The £400 million blackhole for doctor training, drug ads evading regulation, and reining in AI in war
The US military’s Operation “Epic Fury” highlighted the devastating cost of using artificial intelligence for rapid military planning. Thoma...
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20 of 1,052 episodesCancer screening: when does testing go too far?
The heated debate on prostate cancer screening boils down to one question: should men be routinely screened? Two recent position statements...
Child mortality has reduced, but there are worrying trends
New estimates of Global Patterns in Neonatal, Child, and Adolescent Mortality have been published - and while there has been a huge improvem...
How to make healthcare more human
Does healthcare have a moral emergency? In this episode of the Medicine and Science podcast, Kamran Abbasi sits down with healthcare leaders...
What does Wes Streeting's exit mean for the NHS modernisation bill?
It has been a tumultuous time in UK health politics. UK Health Minister ,Wes Streeting, has freshly resigned. What does this mean for his ne...
Social media companies are using the tobacco industry playbook to addict children
Twitter was launched 20 years ago, followed quickly by the iPhone and Instagram. Today, nearly 60% of the world’s population uses social med...
Revisiting the Cass Review on gender identity services, and non-invasive brain stimulation for children with autism
The BMA has released their long awaited review of the Cass report. The original report looked at the provision of NHS gender identity servic...
The US UK trade deal will cost the NHS billions, and only serve to increase pharma profits
The new trade deal struck between the UK and US came into force in April. The deal will double the amount that the NHS spends on new medicin...
MS drug controversy, adoption outcomes in Sweden, and the multi-factorial reality of Alzheimer’s
A blockbuster MS drug undergoes FDA re-evaluation. We explore the story of Ocrelizumab, a treatment for primary progressive multiple scleros...
The Trump administration is an international health emergency
Covid 19 was the last Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Our guests in this podcast think that the Trump Administrati...
The 15th strike, and bringing compassion back to A&E
Coming up in this week’s episode: The 15th Strike: As the latest six-day walkout by resident doctors in England concludes, the BMJ's news te...
The unchecked rise of shisha tobacco cafes, and making breastfeeding stick
The BMJ published a negative result this week. A new trial focuses on a peer support intervention for improving breastfeeding rates in the U...
New Covid inquiry findings with Dr Kevin Fong, and invasive cosmetic procedures
The UK Covid Inquiry released Module Three of its findings this month. It lays out in startling detail the lived experiences of NHS staff an...
How the war in Iran will disrupt medical supplies around the world
The Gulf states are not large producers of pharmaceuticals or healthcare products - but the oil they supply, and the transport infrastructur...
Is the NHS in danger of making misinformation worse?
The lure of health influencers and AI chat bots is strong. More and more people are placing trust in them to answer their health problems, m...
What should GP's make of the new NHS contract?
In this episode, Dr Katie Bramall, Chair of the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee, joins the podcast to discuss her concerns surrounding...
Household air pollution, Labour’s lag on child poverty, children forced to cope with conflict
As public health officials warn about rising emissions from urban wood burning, a BMJ investigation finds that just under a third of UK coun...
Measles is surging in 2026. From London to Texas, why are cases hitting a 30-year high?
In this episode, we investigate the alarming resurgence of measles across North America and the UK. While cases are falling across much of E...
Rethinking Cancer Survivorship and the Autism Gender Gap
In this week’s episode, we challenge long-held medical narratives, starting with how the healthcare system manages life after a cancer diagn...
"We see coercion the other way... People cannot let go of their dying family" - assisted dying around the world
The House of Lord's amendments to England and Wales assisted dying bill might be causing a constitutional crisis. Lords have tabled 1,277 am...