Research
Surgeon specialization and operative mortality in United States: retrospective analysis
Use of imaging tests after primary treatment of thyroid cancer in the United States: population based retrospective cohort study evaluating death and recurrence
Exercise therapy versus arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for degenerative meniscal tear in middle aged patients: randomised controlled trial with two year follow-up
News
US probes first apparent non-sexual person-to-person Zika transmission and first domestic outbreak
Hunt is accused of “underhand” cover up over health department finances
Experimental procedures involving animals rise slightly, show British figures
Variable discharge of older UK patients is “unacceptable,” say MPs
England’s health department avoids breaching budget on “technicality”
Cancer research must focus on how cancer cells evolve, new UK strategy argues
Deaths at UK immigration detention centres are the result of avoidable systemic failures, report says
Public Health England recommends vitamin D supplements in autumn and winter
Five facts from the GMC’s annual training survey
Health experts urge MPs to back decriminalisation of prostitution
Research News
Female smokers are at highest risk for brain bleeds, study shows
Eating more unsaturated fats and less carbohydrate reduces blood glucose, study finds
Diabetes drugs show no significant difference in risk of death
Corrections
Deaths at UK immigration detention centres are the result of avoidable systemic failures, report says
The management of chronic breathlessness in patients with advanced and terminal illness
Blood glucose concentration and risk of pancreatic cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
Letters
Authors’ reply to Divers and Braillon
Epilepsy in pregnancy: from ideal to real life?
Vitamin K is important for epilepsy in pregnancy
Evidence based medicine and bronchiolitis: don’t ignore uncertainties
Diverting tampon taxes will not solve the issue of violence against women
Features
Wellbeing and being well
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