Barely a day goes by without media and political concern about the impact of digital technology on health, particularly among young people. The publication of a recent government report, ...

Clinical trials and equitable care pathways are needed to build on early evidence of benefit Substance use disorders (SUDs) are common and burdensome for patients, families, and health systems,12 yet ...

As public health officials warn about rising emissions from urban wood burning, a BMJ investigation finds that just under a third of councils in high use areas have faced pressure from the stove ...

New research indicates that the levels of microplastics in humans and the environment may have been overestimated. So, should we still be concerned about their possible health effects? Katharine Lang ...

The safety of ChatGPT’s specifically trained healthcare AI has come into question after researchers found it had considerable and potentially dangerous flaws. ChatGPT Health is Open AI’s chatbot for ...

Policy action lags behind growing evidence Microplastics have emerged as a serious environmental and public health concern in recent years. Initially regarded as an environmental problem affecting ...

On 26 January 2026 the UK lost its measles elimination status,1 which requires at least 95% of a population to have received two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.2 Vaccine ...

A seemingly harmless dietary supplement can have serious consequences when taken in large amounts.

If you’re seeking to keep politics out of medicine, good luck with that. It isn’t possible. We’ve previously described the political determinants of health (doi:10.1136/bmj.h81),1 and next we’ll focus ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools must be designed and implemented alongside doctors and other healthcare professionals rather than being imposed on them or used to replace them, European health ...

Research in global health must expand its scope beyond English language publishing to ensure inclusivity, writes Abdourahmane Ndong Each time I engage with global health research I am reminded of how ...

A woman's suicide risk may be influenced by the suicidal intention of her female first degree relatives, with sex-specific effects of a shared familial environment and possibly other social factors ...