Kamran Abbasi

Shifting influence: the unaccountable millions paid by industry to healthcare organisations

Doctor politicians: stick to the evidence

The Cass review: an opportunity to unite behind evidence informed care in gender medicine

“Medication is binary, but gender expressions are often not”—the Hilary Cass interview

Physician associates: why we need a pause and an urgent review

Technological determinants of health: a looming apocalypse

Our response requires courage, collaboration, and the wisdom to learn from others Health professionals have warned about the impact of the climate emergency on the planet and on human health for decades. But despite these warnings carbon dioxide emissions have continued to rise.1 With every year, the extent of climate breakdown worsens. Scientists recently reported that the “Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for humanity,” as six out of nine planetary boundaries have been bre…

The Beano is a success. From its first issue in 1938 to today’s multimedia enterprise, the comic has ridden every wave in social norms and publishing strategies. In 2018 it became the world’s longest running weekly comic. Today, on beano.com, the comic is only one component of a digital offering that includes over 1000 quizzes, games, jokes, and facts majoring on trends popular among children. It isn’t hard to understand why almost 50 million children have visited beano.com, especially given it…

The General Medical Council, responsible for regulating doctors in the United Kingdom, has a stark choice to make: adapt or die. The review of the damaging case of Manjula Arora, disciplined for one word she used when asking her employer for a laptop, has issued 18 recommendations for fundamental reform of the GMC. The review was requested by the GMC after a stinging backlash from the profession against the GMC’s cultural ignorance and absence of common sense. Writing last week for The BMJ (doi:…

Covid-19 dissenters—or the virtue in being less cheerful  The BMJ