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Daily multivitamins quietly lower blood pressure in some older adults

Emerging evidence hints that daily multivitamins might quietly help certain older adults keep their blood pressure in check—especially […]

December 13, 2025 Uncategorized

When I use a word . . . Defining bias in research

Interpreting the results of an interventional studyConsider three possible outcomes in an interventional study, investigating, say, a novel […]

December 13, 2025 Uncategorized

Migration of clinical lexicon to colloquial slang

Doctors are known for our use of jargon, acronyms, and myriad medical phrases that can sometimes feel like […]

December 13, 2025 Christmas

Parallel pressures: the common roots of doctor bullshit and large language model hallucinations

The phenomenon of doctors presenting unfounded statements with unwavering arrogance—colloquially known as “bullshit”—has long been recognised in medical […]

December 13, 2025 Christmas

Masks and flu: What is the debate, and should you wear one?

As NHS hospitals face huge pressure this winter from one of the worst flu seasons in decades,12 health […]

December 12, 2025 Infectious diseases, General practice / family medicine, UK, Respiratory medicine

Robert Grieve

bmj;391/dec12_1/r2564/FAF1faBob was born in Rugby and went on to study medicine at the University of Birmingham. Shortly after […]

December 12, 2025 Uncategorized

AI chatbots and the loneliness crisis

AI chatbot systems, such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot, are used increasingly as confidants of choice.1 On the […]

December 12, 2025 Christmas

How recent is recent? Retrospective analysis of suspiciously timeless citations

AbstractObjectiveTo quantify the time lag between biomedical articles and the studies they describe as “recent,” a term widely […]

December 12, 2025 Christmas

Ministers seek power to control NHS drug approvals to support US pharma deal

Plans to give ministers more power over the UK drug watchdog risk opening the door to political interference […]

December 12, 2025 Uncategorized

UK asylum proposals harm health and human rights

The Labour government’s proposed changes to the asylum system, published in the policy document Restoring Order and Control […]

December 12, 2025 Uncategorized

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