This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations ...

Peripheral blood film in haemolytic uraemic syndrome, showing schistocytes—erythrocyte fragments (marked) due to haemolysis, and thrombocytopenia.

Correspondence to Dr Ann Hagell, Association for Young People"s Health, London SE1 4YR, UK; ann{at}youngpeopleshealth.org.uk There have been rising concerns in the UK about the levels of serious ...

The EATERS mnemonic is a novel method for taking an allergy focused clinical history. It provides a degree of certainty for diagnosing food allergy and can be used in both IgE and non IgE mediated ...

Regional Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK Correspondence to Dr Daniel J Erdelyi, Regional Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, ...

Making medical education great again: analysing trainee feedback to identify key drivers of trainee satisfaction and improve experience (29 October, 2024) ...

Correspondence to Dr Ben McNaughten, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, 180-184 Falls Road, Belfast BT12 6BE, UK; bmcnaughten095{at}hotmail.com Pica is defined as the persistent ingestion of ...

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Semaglutide (Wegovy) is now licensed for use in children aged ≥12 years with a body mass index (BMI) ≥95th centile and a body weight of above 60 kg, to be used in conjunction with dietary measures, ...

Correspondence to Dr John R H Archer, Medical Toxicology Office, 2nd Floor Bermondsey Wing, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK; John.archer{at}gstt.nhs.uk The evaluation of poisoned patients ...

The concept of using pulse oximetry (PO) as a screening test to identify newborn babies with critical congenital heart defects (CCHD) before life-threatening collapse occurs has been debated for some ...

Advocacy is an essential skill in the practice of paediatrics, where much of the work covers aspects of health as well as disease and where cross-agency work is common. Educationally, advocacy is best ...