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	Plain versus drug balloon and stenting in severe ischaemia of the leg (BASIL-3): open label, three arm, randomised, multicentre, phase 3 trial
	Andrew W Bradbury, Jack A Hall, Matthew A Popplewell, Lewis Meecham, Gareth R Bate, Lisa Kelly, Jon J Deeks, Catherine A Moakes, on behalf of the BASIL-3 Investigators
	BMJ  2025;388:e080881, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080881 (Published 24 February 2025) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

	Common interventional procedures for chronic non-cancer spine pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials
	Xiaoqin Wang, Grace Martin, Behnam Sadeghirad, Yaping Chang, Ivan D Florez, Rachel J Couban, Fatemeh Mehrabi, Holly N Crandon, Meisam Abdar Esfahani, Laxsanaa Sivananthan, Neil Sengupta, Elena Kum, Preksha Rathod, Liang Yao, Rami Z Morsi, Stéphane Genevay, Norman Buckley, Gordon H Guyatt, Y Raja Rampersaud, Christopher J Standaert, Thomas Agoritsas, Jason W Busse
	BMJ  2025;388:e079971, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079971 (Published 19 February 2025) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

Practice

	What Your Patient is Thinking: The value of a little extra time
	Chris Bennett
	BMJ  2025;388:q2862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2862 (Published 20 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rapid Recommendations: Commonly used interventional procedures for non-cancer chronic spine pain: a clinical practice guideline
	Jason W Busse, Stéphane Genevay, Arnav Agarwal, Christopher J Standaert, Kevin Carneiro, Jason Friedrich, Manuela Ferreira, Hilde Verbeke, Jens Ivar Brox, Hong Xiao, Jasmeer Singh Virdee, Janet Gunderson, Gary Foster, Conrad Heegsma, Caroline F Samer, Matteo Coen, Gordon H Guyatt, Xiaoqin Wang, Behnam Sadeghirad, Faheem Malam, Dena Zeraatkar, Per O Vandvik, Ting Zhou, Feng Xie, Reed A C Siemieniuk, Thomas Agoritsas
	BMJ  2025;388:e079970, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079970 (Published 19 February 2025) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

News

	Bird flu: Canada buys 500 000 H5N1 vaccines as US scrambles to rehire bird flu staff
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2025;388:r379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r379 (Published 24 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Former medical student given life sentence for killing three people in Rotterdam shooting
	Stijntje Dijk
	BMJ  2025;388:r380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r380 (Published 24 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Researchers could soon access GP patient data—how will it work?
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2025;388:r375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r375 (Published 21 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	NICE to offer epilepsy treatment after discounted price is agreed
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2025;388:r374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r374 (Published 21 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	"Catastrophic" error left hundreds of doctors with incorrect exam results
	Ella Hubbard
	BMJ  2025;388:r373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r373 (Published 21 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GP who made false allegations about colleague is struck off
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2025;388:r371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r371 (Published 21 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cancer: People in UK’s poorest areas have longer waits for care and higher death rates
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2025;388:r367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r367 (Published 21 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	No progress made on tackling racism in NHS Scotland
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2025;388:r369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r369 (Published 21 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sudan: Trump’s aid freeze hits services for malnourished children as war decimates health
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2025;388:r370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r370 (Published 21 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients with chronic diseases do better with personalised care, international survey finds
	Barbara Casassus
	BMJ  2025;388:r365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r365 (Published 20 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Review of postgraduate medical training must tackle high competition ratios, say doctors
	Matthew Limb
	BMJ  2025;388:r360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r360 (Published 20 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Life expectancy: England shows biggest slowdown among European countries
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2025;388:r352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r352 (Published 20 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical news in brief: Mesh compensation delays, alcohol cancer warnings, RFK Jr, and other stories
	BMJ  2025;388:r342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r342 (Published 19 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Exclusive: Racism in medical schools: are things improving?
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2025;388:r312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r312 (Published 19 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Measles: Texas outbreak spreads to New Mexico
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2025;388:r357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r357 (Published 19 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mass layoffs hit US public health agencies, but infection experts appear to be spared
	Luke Taylor
	BMJ  2025;388:r356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r356 (Published 19 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New World screwworm: Nicaragua confirms 30 human cases of flesh eating parasite
	Luke Taylor
	BMJ  2025;388:r355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r355 (Published 19 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US doctors are warned over hospital admissions from unregulated psychoactive substances
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2025;388:r354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r354 (Published 19 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text]

	The Big Picture: Visceral art reflects pain of disease and racism
	Alison Shepherd
	BMJ  2025;388:r347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r347 (Published 19 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

Editor's Choice

	Racism in medicine: an intractable endemic in a separatist world
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2025;388:r353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r353 (Published 20 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Healthcare after a nuclear strike
	James C Jeng, Jarone Lee, Mark Ervin, Tehnaz P Boyle
	BMJ  2025;388:r319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r319 (Published 24 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Organ donation after assisted dying
	Bonnie Venter, Frank J M F Dor, Mary Ryan, Avi Sewpaul, Stephen Potts
	BMJ  2025;388:r318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r318 (Published 20 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spinal interventions for chronic back pain
	Jane C Ballantyne
	BMJ  2025;388:r179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r179 (Published 19 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measuring race equality in the NHS workforce
	Aneez Esmail, Sam Everington
	BMJ  2025;388:r337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r337 (Published 19 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Racism in Medicine: Why are black women still more likely to die in childbirth?
	Samara Linton
	BMJ  2025;388:r226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r226 (Published 20 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

	Racism in Medicine: Has racism in medicine improved since 2020?
	Mala Rao, Victor Adebowale
	BMJ  2025;388:r291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r291 (Published 19 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Michael King: general surgeon who spent 30 years working in Malawi
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2025;388:r359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r359 (Published 24 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Ted Buckley: "father of Irish neurosurgery" who trained many specialists at home and abroad
	John Illman
	BMJ  2025;388:r324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r324 (Published 20 February 2025) [Extract] [Full text]

Minerva

	Swelling and ecchymoses on the face and hands
	Yan Jing Chen, Lin Wang
	BMJ  2025;388:e081993, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-081993 (Published 20 February 2025) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adrenaline autoinjectors . . . and other stories
	BMJ  2025;388:r275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r275 (Published 20 February 2025) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Do smoking bans work?
	BMJ  2025;388:r383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r383 (Published 24 February 2025) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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