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A group of 80 international researchers have published an open letter condemning herd immunity strategies as "a dangerous fallacy unsupported by the scientific evidence".

The risk of developing cardiac complications following major surgery is higher than previously recognised with one in five high-risk patients having heart problems within a year, according to new research.

On World Thrombosis Day (October 13), GM Journal talks to Professor Beverley Hunt about deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. As well as explaining the clotting impact of Covid-19.

This case study discussed pneumatosis intestinalis, which can be associated with serious abdominal conditions including pyloric stenosis, bowel ischaemia and infarction and volvulus.

The age of an individual does not indicate how likely they are to be infected by Covid-19, but development of symptoms, progression of the disease, and mortality are age-dependent.

The number of blind and partially sighted people in the UK is projected to rise to 2.7 million by the end of the decade and to over four million by 2050 - and the majority of these will be over 75 years.

More than half of people do not understand Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders even though over 70% of people would welcome a conversation about them, according to a new survey from Compassion in Dying.

Multiple organisations this week have announced additional funding for clinics, research, and guidelines to address long Covid - which a House of Lords inquiry estimates as many as 60,000 people in the UK may have. 

More than half (56%) of LGBTQ adults and 70% of those who are transgender or gender non-conforming report experiencing some form of discrimination from a healthcare professional.

The level of exercise intensity appears to make no difference to risk of mortality in older adults, according to a new trial.

Half of UK doctors are personally supportive of a law change on assisted dying, but geriatric medicine and palliative care tended to be generally more opposed, according to the results of a BMA survey.

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted virtually every aspect of cancer care and research according to a review of scientific literature.

News, blogs and clinical articles about health inequality from GM.

Catheter ablation and restoration of a normal heart rhythm in atrial fibrillation patients reduces the risk of dementia by almost a third, according to a new study published in the European Heart Journal.

News, blogs and clinical articles about doctor wellbeing and lifestyle from GM.