Objective To study the effects of recent political events on mood among young physicians. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting United States medical centres. Participants 2345 medical interns provided longitudinal mood data as part of the Intern Health Study between 2016 and 2018. Main outcome measures Mean mood score during the week following influential political and non-political…
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw the US out of the WHO. This would cut funding for the UN’s medical…
The rise of anti-DEI legislation and rhetoric threatens representation in the medical workforce and patient outcomes, says Naeema Hopkins-Kotb I still remember receiving my first…
When I started in general practice we’d already made the switch to an electronic patient record. We still pulled the paper notes before each surgery—even…
Expansion of preventive clinical recommendations in primary care has had the unintended consequence of destabilising this foundation of the healthcare system, argue Minna Johansson and…
Objective To estimate the relative efficacy of individual and combinations of prehabilitation components (exercise, nutrition, cognitive, and psychosocial) on critical outcomes of postoperative complications, length…
### What you need to know A 45 year old man presents to his general practitioner with a three month history of hoarse voice. The…
Increasing numbers of doctors are struggling at work, while the support available to them is at risk. Emma Wilkinson investigates When Anne Noble, a GP…
Doctors should use their clinical judgment and “intervene as part of the duty of care” if they feel obesity or weight related problems are posing…
In response to the new US administration’s policies endangering children and global health, we need to reconstruct the international system based on respect for children,…
The World Medical Association (WMA) has welcomed the Gaza ceasefire deal1 but says that the location and health status of healthcare workers who have been…
