
Mortality risk in transgender people is twice as high as in cisgender people, data show	181
Pension changes won’t stem doctor exodus, warns BMA	178
At the heart of communities: the consultant geriatrician	172
Julian André Bradley	171
Heliotrope rash	167
GP is liable only for costs of harm related to her advice in case of “wrongful birth,” say Supreme Court judges	167
Update to living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19	162
Gas in the kidney	159
The NHS crisis is not an equal crisis	151
How Botswana discovered the omicron variant	146
Judge rebukes expert witness in injured baby case for series of failings	143
Helen Salisbury: Where have our GPs gone?	143
Sixty seconds on . . . xylazine	142
Charles Wakeley	142
Charles Martin-Bates	141
Three ways genomics is already helping NHS patients—and three ways it will soon	139
David Oliver: Soundbites won’t solve a pandemic	137
Winter is coming—but will the gloomiest forecasts come to pass?	136
Author’s reply to Dawson	135
Formula milk companies are exploiting legal loopholes, say campaigners	134
Covid-19: Italy sees protests against mandatory health passports for workplaces	133
A baby with a scalp plaque	132
Surgeon who repeated false claims about covid and vaccines while suspended is struck off	132
Covid-19: Winter surge feared as China lurches away from zero covid	131
NHS makes urgent appeal for blood donations after cyberattack on London hospitals	130
Time to improve the clarity of clinical trial reports by including estimands	128
Why I . . . make podcasts	124
What is driving the pandemic related surge in disordered eating?	124
NHS workforce plan aims to train thousands more doctors and open up apprenticeship schemes	122
Halving gap in healthy life expectancy must be priority for next government, says NHS leader	121
Covid inquiry: Tears and tensions as Sturgeon takes the stand	120
Aduhelm: Approval of Alzheimer’s drug was highly unorthodox, finds report	120
Patient access to medical records: What is happening with the rollout in England?	120
Covid-19 vaccination and postmenopausal bleeding	119
American women’s health “is in a perilous place,” study finds	117
Junior doctors pay dispute: What’s happening across the UK?	116

UK healthcare provision: the new normal is not good enough	114
Stuart Graeme Parker	114
Ian Crerar Menzies	114
Nitin Shripad Pradhan	111
Gerald Keen: pioneering cardiothoracic surgeon	111
Don’t shift the burden on to me	109
An older woman with abdominal pain and ascites	107
Guidelines also need to consider what patients and families must—and can—contribute	104
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—16 February 2023	104
The inefficiency of NHS surgery: beds aren’t “stolen” by the medical team	100
The covid-19 pandemic three years on	99
Bilateral hearing loss and constricted visual fields	98
Healthcare for asylum seekers: recognise suffering and improve responses	96
Without junior doctors, there is no NHS	96
NewJAMAeditor says she will focus on communication, diversity, and health equity	96
RCGP disputes health secretary’s claim that A&E pressure is due to lack of GP appointments	96
The commercial determinants of health: The mini-budget is a consequence of foundational forces medicine must bear witness to	96
How the US can have guns but fewer gun problems	95
The impact of Brexit on health is only just beginning	95
Hazel Stibbe	93
Choices that fail health and wellbeing	91
Examining our failings	91
Communication around the social determinants of health: use the “devil’s music” for emotional appeal	90
Clinical research: What will be the effect of closing down “unviable” trials?	89
Asylum seekers’ health suffers from “unsafe” UK accommodation, report claims	89
Seven days in medicine: 23 February to 1 March	88
Covid-19: High Court overturns decision to ban GP from posting views on pandemic on social media	87
Guidance on cow’s milk allergy may be fuelling overdiagnosis in infants, study finds	86
Authors’ reply to Chiolero, Bannon, and Dickinson	85
Mandatory covid-19 vaccination for healthcare workers: all employers are bound by health and safety laws to reduce risk	85
Ukraine invasion: Hope of new life in the tragedy of war	84
Seven days in medicine: 26 Jan to 1 Feb 2022	84
Covid-19: Second judge says that “most complex covid patient in the world” should be allowed to die	83
World’s young demand eco-action	82
The workforce crisis: don’t leave overseas doctors in limbo	82
Hygromycin A . . . and other stories	80
Could it be covid? Update information to stop public confusion	79
Primary care led triage in emergency departments decreases waiting times, study finds	78
Awani Kumar Choudhary: orthopaedic surgeon and medical activist	78
Are we lioness enough to question the Brexit elephant?	78
Maternal health: “white” medical curriculum needs overhaul to tackle racial inequalities, campaigners say	78
John Alexander Glennie	78
Learning to live in a body at war with itself	77
Update to living systematic review on prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19	77
Seven days in medicine: 20-26 April 2022	77
Godfrey Fowler	77
Every pregnancy associated violent death should be considered preventable, say researchers	77
Narindar Nath Sood	76
Why I . . . embroider	75
Robert Kenneth Jackson	75
Covid-19: Case rises in the Americas driven by increases in North and Central America	74
New vision for NHS health data has potential to drive health improvement	74
Alexander Knapton	73
Covid-19: Hospital admissions continue to climb amid record infection rates	73
It’s time for all doctors to engage on assisted dying	73
Centralising human resources paperwork would improve rotational training	72
Covid-19: Pandemic waste threatens human and environmental health, says WHO	72
Partha Kar: Antiracism starts with an apology	71
Antiracism must confront failings have become the new norm	71
Housing and climate: UK homes need urgent adaptation to protect our health	70
Broader approaches are necessary for containing pandemics like covid-19	70
It makes no sense for Thérèse Coffey to continue to vote against measures to prevent climate change	69
Another drug strategy for the UK	69
Review that questioned serotonin theory of depression was flawed, say researchers	69
Helen Salisbury: The weight of emotions	69
Covid-19: Show us evidence for lifting restrictions, doctors tell Johnson	69
Gambling: call to end industry funded education materials that “stigmatise” people with addictions	69
Seven days in medicine: 14-20 June 2023	69
Prostate cancer screening and the golden rule of humanity	68
Preterm birth and airway disease . . . and other stories	68
Tackling rare conditions: the consultant dermatologist	68
GP clinic closures are linked to lower patient satisfaction at remaining practices, study finds	68
Former deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam joins Moderna as clinical adviser	68
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	67
Recurrent facial paralysis and weakness	67
One-off physiotherapy and at-home exercise are effective in treating shoulder pain	67
Covid-19: China’s CoronaVac vaccine offers 83.5% protection against symptomatic infection, interim analysis finds	66
“Placeholder jobs” are isolating doctors at the start of their careers	66
World Cup: Concussion protocol in Iran-England match was “utter disgrace,” says charity	66

Ahmad Fahim Ismail	65
Labour’s primary care reforms cannot happen without an appropriately funded NHS	65
A woman with recurrent erythema and vesicles on her legs	65
Health department will help boost UK economy by getting people back to work, says Streeting	64
Speech therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease	64
Girls’ education and the future of healthcare in Afghanistan	64
Coaching: a personal touch	63
Challenging NHS hierarchy can save patients’ lives—I’ve seen how it saved my son	63
Seven days in medicine: 17-23 May 2023	63
Abolition of the Medical Practices Committee has led to inequitable distribution of GPs	63
Men wage war, women and children pay the price	62
Doctors can’t fix the alcohol problem by themselves	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
HIV and covid-19 in South Africa	60
Covid-19: Hunger spreads and food prices soar amid pandemic, warns UN food agency	60
Record breaking floods hit Brazil	60
Jennifer Kernahan	59
David Leonard Asbury	59
Sudden onset generalised yellowish papules	59
Ken Stein	58
Invest in health workforce or risk collapse, WHO warns governments	58
Death toll rises after two earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria in 12 hours	57
John Launer: Rehumanising the NHS a day at a time	57
Global leaders call for negotiators to push through pandemic accord ahead of May deadline	57
Adopting new technology is crucial to surgeons’ training, says report	57
It is time to expand community alternatives to immigration detention	56
Seven days in medicine: 11-17 September 2024	55
Jonathan (“Joff”) Harvey Shaw	55
Raul Perez-Montejano	55
Fix workforce problems in environmental health or risk further outbreaks of foodborne disease	55
Gender conversion therapy: why is banning it so divisive?	54
Covid-19: Charities question inquiry’s “refusal” to fully examine mental health impact	54
Nature and climate crisis: adaptations need to “spread like wildfire”	53
How can we get malaria control back on track?	53
Covid-19: Bereaved families group collects BMJ award for holding ministers to account	53
The NHS workforce plan: building resilient teams and retention of senior clinicians must be prioritised	53
UN fires nine staff members over potential involvement in 7 October Hamas attack on Israel	53
When I use a word . . . Diphthongs and digraphs	52
Indian medical students are using social media to challenge hierarchies in medical education	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	51
Mike Pawson: obstetrician and gynaecologist who reflected on the psychological aspects of fertility and pregnancy	51
Association of holidays and the day of the week with suicide risk: multicountry, two stage, time series study	51
Why I . . . set up a death cafe	51
When I use a word . . . Aphrodisiacs—taxonomy and doctrines	51
John Matheson: GP and bridge champion, who put his success down to a combination of psychology and strategic thinking	50
Covid-19: politicisation, “corruption,” and suppression of science	50
Diagnostic accuracy of magnetically guided capsule endoscopy with a detachable string for detecting oesophagogastric varices in adults with cirrhosis: prospective multicentre study	50
Helen Salisbury: An illusion of control	50
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	49
What do we know about covid in immunocompromised people?	49
When I use a word . . . . Medical anniversaries in 2023	48
Comparative effectiveness of ChAdOx1 versus BNT162b2 covid-19 vaccines in health and social care workers in England: cohort study using OpenSAFELY	48
UN biodiversity summit on reversing nature loss “veers dangerously off track”	48
When I use a word . . . . Too much healthcare—too much of everything	48
Devalued: doctors’ real terms purchasing power has declined substantially over 15 years, independent economic analysis confirms	47
Tirzepatide: Obesity injection will get phased rollout to avoid overwhelming GPs	47
Surgical adverse events in the US	47
Retention of skilled anaesthetists should be a priority	47
Government aims to cut waiting lists and improve mental health support to get two million people into work	47
England’s new workforce plan is a propaganda masterclass in glossing over the gaps	47
Deadly nitazenes: a 2024 update	46
Diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension	46
Doctors need training to become good leaders	46
What is “man flu”?	46
Correction	46
Arterial thrombosis in users of contemporary hormonal contraception	45
Partha Kar: The new storm propagated by poor medical workforce planning is now upon us	45
Why doctors have a moral imperative to prescribe and support medical cannabis—an essay by David Nutt	45
Genetic determinism . . . and other stories	45
Medical abortion: Taking first tablet at home after 12 weeks of pregnancy is safe, study reports	45
A recurrent rash on the penis	45
Controlling avian influenza	45
The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings	44
Labour’s 10 year plan for the English NHS	44
Anthony John Webb	44
Trauma surgeon who had PTSD awarded £100 000 for unfair dismissal	44
Cardiovascular disease: Just one in 12 eligible people had health check last year, watchdog finds	44
NHS must fix training for UK doctors before encouraging applicants from abroad, says BMA chair	44
Health coaching to support patients with addiction	44
Climate change: defeating misinformation with trusted knowledge	43
The Ride for Ella	43
Navigating surgery with ADHD and autism	43
Successful co-production can help tackle inequalities in maternal health outcomes	43
GP leaders in Wales reject contract offer	43
EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Efficacy of psilocybin for treating symptoms of depression: systematic review and meta-analysis	43
Burden of non-communicable diseases due to population ageing in China: challenges to healthcare delivery and long term care services	42
Why GMC’s apology to LGBTQ+ doctors is everything and nothing	42
Leading mesh removal surgeon is suspended for dishonesty and consent irregularities	42
Covid-19: Molnupiravir does not cut hospital admissions or deaths in vaccinated people at high risk, trial finds	42
Sexual harassment: New legislation should be tightened to protect doctors, says union	42
US Senate passes landmark bill to tackle climate change and cut drug costs	41
Merck sues US government over negotiations on drug pricing	41