BMJ-British Medical Journal

Article	Citations
It makes no sense for Thérèse Coffey to continue to vote against measures to prevent climate change	2773
Prostate cancer screening and the golden rule of humanity	879
GP clinic closures are linked to lower patient satisfaction at remaining practices, study finds	687
Tackling rare conditions: the consultant dermatologist	617
Review that questioned serotonin theory of depression was flawed, say researchers	570
Seven days in medicine: 14-20 June 2023	556
Helen Salisbury: The weight of emotions	543
Antiracism must confront failings have become the new norm	517
Gerald Keen: pioneering cardiothoracic surgeon	499
Don’t shift the burden on to me	486
Guidelines also need to consider what patients and families must—and can—contribute	474
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—16 February 2023	462
The inefficiency of NHS surgery: beds aren’t “stolen” by the medical team	441
The covid-19 pandemic three years on	430
The commercial determinants of health: The mini-budget is a consequence of foundational forces medicine must bear witness to	383
NewJAMAeditor says she will focus on communication, diversity, and health equity	364
Are we lioness enough to question the Brexit elephant?	290
Every pregnancy associated violent death should be considered preventable, say researchers	283
Godfrey Fowler	272
Without junior doctors, there is no NHS	270
Nitin Shripad Pradhan	269
Labour’s primary care reforms cannot happen without an appropriately funded NHS	253
Ahmad Fahim Ismail	248
Doctors can’t fix the alcohol problem by themselves	242
Seven days in medicine: 17-23 May 2023	232

Junior doctors pay dispute: What’s happening across the UK?	229
Coaching: a personal touch	229
Covid inquiry: Tears and tensions as Sturgeon takes the stand	220
Covid-19 vaccination and postmenopausal bleeding	217
American women’s health “is in a perilous place,” study finds	213
Preterm birth and airway disease . . . and other stories	211
Record breaking floods hit Brazil	209
Ken Stein	203
Global leaders call for negotiators to push through pandemic accord ahead of May deadline	203
Death toll rises after two earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria in 12 hours	192
Health department will help boost UK economy by getting people back to work, says Streeting	191
Centralising human resources paperwork would improve rotational training	187
Gambling: call to end industry funded education materials that “stigmatise” people with addictions	186
Halving gap in healthy life expectancy must be priority for next government, says NHS leader	178
Why I . . . make podcasts	175
Ian Crerar Menzies	174
UK healthcare provision: the new normal is not good enough	167
NHS makes urgent appeal for blood donations after cyberattack on London hospitals	164
Stuart Graeme Parker	161
Methenamine is as effective as antibiotics at preventing urinary tract infections	156
Brexit three years on: Health and the NHS are still suffering	150
GP who faked phone consultations in patients’ notes is suspended for nine months	150
Judge stops attempt to sue companies over harms of pregnancy test in the absence of evidence	146
Sixty seconds on . . . excellence awards	145
Halt patient access to medical records if there are safety concerns, BMA tells GPs	142
Cryptic Christmas crossword	142
Doctors should ask patients about gambling, draft guidance recommends	142
The NHS at 75: the current crisis is not unintended	140
Children lack access to routine dental care	139
Patient safety: Access to critical patient information must improve, says report	137
Government’s “neglect” of GP workforce has made services unsafe, conference hears	137
BMA calls for investigation into debacle over covid and flu vaccinations	135
Helen Salisbury: Risk and responsibility when working with physician associates	133
Junior doctors’ pay dispute in England: Government and BMA agree to look at mediation	130
Roundup from the BMA’s annual representative meeting 2023	130
Sixty seconds on . . . xylazine	127
Three ways genomics is already helping NHS patients—and three ways it will soon	127
Ask the consultant: old age psychiatry	127
Charles Martin-Bates	127
Judge rebukes expert witness in injured baby case for series of failings	124
Pension changes won’t stem doctor exodus, warns BMA	124
At the heart of communities: the consultant geriatrician	123
UK’s Rwanda bill is widely condemned for putting vulnerable people’s health at risk	122
February top picks: new beginnings	122
How Botswana discovered the omicron variant	121
Formula milk companies are exploiting legal loopholes, say campaigners	114
Labour’s child health action plan: a multifaceted positive health approach is needed	112
Author’s reply to Dawson	112
Former deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam joins Moderna as clinical adviser	111
Anthony John Webb	111

NHS must fix training for UK doctors before encouraging applicants from abroad, says BMA chair	110
How can a portfolio career boost my wellbeing?	109
Doctors back GPs who refuse to follow “ludicrous and unsafe” hospital prescribing practices	109
Navigating surgery with ADHD and autism	109
Sexual harassment: New legislation should be tightened to protect doctors, says union	108
Why GMC’s apology to LGBTQ+ doctors is everything and nothing	107
Leading mesh removal surgeon is suspended for dishonesty and consent irregularities	107
Merck sues US government over negotiations on drug pricing	107
US Senate passes landmark bill to tackle climate change and cut drug costs	106
Seven days in medicine: 19-25 June 2024	105
James Burns	104
Social determinants of health: a positive manifesto for public health	104
US abortions reached record high in 2023 despite legal restrictions, though access varies	104
Covid-19: Some US states and hospitals recommend masks again	103
Should the NHS pay AI’s PubMed bill?	103
Biden establishes top level office to reduce gun violence “to send a clear message to the country”	102
GMC should prioritise doctors’ wellbeing and communication during disruptions to training, says report	102
William Ian Jones	101
GMC referrals: Doctors express scepticism over letter of “reassurance”	101
Dennis Barter	94
Russell Rees	93
As a solo parent and a doctor, I know firsthand the challenge of balancing childcare and career	93
Collective action may be the missing link in the UK’s pandemic performance	93
A book to help us choose hope	93
French medical regulator rejects responsibility for paedophile surgeon continuing to practise after conviction	93
We need affordable homes for healthy, happy lives	91
Little change in ethnic diversity in top roles at NHS trusts in England	91
Jonathan (“Joff”) Harvey Shaw	89
Fix workforce problems in environmental health or risk further outbreaks of foodborne disease	89
Raul Perez-Montejano	88
UN fires nine staff members over potential involvement in 7 October Hamas attack on Israel	86
Nature and climate crisis: adaptations need to “spread like wildfire”	84
Seven days in medicine: 11-17 September 2024	84
Tirzepatide: Obesity injection will get phased rollout to avoid overwhelming GPs	82
Trauma surgeon who had PTSD awarded £100 000 for unfair dismissal	82
Indian medical students are using social media to challenge hierarchies in medical education	82
UN biodiversity summit on reversing nature loss “veers dangerously off track”	81
Surgical adverse events in the US	81
When I use a word . . . . Medical anniversaries in 2023	80
Retention of skilled anaesthetists should be a priority	80
Doctors’ strikes show that it’s time to introduce true democracy throughout the NHS	79
“Placeholder jobs” are isolating doctors at the start of their careers	79
Doctors need training to become good leaders	79
World Cup: Concussion protocol in Iran-England match was “utter disgrace,” says charity	79
Health coaching to support patients with addiction	78
GP leaders in Wales reject contract offer	77
The Ride for Ella	77
Medical abortion: Taking first tablet at home after 12 weeks of pregnancy is safe, study reports	77
When I use a word . . . Diphthongs and digraphs	76
Genetic determinism . . . and other stories	76
When I use a word . . . Aphrodisiacs—taxonomy and doctrines	75
Mike Pawson: obstetrician and gynaecologist who reflected on the psychological aspects of fertility and pregnancy	74
Why I . . . set up a death cafe	74
John Matheson: GP and bridge champion, who put his success down to a combination of psychology and strategic thinking	74
David Leonard Asbury	73
Covid-19: Bereaved families group collects BMJ award for holding ministers to account	73
Helen Salisbury: An illusion of control	73
Jennifer Kernahan	73
Covid-19: Charities question inquiry’s “refusal” to fully examine mental health impact	72
Stealth marketing of food in schools and The BMJ’s 185 year itch	72
Government aims to cut waiting lists and improve mental health support to get two million people into work	72
John Launer: Rehumanising the NHS a day at a time	72
Climate change: defeating misinformation with trusted knowledge	72
Covid inquiry report: We planned for failure	71
Why feed more doctors into the specialty training bottleneck?	71
Former CDC directors and senator call for RFK Jr to resign	71
The deadly reality of abortion bans is unfolding in the US—like it once did in Ethiopia	70
Assisted dying: Doctors discuss implementation ahead of critical Lords debate	70
Measles: increasing vaccine uptake is vital in preventing outbreaks	69
“Massive relief” as Northern Ireland’s health sector embraces Windsor framework	68
Let’s not lose the human touch in healthcare to AI	68
Prevention: the law of inverse relevance	68
Action demanded on alcohol as deaths hit record levels	68
Widening access to medical school	68
Housing and climate: UK homes need urgent adaptation to protect our health	67
Solidarity kitchens: how pandemic food assistance developed to offer much more	67
Vaccination to prevent mpox	66
E-cigarette maker Juul will pay $462m to settle deceptive marketing allegations in six US states	66
Floating hospital transforming lives in Bangladesh	66
Vulvodynia (chronic vulval pain)	65

Partha Kar: The new storm propagated by poor medical workforce planning is now upon us	65
How can we get malaria control back on track?	64
Pay for performance might embed inequalities	64
Third of doctors plan to leave UK and just a quarter are happy with career progress, GMC report finds	63
Futureproofing medicine: why geriatric medicine student societies are a must	62
Heliotrope rash	62
Cardiovascular disease: Just one in 12 eligible people had health check last year, watchdog finds	62
Recurrent facial paralysis and weakness	61
Sudden onset generalised yellowish papules	61
Bilateral hearing loss and constricted visual fields	61
An older woman with abdominal pain and ascites	60
Gas in the kidney	59
A baby with a scalp plaque	59
UN agency calls for funding boost and political will to end AIDS by 2030	58
Recurrent rash and orogenital ulcers	58
Supporting health can help to boost employment	58
Acting on uncertainty: what to do when we have incomplete evidence	57
How similar is covid-19 to the flu?	57
Patient access to medical records: What is happening with the rollout in England?	57
Asia’s “twindemic”: dengue fever cases rocket as covid-19 rages on	57
Update to living systematic review on prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19	57
Girls’ education and the future of healthcare in Afghanistan	56
Surgeon who repeated false claims about covid and vaccines while suspended is struck off	56
Cancer from CT scans … and other research	56
NHS leaders call for redundancy fund to cover “staggering” government cuts	56
Martha’s rule is rolled out to all hospitals in England	55
Covid-19: Winter surge feared as China lurches away from zero covid	55
Obesity: Integrated care boards close lists for weight management services as demand skyrockets	55
WHO keeps covid-19 a public health emergency of international concern	55
Topiramate: Screen patients for pregnancy risk, says drug agency	55
When I use a word . . . Commercial clinical trials	54
Marjory Florence Foyle	54
Medical news in brief: PA training courses, resident doctors’ strike ballot, new endometriosis treatment, and other stories	54
Speech therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease	54
Measles: Second child dies in Texas as RFK Jr finally recommends vaccination	54
Helen Salisbury: Physician associates in general practice	54
Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz nears confirmation as head of US healthcare services	53
Stalled life expectancy: social inequalities can kill	53
The NHS’s forgotten workforce—a historical essay by Jennifer Crane	53
Supported exercise can help more people survive colon cancer, study finds	53
Surgery on Friday . . . and other stories	53
Neuroscience or stealth marketing? Experts alarmed at free Barbies for primary schools to teach social skills	52
The human right to a healthy environment—time for the public health community to take urgent action	52
Gaza: Two children arrive in UK for urgent medical treatment	52
Gaza: US doctor at bombed hospital says “the world doesn’t seem to care”	52
Stop smoking intervention in emergency departments helps people quit	51
Vicky Evans: forensic physician who set the standard of care for treatment of victims of sexual assault	51
Sacrificing prevention to save primary care	51
Why we should forgive debt for poorer countries—and medical students	51
Gaza: UK paediatricians criticise college over failure to condemn Israel’s attacks on children	50
“I was suicidal”—the consultant psychiatrist opening up the conversation on postnatal depression	50
PAs: GPs ask for clearer guidance on how to implement Leng review recommendations	50
Covid-19: JCVI recommends autumn vaccine booster for the most vulnerable	49
RFK Jr orders new vaccine testing and $500m universal vaccine programme, as measles cases rise	49
Diagnosis of venous thromboembolic diseases in people with covid-19: summary of updated NICE guidance	49
Predatory journals: we must also strengthen readers’ critical thinking skills	49
UK must maximise benefits to society from “rich” health data, says independent review	48
Invest in health workforce or risk collapse, WHO warns governments	48
Women were physically harmed after gynaecologist took “shortcuts,” report finds	48
Widening participation criteria must be harmonised across UK medical schools	48
BMA takes GMC to court over description of physician associates	48
John McKenzie Kennedy	48
Military victims of antimalarial drug win nine year legal battle	48
Covid-19: Molnupiravir does not cut hospital admissions or deaths in vaccinated people at high risk, trial finds	47
The NHS crisis is not an equal crisis	47
Falling life expectancy among US men	46
Terence English: extravagant and uncompromising surgeon who performed the UK’s first successful heart transplant	46
Saturated fat: Reducing intake has benefits, but only in those at high risk, study reports	46
Paula Salmons: psychiatrist who established eating disorder service in Birmingham and warned against social pressure on women and girls to be thin	45
Puberty blockers: Former Tavistock clinicians say they wouldn’t refer patients to NHS trial	45
Anne Bayley: surgical oncologist who recognised the spread of AIDS in Zambia among heterosexual patients	45
When I use a word . . . Lists of biases and a catalogue	44
What is “man flu”?	44
Covid-19: politicisation, “corruption,” and suppression of science	44
EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Participation in early mammography screening	44
Diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension	44
EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Efficacy of psilocybin for treating symptoms of depression: systematic review and meta-analysis	44
Apply for the 2026 BMJ Clegg Scholarship	44
Trends in the shortfall of English NHS general practice doctors: repeat cross sectional study	44
England’s new workforce plan is a propaganda masterclass in glossing over the gaps	44
Abortion in US: Women in ban states are twice as likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth, report warns	43
Meaningful engagement with LGBTQI+ lived expertise can reduce inequity in mental healthcare: Video 1	43
What do we know about covid in immunocompromised people?	43
Pneumonia: “Alarming” rise in emergency admissions in England, data show	43
NICE approves robotic surgery tools for hip and knee operations and soft tissue procedures	43
The Marmot NHS Trust approach could help NHS organisations tackle health inequalities	43
Rising deaths from methanol poisoning leads UK to add eight countries to warning list	43
The US must never support research and policies that inflict harm on Black communities	43
Challenging NHS hierarchy can save patients’ lives—I’ve seen how it saved my son	43
NHS England: Government abolishes quango that “delivered less care at huge cost”	42
No water by 2040: The crisis engulfing Iraq and its historic river flow	42
Doctors raise safety concerns over Palantir linked AI tool in hospitals	42
Arterial thrombosis in users of contemporary hormonal contraception	42
Aduhelm: Approval of Alzheimer’s drug was highly unorthodox, finds report	42
Attacks on healthcare in war are being steadily normalized—we need to end impunity	42