Terkko Navigator / BMJ

NICE updates antidepressant guidelines to reflect severity and length of withdrawal symptoms

Fewer people are attending NHS health checks, show figures

Christopher Dobson: chemist whose work on proteins advanced research into neurodegenerative diseases

Millions of people are still missing out on TB treatment, says WHO

FGM: surgeons who do cosmetic genital surgery may risk prosecution

Authors’ reply to Jones, Peel, and English

We need government action to make exercise easier

Smoking cessation and e-cigarettes in China and India

Mycoplasma genitalium infection

Improve education, housing, and transport to boost young people’s health, inquiry concludes

US paediatric oncologists are forced to prioritise patients for vincristine treatment as supplies run short

The low down on back pain . . . and other stories

Consultant who put risperidone in wife’s tea without her knowledge is suspended for three months

What are political parties offering voters?

Promoting physical activity to patients: doctors’ notes are a barrier to ȷoining the gym

“Old boys club” culture at BMA undermined female members and staff, sexism report finds

Diabetes technology: specialists are blocking access for some patients, say experts

Ranitidine: doctors should switch patients to alternative, says health department

Can we promote physical activity to patients if we’re not physically active ourselves?

WHO drafted in to help control severe dengue outbreak in Pakistan

Migrant health: Trusts asked GPs to identify whether patients they refer are eligible for free NHS care

Oregon doctor sues university, claiming that “irresponsible” use of his sperm created at least 17 children

Foundation of wisdom: “I don’t know”

Seven days in medicine: 9-15 Oct 2019

Severe back pain in an older man

Hostile environment: doctors mustn’t lose sight of core professional values

UK must become more self reliant for sake of healthcare workforce, says top doctor

A career in cardiothoracic surgery

All healthcare staff should become exercise champions

Doctors, introduce yourselves

Cancer screening: more convenient access will boost early diagnosis, says review

BEACON trial in colorectal cancer is “single worst reported,” says critic

David Oliver: What to say when patients are “sick enough to die”

Doctors join Extinction Rebellion demonstrations

Gender dysphoria researchers did not veer from research norms, says ethics review

Can patient centred care plus shared decision making equal lower costs?

GP who recorded patients’ vital signs without measuring them is struck off

EMA and FDA decisions based on flawed evidence to approve new cancer drugs negatively affect Latin American patients

Universal health coverage: drug quality and affordability can go together

Primary care networks: the risk of “mission creep” calls for focused ambition

What are the respiratory effects of e-cigarettes?

Visualising health inequalities

Matt Morgan: Those three little words

US hospital is accused of keeping vegetative patient alive to boost its transplant survival rate

Vaping: UK experts defend safety in face of US lung injury cases

Chronically ill prisoners risk of being transferred without medication because of gaps in care

Physician shortage worsened by cuts in job ads and lack of trainees, colleges warn

Downing St adviser had links to Babylon Health, investigation finds

John M Last

John Michael Campbell Gray