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Prophylactic tranexamic acid for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage in women with placenta praevia: multicentre, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, phase 3 trial
Lizi Zhang, Shilei Bi, Lian Chen, Lili Du, Fang He, Yuan Qiao, Zhongjun Li, Wanjiang Zeng, Xianlan Zhao, Xu Chen, Xiaotian Li, Guifeng Ding, Wei Zhou, Bo Sun, Qing Guo, Xiaoling Guo, Fengmei Jin, Xietong Wang, Qiying Zhu, Qiang Sun, Shaoqing Jiang, Xinghe Wang, Fenge Cai, Yurong Jiang, Jinsong Gao, Zhijian Wang, Zilian Wang, Lanzhen Zhang, Jian-meng Liu, Liping Huang, Lin Yu, Jingsi Chen, Shuang Zhang, Liona C Poon, Hong-tian Li, Dunjin Chen, on behalf of the study’s collaborator group
BMJ  2026;393:e089636, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2026-089636 (Published 13 May 2026)
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Efficacy of dual antiplatelet therapy for three months versus 12 months after coronary artery bypass grafting: multicentre, double blinded, randomised controlled trial
Xin Yuan, Jingkuo Li, Lubi Lei, Lihua Zhang, Kai Chen, Qing Chu, Wei Feng, Xianqiang Wang, Xin Wang, Fei Xu, Sheng Liu, Yan Yang, Xiaoqi Wang, Huishan Wang, Aiqiang Dong, Zhaoyun Cheng, Huiming Guo, Tingwen Zhou, Xin Chen, Jianjun Ge, Liang Zhang, Su Liu, Zhenya Shen, Jue Wang, Yang Wang, Wei Li, Shengshou Hu, on behalf of the TOP-CABG Collaborative Group
BMJ  2026;393:e088939, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-088939 (Published 12 May 2026)
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What Your Patient is Thinking: Ask me how PMOS is affecting my life
Araya Gautam
BMJ  2026;393:s708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s708 (Published 13 May 2026)
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UK drug agreement with Trump faces legal challenge over changes to NICE
Tom Moberly
BMJ  2026;393:e191827, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2026-191827 (Published 18 May 2026)
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GPs demand tougher rules for patients who harass practice staff and their families
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2026;393:e548157, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2026-548157 (Published 18 May 2026)
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Ebola: WHO declares emergency as strain with no vaccine kills 100 in DRC and Uganda
Chris Baraniuk
BMJ  2026;393:e313572, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2026-313572 (Published 18 May 2026)
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Prostate cancer: Screening "modestly" reduces deaths, Cochrane review concludes
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2026;393:e528398, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2026-528398 (Published 18 May 2026)
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Who is James Murray? UK government announces new health secretary
Matt Limb
BMJ  2026;393:s963, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s963 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Nicotine pouches: WHO calls for stricter regulation as tobacco industry targets young people
Katharine Lang
BMJ  2026;393:s957, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s957 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Hantavirus: Quarantined British passengers are discharged to home isolation
Katharine Lang
BMJ  2026;393:s960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s960 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Meningitis: One student in Reading has died and two are being treated
Abi Rimmer
BMJ  2026;393:s959, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s959 (Published 15 May 2026)
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PCOS name change to PMOS must be managed to avoid confusing patients, says expert
Abi Rimmer
BMJ  2026;393:s955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s955 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Gaza doctors documentary dropped by BBC wins Bafta award
Sally Howard
BMJ  2026;393:s956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s956 (Published 15 May 2026)
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GPs back exploration of NHS private "dentist-style" service
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2026;393:s951, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s951 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Amsterdam becomes first capital to ban ads for meat and fossil fuel based travel
Alessio Cozzolino
BMJ  2026;393:s946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s946 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Medical students call for reduction in medical school places after being "set up for failure"
Zaynah Khan
BMJ  2026;393:s952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s952 (Published 14 May 2026)
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Norovirus: 50 cruise passengers fall ill with viral gastroenteritis in France
Barbara Casassus
BMJ  2026;393:s949, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s949 (Published 14 May 2026)
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Wes Streeting resigns: health secretary quits Starmer’s cabinet
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2026;393:s948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s948 (Published 14 May 2026)
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GP data: BMA plans patient information campaign to warn of dangers in wake of king’s speech
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2026;393:s941, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s941 (Published 14 May 2026)
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Medical news in brief: "One minute" cancer jab, shift in asthma inhaler use, new advice on nasal decongestants, and other stories
BMJ  2026;393:s909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s909 (Published 13 May 2026)
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King’s speech: Government unveils NHS Modernisation Bill amid Labour turmoil
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2026;393:s940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s940 (Published 13 May 2026)
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Marty Makary: FDA chief resigns
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2026;393:s938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s938 (Published 13 May 2026)
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Medical negligence: Heirs can be sued for compensation, India’s Supreme Court rules
Samaan Lateef
BMJ  2026;393:s939, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s939 (Published 13 May 2026)
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WHO fails to agree final part of pandemic agreement
Luke Taylor
BMJ  2026;393:s937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s937 (Published 13 May 2026)
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GLP-1: Daily pill reduces weight rebound after stopping injections, study suggests
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2026;393:s936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s936 (Published 13 May 2026)
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The Big Picture: Hantavirus: Army drops in with medic and supplies to remote British island
Alison Shepherd
BMJ  2026;393:s927, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s927 (Published 13 May 2026)
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Endometriosis: Small rise in birth defects is observed in babies born to women with the condition
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2026;393:s934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s934 (Published 13 May 2026)
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UK alcohol deaths fall for first time since pandemic, but experts highlight "stark inequalities"
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2026;393:s931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s931 (Published 13 May 2026)
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Abortion: Mifepristone access hangs in the balance as US Supreme court considers sweeping restrictions
Mun-Keat Looi
BMJ  2026;393:s932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s932 (Published 12 May 2026)
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GPs and hospitals to be forced to share patient data as Palantir is granted "unlimited access" to identifiable information
Stephen Armstrong
BMJ  2026;393:s929, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s929 (Published 12 May 2026)
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NHS England hides public software amid AI hacking fears
Stephen Armstong
BMJ  2026;393:s928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s928 (Published 12 May 2026)
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Senior doctors balloted for industrial action in England and Northern Ireland
Abi Rimmer
BMJ  2026;393:s925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s925 (Published 12 May 2026)
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Obstetrician who pressured patient into a forceps delivery avoids suspension
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2026;393:s920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s920 (Published 12 May 2026)
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Advanced practitioners: 83% of doctors say use of role in NHS is risk to patient safety, survey finds
Ella Banbury, Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2026;393:s917, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s917 (Published 12 May 2026)
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Access all areas? The wrong time for a single patient record
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2026;393:s930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s930 (Published 14 May 2026)
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Health Bill brings NHS management back into government
Hugh Alderwick, Phoebe Dunn, Tim Gardner
BMJ  2026;393:s958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s958 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Improving awareness and care in polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (formerly polycystic ovary syndrome)
Pensée Wu, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Neelam Heera-Shergill, Adrian H Heald
BMJ  2026;393:s893, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s893 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Aligned MHRA-NICE approval pathway benefits industry over patients
Huseyin Naci
BMJ  2026;393:s858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s858 (Published 13 May 2026)
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Tranexamic acid for preventing severe bleeding in caesarean births
Katharine Ker, Ian Roberts
BMJ  2026;393:s818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s818 (Published 13 May 2026)
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Geopolitics and global health: Why Europe and UK must step up to challenge of global health
Martin McKee, Mishal Khan
BMJ  2026;393:s830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s830 (Published 12 May 2026)
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Optimising antiplatelet therapy after coronary artery bypass grafting
Shahzad G Raja
BMJ  2026;393:s815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s815 (Published 12 May 2026)
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Living with increased risk of cancer: The human cost of overdiagnosis is emotional distress and fear
Richard B Weller
BMJ  2026;393:s926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s926 (Published 18 May 2026)
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Ambient scribes in general practice: How are ambient scribe companies using patient data?
Donald Waters, Rohan Kandasamy
BMJ  2026;393:s890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s890 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Linking chronic pain with trauma: Integrating body based approaches into mental healthcare
Lauren Z Waterman
BMJ  2026;393:s880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s880 (Published 14 May 2026)
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AI for detecting paper mill papers: AI, bibliometric ethics, and the need for practical wisdom
Timothy P Daly, Jaime A Teixeira da Silva
BMJ  2026;393:s873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s873 (Published 13 May 2026)
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Identifying prior evidence for new trials: From identifying evidence to taking responsibility for it
Robert Prill, Nikolai Ramadanov
BMJ  2026;393:s868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s868 (Published 12 May 2026)
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NHS Online: What we do and don’t know about the bold new plan to revolutionise care
Chris Stokel-Walker
BMJ  2026;393:s856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s856 (Published 14 May 2026)
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BMJ Investigation: No wood burner ban for new homes after industry argues it would "harm economy"—despite medical warnings on pollution
Sophie Borland
BMJ  2026;393:s851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s851 (Published 12 May 2026)
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Air Pollution: Wood burning stoves should be phased out in UK cities, warns leading air pollution expert
Sophie Borland
BMJ  2026;393:s860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s860 (Published 12 May 2026)
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Analysing complex interventions using component network meta-analysis
Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Dianna M Wolfe, Brian Hutton, Guido Schwarzer, Daniel I McIsaac, Sharon E Straus, Dan Jackson, Andrea C Tricco
BMJ  2026;393:e083075, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-083075 (Published 14 May 2026)
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Geopolitics of global health: Global health security and pandemic preparedness: Europe’s leadership challenge
Óscar Fernández, Hylke Dijkstra
BMJ  2026;393:e090050, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2026-090050 (Published 12 May 2026)
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Geraint Morgan Jeremiah
Martyn Heatley
BMJ  2026;393:s840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s840 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Edward Tierney
John Tierney
BMJ  2026;393:s836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s836 (Published 15 May 2026)
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Clement Nwokolo Ugwu
Paul Ugwu
BMJ  2026;393:s828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s828 (Published 14 May 2026)
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Kevin Hardinge
Maxine Hardinge
BMJ  2026;393:s826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s826 (Published 14 May 2026)
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Spot diagnosis: Weakness after antifungal use
Ellen Richards, Alistair Brown
BMJ  2026;393:e082853, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-082853 (Published 14 May 2026)
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An ulcerated lesion on the scalp
Mahesh Kumar, Leticia John
BMJ  2026;393:e083149, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-083149 (Published 14 May 2026)
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Cognitive outcomes after preterm birth . . . and other stories
BMJ  2026;393:s825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s825 (Published 14 May 2026)
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Restoring certainty to global health regulation
BMJ  2026;393:s918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s918 (Published 15 May 2026)
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