The BMJ

The BMJ is a weekly medical journal that undergoes peer review. It holds the distinction of being one of the oldest general medical journals globally. Initially named the British Medical Journal, it was rebranded to BMJ in 1988 and later to The BMJ in 2014. This journal is published by the BMJ Group, which is fully owned by the British Medical Association. Fiona Godlee has been serving as the editor in chief of The BMJ since February 2005.

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Vicky Evans: forensic physician who set the standard of care for treatment of victims of sexual assault

1 week ago | bmj.com | Anne Gulland

News & ViewsVicky Evans: forensic...
Mitigating the harms of politics and industry

1 week ago | bmj.com | Juliet Dobson

Intended for healthcare professionals News & ViewsMitigating the harms... Mitigating the harms of politics and industry Editor's Choice BMJ 2025; 389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r768 Cite this as: BMJ 2025;389:r768 Juliet Dobson, managing editorThe BMJjdobson{at}bmj.comThe UK population’s health is getting worse.
Fluid intake and heart failure … and other research

1 week ago | bmj.com | Tom Nolan

Tom Nolan, clinical editor; sessional GP, SurreyThe BMJ, LondonTom Nolan reviews this week’s researchFluid restriction and heart failureIt wasn’t long ago that we’d routinely. advise people with heart failure and fluid overload to restrict their fluid intake. Nowadays, restriction advice is restricted to only a few, such as those with dilutional hyponatraemia. A new multicentre, open-label trial supports this approach.
Firearm availability and firearm incidents: quasi-experimental analysis using start of US hunting seasons

1 week ago | bmj.com | Christopher Worsham |Charles Bray |Anupam B. Jena

Research BMJ 2025; 389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082324 Cite this as: BMJ 2025;389:e082324 Christopher M Worsham, assistant professor123, Charles F Bray, research assistant1, Anupam B Jena, Joseph P Newhouse professor of health care policy and medicine124 1Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 2Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 3Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital,...
Senior paediatrician will lead review of “unacceptable” hearing test failures

1 week ago | bmj.com | Gareth Iacobucci

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Outpatient services need modernising to reduce waiting lists, says report

1 week ago | bmj.com | Matthew Limb

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Gaza: Israel’s hospital attacks leave critically ill patients lying on the street

1 week ago | bmj.com | Elisabeth Mahase

An Israeli attack on Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza forced critically ill patients out onto the street, killing at least one patient who relied on oxygen, and destroyed vital equipment, including the hospital’s only x ray machine, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has said.1The attack took place at dawn on 13 April, when some patients received calls from the Israeli military telling them to leave immediately. This forced staff and patients, some critically ill, outside.
Shanghai issues “negative list” to doctors of online behaviours to avoid, amid transparency concerns

1 week ago | bmj.com | Flynn Murphy

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Mumtaz Patel promises to modernise RCP after being elected president

1 week ago | bmj.com | Zosia Kmietowicz

News & ViewsMumtaz Patel promises...
Prostate cancer: Could polygenic risk scores make national screening a reality?

1 week ago | bmj.com | Elisabeth Mahase

What has the Barcode 1 study found? The Barcode 1 study looked at the effect on screening when using a polygenic risk score, based on 130 genetic variants associated with increased risk of prostate cancer. Initial results from the ongoing single group study have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.1From March to July 2019 just over 40 000 people from 69 primary care centres in the Midlands and the South of England were invited to take part in the study.