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Medscape caves in on courses funded by tobacco giant Philip Morris, while medics fear global push into medical education

Clinic demonstrations, podcasts, and TV shows: Hristio Boytchev reveals how an ambitious deal between a leading medical education provider and the tobacco industry collapsed this week

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Plans to expand Canada's assisted dying laws have been postponed, reigniting debate about the country’s stance

Prenatal opioid exposure and risk of neuropsychiatric disorders in children

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Big alcohol: Universities and schools urged to throw out industry-funded public health advice

The harms of alcohol are being minimised in industry funded education, finds this Investigation

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Effect of combination treatment with GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT-2 inhibitors on incidence of cardiovascular and serious renal events

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The Safety of Rwanda Act: a pointless exercise in performative cruelty

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The ever looming shadow of caregiving

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The future of the NHS depends on the people who work in it, so workforce stewardship should be a key priority

US workers during the covid-19 pandemic

How can we protect workers' health now and in future pandemics? This article is part of a series on lessons from covid-19 for the US

The European healthcare workforce crisis: how bad is it?

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Jane E Harding and colleagues review recent evidence on the management of neonatal hypoglycaemia, with a focus on transitional neonatal hypoglycaemia, areas of continuing uncertainty, and potential future developments

To adjust or not to adjust: it is not the tests performed that count, but how they are reported and interpreted

Anne-Laure Bouleste and Sabine Hoffmann suggest a unique approach that has the advantage of being easily understandable for both medical researchers and statisticians, thereby enabling efficient communication concerning the question of whether to adjust for multiple testing

Identification of patients undergoing chronic kidney replacement therapy in primary and secondary care data

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