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This week Ike Iheanacho investigates the role of herbal remedies in modern medicine. He speaks to Dr Linda Anderson, Principal Pharmaceutical Assessor at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency….

This week’s podcast is based on the BMJ series Competent Novice.Junior doctors play an important part in verifying sudden deaths in hospital and communicating with the family of the deceased…..

A traumatic death can be very difficult for friends and family to deal with. A clinician’s instinct may be to protect them from seeing the extent of the damage to….

This week David Payne talks to Emily Friedman, a health policy and ethics analyst, about Cambodia – a country with a difficult past that is now rebuilding its healthcare system….

In this week’s podcast Duncan Jarvies talks to Theresa Marteau about screening for diabetes; can patients be given too much information? Also Anne Buvé discusses the likelihood of HIV transmission….

This week we’ re looking at the legacy of large sports events – with the 2012 Olympic games costing £9bn, and that cost being justified by saying how great an….

In this week’s podcast we examine the link between toothbrushing and cardiovascular disease – Richard Watts talks about his research in Scotland. Also this week the Department of Health issued….

What is the association between IQ and attempted suicide? David Batty talks to us about his research in Sweden. Also this week, Steven Kawczak, associate director of the Cleveland Clinic’s….

This week research published on bmj.com looks at the association between the smoking ban and a drop in acute myocardial infarctions. Anna Gilmore, director of the Tobacco Control Centre at….

Since mobile phones have been around there has been public concern about their safety – fears over radiation exposure causing cancer have been particularly trenchant. This week Paul Elliott and….