Investing more in the military is not a solution to climate change, and may cost us our security, warn experts in The BMJ’s ...

Water scarcity seldom starts wars, but wars increasingly degrade vital water systems on which health and recovery depend, ...

Diverse and sustained social activities may boost cognitive performance and slow the decline in brain health associated with ageing, suggest the findings of a large international study, published ...

Utah has become the first state in the US to allow artificial intelligence to issue new prescriptions and will soon do so without any initial medical involvement.US healthcare startup Nolla Health was ...

Experts call for national data on private prescriptions to close the evidence gap The rapid expansion of private testosterone ...

Bulk summary reports often fail to promptly spot potential safety signals Improvements needed to safeguard patients and meet ...

October 2026 Congratulations to Kamran Abbasi, editor-in-chief of The BMJ, and former BMJ Group non-executive director Kiran ...

Digital menstrual tracking risks creating more harm than benefit and requires greater scrutiny, warn experts in The BMJ today. Widely promoted to women and girls on social media and by tech firms, ...

Health professionals must be protected from attacks in times of conflict, the World Medical Association (WMA) has reaffirmed in a declaration1 adopted at its general assembly on 10 October.Known as ...

Evening chronotype linked to 70% heightened risk of needing a disability pension People with evening chronotypes have a 1.7 fold elevated risk of needing to retire early and take a disability pension ...

A higher ultra processed food (UPF) intake is linked to a heightened risk of several major chronic health issues, such as digestive diseases, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome/diabetes, as ...