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Sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson, whose book inspired our special issue this week, talks about how the limits of human tolerance for extreme weather spurred him to write.
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Or read ⬇️
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January 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson, whose book inspired our special issue this week, talks about how the limits of human tolerance for extreme weather spurred him to write.
Listen to the full interview on our podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xCt...
Or read ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Listen to the full interview on our podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xCt...
Or read ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Higher intake of food preservatives, widely used in industrially processed foods and beverages to extend shelf-life, is associated with a modestly increased risk of cancer, finds new BMJ study
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January 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Higher intake of food preservatives, widely used in industrially processed foods and beverages to extend shelf-life, is associated with a modestly increased risk of cancer, finds new BMJ study
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#BMJExclusive A £40.5m programme to train doctors from overseas at a Midlands NHS trust has been discontinued after an independent review raised a host of red flags.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
#BMJExclusive A £40.5m programme to train doctors from overseas at a Midlands NHS trust has been discontinued after an independent review raised a host of red flags.
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Stopping weight loss drugs is followed by weight regain and reversal of beneficial effects on heart and metabolic health markers like high blood pressure, finds new BMJ Research.
Regain was faster than after behavioural weight management programmes
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Regain was faster than after behavioural weight management programmes
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January 8, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Stopping weight loss drugs is followed by weight regain and reversal of beneficial effects on heart and metabolic health markers like high blood pressure, finds new BMJ Research.
Regain was faster than after behavioural weight management programmes
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Regain was faster than after behavioural weight management programmes
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Buttressed by scientific developments, law is catching up with corporate and state climate inaction — a new era of accountability may follow, @rupertstuartsmith.bsky.social @thomwetzer.bsky.social
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January 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Buttressed by scientific developments, law is catching up with corporate and state climate inaction — a new era of accountability may follow, @rupertstuartsmith.bsky.social @thomwetzer.bsky.social
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Kim Stanley Robinson’s "The Ministry for the Future" is a book about decisions that determine not just who lives and dies now, but who will live and die in the future.
Lakshmi Krishnan sets the scene for our first issue of 2026
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Lakshmi Krishnan sets the scene for our first issue of 2026
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January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Kim Stanley Robinson’s "The Ministry for the Future" is a book about decisions that determine not just who lives and dies now, but who will live and die in the future.
Lakshmi Krishnan sets the scene for our first issue of 2026
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Lakshmi Krishnan sets the scene for our first issue of 2026
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
#Ukraine’s health system has shown remarkable resilience amid the damage caused by Russia’s invasion.
Recovery offers a rare opportunity not only to rebuild but to redesign the system around efficiency, equity, and people centred care, argues NEW Analysis
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Recovery offers a rare opportunity not only to rebuild but to redesign the system around efficiency, equity, and people centred care, argues NEW Analysis
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January 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
#Ukraine’s health system has shown remarkable resilience amid the damage caused by Russia’s invasion.
Recovery offers a rare opportunity not only to rebuild but to redesign the system around efficiency, equity, and people centred care, argues NEW Analysis
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Recovery offers a rare opportunity not only to rebuild but to redesign the system around efficiency, equity, and people centred care, argues NEW Analysis
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Physicians in the Trump administration are aligning themselves with anti-public health interests and policies.
High profile physicians should be resisting Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jonshaffer.bsky.social
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High profile physicians should be resisting Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jonshaffer.bsky.social
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January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Physicians in the Trump administration are aligning themselves with anti-public health interests and policies.
High profile physicians should be resisting Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jonshaffer.bsky.social
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High profile physicians should be resisting Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jonshaffer.bsky.social
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Despite repeated doom-mongering, flu case numbers reached a plateau and have been falling steadily since mid-December.
Just how bad is the current flu season is and are warnings it could be the worst in decades sensationalist?
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Just how bad is the current flu season is and are warnings it could be the worst in decades sensationalist?
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January 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Despite repeated doom-mongering, flu case numbers reached a plateau and have been falling steadily since mid-December.
Just how bad is the current flu season is and are warnings it could be the worst in decades sensationalist?
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Just how bad is the current flu season is and are warnings it could be the worst in decades sensationalist?
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"The more I support people with obesity and learn about the impact of stigma and the drivers of ill health, the less I talk about weight at all in short primary care consultations."
@ellenfallows.bsky.social on reframing consultations away from numbers on scales
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@ellenfallows.bsky.social on reframing consultations away from numbers on scales
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January 6, 2026 at 10:41 AM
"The more I support people with obesity and learn about the impact of stigma and the drivers of ill health, the less I talk about weight at all in short primary care consultations."
@ellenfallows.bsky.social on reframing consultations away from numbers on scales
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
@ellenfallows.bsky.social on reframing consultations away from numbers on scales
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Poland's new health education programme the has been derailed after major backlash from the Catholic Church and right wing groups.
How did Poland’s government lost the battle over health literacy?
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How did Poland’s government lost the battle over health literacy?
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January 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Poland's new health education programme the has been derailed after major backlash from the Catholic Church and right wing groups.
How did Poland’s government lost the battle over health literacy?
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
How did Poland’s government lost the battle over health literacy?
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Comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social responds to the feature "Reclaiming human care from surveillance capitalism" from our #BMJChristmas Issue.
Read the feature by @vmontori.bsky.social here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read the feature by @vmontori.bsky.social here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social responds to the feature "Reclaiming human care from surveillance capitalism" from our #BMJChristmas Issue.
Read the feature by @vmontori.bsky.social here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read the feature by @vmontori.bsky.social here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to respond to the opinion "Working with organised crime to improve health: a modest proposal" from our #BMJChristmas Issue 2025.
Read the opinion here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read the opinion here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to respond to the opinion "Working with organised crime to improve health: a modest proposal" from our #BMJChristmas Issue 2025.
Read the opinion here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read the opinion here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Everyone has a favourite edition of the British National Formulary.
How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
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How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
#BMJChristmas
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December 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Everyone has a favourite edition of the British National Formulary.
How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
How has the the go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond changed (and grown) over time?
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Wes Streeting has proposed repurposing 1000 locally employed doctor (LED) posts into training numbers for resident doctors.
Converting these roles would almost certainly involve terminating existing LED contracts, writes @parthaskar.bsky.social
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Converting these roles would almost certainly involve terminating existing LED contracts, writes @parthaskar.bsky.social
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December 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wes Streeting has proposed repurposing 1000 locally employed doctor (LED) posts into training numbers for resident doctors.
Converting these roles would almost certainly involve terminating existing LED contracts, writes @parthaskar.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Converting these roles would almost certainly involve terminating existing LED contracts, writes @parthaskar.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"I'll do the 72 hour weeks. I will do the grind. But I can't, because there's no job for me to do that."
@bma.org.uk Residents Committee chair, Jack Fletcher joins The BMJ to explain why doctors are striking this December
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@bma.org.uk Residents Committee chair, Jack Fletcher joins The BMJ to explain why doctors are striking this December
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December 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"I'll do the 72 hour weeks. I will do the grind. But I can't, because there's no job for me to do that."
@bma.org.uk Residents Committee chair, Jack Fletcher joins The BMJ to explain why doctors are striking this December
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@bma.org.uk Residents Committee chair, Jack Fletcher joins The BMJ to explain why doctors are striking this December
Read the full story ⬇️
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"Whenever a clinician needs information, we would expect the first port of call to be the BNF."
Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ.
Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice
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Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ.
Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice
#BMJChristmas
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December 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Whenever a clinician needs information, we would expect the first port of call to be the BNF."
Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ.
Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Kate Towers from @rpharms.com speaks to The BMJ.
Read more about the BNF and its changing role (and size!) over decades of clinical practice
#BMJChristmas
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Healthcare real estate has emerged as a lucrative target for financial firms.
This @bmj.com research evaluates changes in hospital financial performance and quality of care after real estate investment trust acquisition
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This @bmj.com research evaluates changes in hospital financial performance and quality of care after real estate investment trust acquisition
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December 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Healthcare real estate has emerged as a lucrative target for financial firms.
This @bmj.com research evaluates changes in hospital financial performance and quality of care after real estate investment trust acquisition
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This @bmj.com research evaluates changes in hospital financial performance and quality of care after real estate investment trust acquisition
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The week after the autumn clock change is associated with a reduction in demand for NHS services for sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, anxiety, depression, and psychiatric conditions in England, finds this study
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December 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The week after the autumn clock change is associated with a reduction in demand for NHS services for sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, anxiety, depression, and psychiatric conditions in England, finds this study
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Every day until Christmas, we're sharing a newly coined word from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social medical lexicon.
Some are thoughtful. Some are quietly humorous.
Today's word is Rosterosis
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Some are thoughtful. Some are quietly humorous.
Today's word is Rosterosis
#BMJChristmas
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December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Every day until Christmas, we're sharing a newly coined word from @drmattmorgan.bsky.social medical lexicon.
Some are thoughtful. Some are quietly humorous.
Today's word is Rosterosis
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Some are thoughtful. Some are quietly humorous.
Today's word is Rosterosis
#BMJChristmas
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Doug Altman was an internationally renowned statistician who served as The BMJ’s chief statistical adviser.
Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire"
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Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire"
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December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Doug Altman was an internationally renowned statistician who served as The BMJ’s chief statistical adviser.
Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire"
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire"
#BMJChristmas
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"As we invent the future of healthcare, we must assert that patients are not data clouds, care is not computation, and that to care is human."
A call to abolish the business logic of surveillance capitalism taking over healthcare
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A call to abolish the business logic of surveillance capitalism taking over healthcare
#BMJChristmas
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December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"As we invent the future of healthcare, we must assert that patients are not data clouds, care is not computation, and that to care is human."
A call to abolish the business logic of surveillance capitalism taking over healthcare
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
A call to abolish the business logic of surveillance capitalism taking over healthcare
#BMJChristmas
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"This is not a dictionary of pathology. It is a shared language."
Today's word in @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon is Radiloom: The suspended moment between ignorance and revelation while an x ray loads
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Today's word in @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon is Radiloom: The suspended moment between ignorance and revelation while an x ray loads
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December 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"This is not a dictionary of pathology. It is a shared language."
Today's word in @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon is Radiloom: The suspended moment between ignorance and revelation while an x ray loads
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Today's word in @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's medical lexicon is Radiloom: The suspended moment between ignorance and revelation while an x ray loads
#BMJChristmas
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"My day never really ends" — a day in the life of an emergency doctor in a Nigerian cholera treatment centre.
Donate to the #BMJAppeal to support MSF's work around the world.
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Donate to the #BMJAppeal to support MSF's work around the world.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"My day never really ends" — a day in the life of an emergency doctor in a Nigerian cholera treatment centre.
Donate to the #BMJAppeal to support MSF's work around the world.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Donate to the #BMJAppeal to support MSF's work around the world.
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What are the words that capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We looked through @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words and selected our favourites
Today's word is PlotTwistitis
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We looked through @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words and selected our favourites
Today's word is PlotTwistitis
#BMJChristmas
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December 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What are the words that capture what medicine feels like when no ICD code will do?
We looked through @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words and selected our favourites
Today's word is PlotTwistitis
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We looked through @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's dictionary of medical words and selected our favourites
Today's word is PlotTwistitis
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...