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Practical adjustments and understanding can help people with POTS manage their symptoms during periods of extreme heat, writes patient author Jennifer #BMJClimate bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

New restrictions on “high risk” cosmetic surgical procedures in England have been announced by ministers as they vowed to crack down on “cowboys” putting patients at risk bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

The view that climate change may cause instability and provoke conflict is leading governments to justify higher defence spending. This perspective ignores how war and military activities are themselves climate change multipliers #BMJClimate bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

Water scarcity seldom starts wars, but wars increasingly degrade vital water systems on which health and recovery depend, creating a cycle that reinforces ongoing fragility and violence, warn experts in The BMJ’s climate issue #BMJClimate bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

The recent flooding in Nepal has shown the world just how vulnerable lower income countries can be to the worst effects of climate change. @emahase_ reports #BMJClimate bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

Conflict and climate are compounding challenges for women’s and children’s health. We need better ways to measure women’s and children’s health together, across time, and across crisis affected settings #BMJClimate bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

The choices we make now about AI can help us avoid repeating the errors of past technological revolutions, says @Kevin_Fong. Trust is a huge part of implementing AI well, including the trust of the public and healthcare professionals bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

Since its peak in 2021, print and online coverage of the climate emergency has declined by 38%. @JamesPainter61 writes on why more and accurate media coverage of climate change matters #BMJClimate bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

As conflict and the climate emergency converge, we must put women, children, and adolescents at the heart of integrated action, @khosla_rajat #BMJClimate bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

A woman in her 30s presented with a 3-month history of green discoloration affecting all fingernails. She had used artificial nails before and after onset. Fungal and bacterial tests were negative. What’s the diagnosis? Read the Minerva quiz: bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026…

NHS trusts in England made nearly £87m from charging staff to park last year, in what doctors’ leaders described as a “stealth tax” on the profession bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

A major US trial of semaglutide will test whether taking the weight loss drug can reduce people’s involvement with the criminal justice system, among other social outcomes bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

Government failures to protect people in care settings during the pandemic led to “devastating consequences,” a damning report from the UK Covid Inquiry has concluded bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

Synthetic drugs are raising the risk of an epidemic worse than that of fentanyl in the UK and Europe. What are these drugs are and what do clinicians need to know? bmj.com/content/392/bmj.r265…

Migrants are a net boon to NHS coffers, a new analysis has indicated. From thinktank the Nuffield Trust, the analysis found that immigrants charged the immigration health surcharge pay 60% more towards the NHS than the cost of healthcare they use bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

Providing authors of randomised controlled trials with a SPIRIT based template during manuscript revision modestly improved the completeness of reporting in the trial protocols without extending revision times., finds new #BMJResearch bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

How England’s electronic patient records are configured will shape health equity, argue Shaun Boustani and colleagues, but the chance to influence those decisions is closing bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026… *The illustrator Malcolm Willett drew this illustration and used AI to animate it

The global rise in wildfires has once again put a spotlight on firefighters’ health risks. Wildfires are putting firefighters at risk of cancer—scientists are working out how to help, Pragathi Ravi reports bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…

"It is always too early to evaluate a new technology until, unfortunately, suddenly it is too late." Teppo Järvinen joined The BMJ Podcast to discuss robotic surgery in the NHS. Will hundreds of millions of pounds really improve patient outcomes? Listen: apple.co/4yFCsnC

Non-surgical cosmetic procedures, particularly botox injections and dermal fillers, are increasingly commonplace in the UK. Concerns about training, consent, and aftercare remain unresolved bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…