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Junior doctors second strike - from the picket line

This week, junior doctors in England have taken industrial action for the second time in as many months after failing to reach agreement with the government over their proposed new contract. Tom Moberley and Abi Rimmer, from BMJ Careers, went to the picket lines at Northwick Park Hospital, and University Hospital Lewisham to talk to the doctors,...




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Should doctors boycott working in Australia’s immigration detention centres?

However well intentioned, working in detention centres amounts to complicity in torture, says David Berger, a district medical officer in emergency medicine at Broome Hospital in Australia. However, Steven Miles, chair in bioethics at the University of Minnesota thinks that they play an important role in telling the world about conditions in...




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Julia Beluz And Victor Montori - Journalists And doctors; separated by a common evidence

The same piece of evidence may reach you via a journalist, or via your doctor - but the way in which that evidence is communicated is changed by your relationship between that person. Julia Beluz from Vox and Victor Montori from the Mayo Clinic join us to discuss if it's possible to reconcile those competing points of view.




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Should all American doctors be using electronic medical records?

Evidence shows using electronic health records can increase efficiency, and reduce preventable medical errors - but only if they are used properly. However, in the US, the president of the American Medical Association calls them almost unusable. In this debate, Richard Hurley is joined by George Gellert, Regional Medical Informatics Officer at...




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Should doctors prescribe acupuncture for pain?

Our latest debate asks, should doctors recommend acupuncture for pain? Asbjørn Hróbjartsson from the Center for Evidence-based Medicine at University of Southern Denmark argues no - evidence show's it's no worse than placebo. Mike Cummings, medical director of the British Medical Acupuncture Society argues yes - that there is evidence of efficacy,...




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Doctors and vets working together for antibiotic stewardship

Doctors and the farming industry are often blamed for overuse of antibiotics that spurs the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance - but the professions are using different methods to combat resistance and reduce overuse. In this roundtable, we bring medics and vets together to discuss the problem - where antibiotic resistance arises, how...




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How often do hospital doctors change long term medication during an inpatient stay?

More than ½ of patients leave hospital with changes to four or more of their long-term medications - but how appropriate are those changes? New research published on bmj.com looks at antihypertensive medication prescription changes to try and model that - and found that more than half of intensifications occurred in patients with previously well...




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Assisted dying: should doctors help patients to die?

The Royal College of Physicians will survey all its members in February on this most controversial question. It says that it will move from opposition to neutrality on assisted dying unless 60% vote otherwise. The BMJ explores several conflicting views. From Canada, palliative care doctor Sandy Buchman explains why he sees medical aid in dying...




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Talk Evidence - Shoulders, statins and doctors messes

Helen Macdonald and Carl Heneghan are back again talking about what's happened in the world of evidence this month. They start by talking about shoulders - what does the evidence say about treating subacromial pain, and why the potential for a subgroup effect shouldn't change our views about stop surgery (for now, more research needed). (16.00)...




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Introducing Sharp Scratch - our new podcast for students and junior doctors

Here's a taster for our new student podcast - Sharp Scratch. We're talking about the hidden curriculum, things you need to know to function as a doctor, but are rarely formally taught. This is a taster - if you enjoy, subscribe! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/student-bmj-podcast/id331561304 Sharp Scratch episode 1: Surviving the night...




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Doctors and extinction rebellion

Starting in the middle of April, the group “Extinction Rebellion” have organised a series of non-violent direct action protests. Most notably bringing central London to a standstill - but these events are now continuing around the country. Predictably, they have received a lot of criticism - they have also received a lot of support - amongst...




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Thoroughly and deliberately targeted; Doctors in Syria

As Syria enters its ninth year of conflict, doctors are struggling to provide health care to a badly damaged country. While dealing with medicine shortages, mass casualties and everything that comes with working in a warzone, healthcare facilities and their staff are also facing an unprecedented number of targeted and often repeated attacks....




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Creating support for doctors in the NHS

The NHS Practitioner Health Programme - once only for doctors in London, now it’s being rolled out across the NHS to provide the largest, publicly funded, comprehensive physician health service, in the world. However, while helping the individual is essential, systemic change needs to be made to support doctors in our healthcare system. Clare...




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Behind the campaign promises - Doctors in parliament

The UK general election is happening this week, and you’ve probably made your mind up which MP you’re voting for already - and maybe the NHS has influenced that decision. This year has seen an increase in the number of doctors running for parliament, and in this podcast we find out what motivates doctors to step away from clinical practice, and...




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NHS increases efforts to recruit doctors from overseas




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David Oliver: Is abuse towards doctors in government roles unfair?




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Self-protection: how NHS doctors are sourcing their own PPE




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Doctors as Taxi Drivers: The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States

A report release and presentation of first-ever U.S. estimates on the actual economic costs of skill underutilization for immigrants, their families, and the U.S. economy, in terms of forgone earnings and unrealized federal, state, and local taxes.




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The Color of Health Care: Diagnosing Bias in Doctors

Long before word recently broke that white referees in the National Basketball Association were calling fouls at a higher rate on black athletes than on white athletes, and long before studies found racial disparities in how black and white applicants get called for job interviews, researchers no...




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Honourable healers : pioneering women doctors : Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Constance Stone / Merrilyn Murnane.

Stone, E. Constance (Emma Constance), 1856-1902.




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Role of doctors for youth and smoking in international youth year / [distributed by Cleanair]

Calcutta, India : Cleanair, Campaign for Smoke-free Environment, [198-?]




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Alberta doctors push back against government's 'divide-and-conquer' strategy

"It is unfortunate that it has come to pass that we have to collectively and overtly publicly declare that we are unified," says Alberta Medical Association president Christine Molnar.



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13 cases of COVID-19 linked to curling bonspiel attended by doctors from across western Canada

The bonspiel took place in Edmonton March 11-14, starting the same day COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic.



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Doctors and therapists point to Jesus

On a recent outreach to several towns in the Amazon jungle, OM Peru worked with the Presbyterian Church of Moyabamba and its annexes.




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Fin24.com | Mills Soko: Much ado about Cuban doctors – so what's behind their recruitment?

The furore surrounding the arrival of over 200 Cuban medical doctors in South Africa to fight the coronavirus has highlighted a failure on the part of the SA government to explain the nature and drivers of our country’s relationship with Cuba, says Mills Soko.




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Eight Penn State Health doctors named to 'Top Physicians Under 40' list

Eight Penn State Health doctors have been named among the Pennsylvania Medical Society's "Top Physicians Under 40."




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2 Indian-Origin Doctors, Father And Daughter, Die Of Coronavirus In US

An Indian-American father and daughter, both doctors in New Jersey, have died due to the COVID-19, with Governor Phil Murphy describing their demise as "particularly tough" and hailed them for...




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COVID-19: Bill In US Congress Over Green Cards To Foreign Doctors, Nurses

Several American lawmakers have introduced a legislation in Congress to give unused green cards or permanent legal residency status to thousands of foreign nurses and doctors to meet the urgent needs...




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Free engine oil service for BMW customers who are doctors: MINI, BMW Motorrad included

Amid the Covid-19 / coronavirus lockdown, BMW Group India also announced that existing BMW or MINI Service Inclusive package or warranty extension holders will be getting free sanitisation of the car instead of the engine oil service.




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Coronavirus: UP’s first COVID-19 patient to undergo plasma therapy stable, say doctors

 The patient from Orai in Uttar Pradesh was admitted to the King George Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow on April 26.




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IIT Roorkee develops low-cost face shields for doctors, nurses treating Covid-19 patients

More than a thousand face shields have been dispatched for the doctors and healthcare staff of AIIMS Rishikesh.




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Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital sealed after 29 health workers, doctors test Coronavirus positive

The hospital’s admissions and out patient department services were sealed on March 28 after two nurses tested positive that day.




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COVID-19: Legislation introduced in Congress to give Green Card to 40,000 foreign nurses, doctors

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) said there has never been a more urgent need for the care that foreign-born physicians and foreign-trained nurses provide than during the current COVID-19 pandemic.




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[Coronavirus] Tech giants must stop Covid-19 'infodemic', say doctors

Doctors and nurses around the world are asking tech giants to correct the record on health misinformation and tweak their algorithms which decide what people get to see on social media platforms.




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British PM names son after 2 of his doctors

Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have named their newborn son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas, partly as a tribute to two of the intensive care doctors who they said had saved the British leader’s





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Turkish doctors become social media influencers

A recent trend on social media in Turkey is the increasing influence of a group of good-looking Turkish doctors. Click through for the photo story by Hürriyet reporter Kübra Genç...




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Angola: COVID-19 - Cuban Doctors Arrive in Eastern Lunda Norte

[ANGOP] Dundo -An overall 12 Cuban doctors arrived early Friday in eastern Lunda Norte province to support the fight against the covid-19 pandemic, which has already infected 36 citizens in Angola.




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Seniors with COVID-19 show unusual symptoms, doctors say


COVID-19 is typically signaled by three symptoms: fever, an insistent cough and shortness of breath.




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Hong Kong doctors first in Asia to perform heart transplant using new preservation technology

Hong Kong doctors have performed Asia’s first heart transplant using a new technology invented in the United States that keeps the organ warm, beating and supplied with blood during the transfer, in a medical breakthrough that will enable more life-saving operations across borders.Dr Timmy Au Wing-kuk – chief of Queen Mary Hospital’s cardiothoracic surgery department, which carried out the medical procedure – hailed the Organ Care System as a success story that could not only allow up to five…




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What doctors on the front lines in New York wish they’d known a month ago

Ironclad emergency medical practices — about when to use ventilators, for example — have dissolved almost overnight.




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Doctors misguiding, mistreating Coronavirus patients: PMA

LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical Association has expressed serious concern over the increasing number of coronavirus patients and rising death toll of Covid-19 patients in the country.“We are very...

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Turkish doctors turn detectives to track virus

In full protective gear, two doctors climb the stairs four at a time. Their first task of the day: to test a woman who has had contact with a coronavirus patient in Istanbul.




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Medscape/WebMD Poll: How Much Are Doctors Paid?

Title: Medscape/WebMD Poll: How Much Are Doctors Paid?
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2011 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2011 12:00:00 AM




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Doctors Feel Less Connected to Obese Patients, Study Suggests

Title: Doctors Feel Less Connected to Obese Patients, Study Suggests
Category: Health News
Created: 4/26/2013 2:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2013 12:00:00 AM




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Blind Cords Pose Danger to Toddlers, Doctors Warn

Title: Blind Cords Pose Danger to Toddlers, Doctors Warn
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2013 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2013 12:00:00 AM




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Doctors' Incomes Up, Orthopedic Surgeons Lead

Title: Doctors' Incomes Up, Orthopedic Surgeons Lead
Category: Health News
Created: 5/1/2013 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2013 12:00:00 AM




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Doctors Regrow Large Areas of Muscle Lost in Injured Soldiers

Title: Doctors Regrow Large Areas of Muscle Lost in Injured Soldiers
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2014 2:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2014 12:00:00 AM




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Doctors Say Head Lice Should Not Bar Kids From School

Title: Doctors Say Head Lice Should Not Bar Kids From School
Category: Health News
Created: 4/27/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2015 12:00:00 AM




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Pediatrics Group Advises Doctors on How to Spot Child Abuse

Title: Pediatrics Group Advises Doctors on How to Spot Child Abuse
Category: Health News
Created: 4/27/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2015 12:00:00 AM