The British Medical Association has echoed its calls for doctors to be allowed to rest and recover ahead of tackling the backlog of non-COVID care, following last week’s Queen’s speech to Parliament.

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Although 45% of ob/gyns reported some decline in compensation during the pandemic, they earned more income in 2020 than in 2019, according to the 2021 Medscape Ob/Gyn Compensation Report.

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Researchers compared the rates of liver and GI diseases related to drinking alcohol during and before the COVID-19 pandemic, with surprising results.

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The number of laboratory-confirmed cases of pertussis in England fell by 98 percent in the last three months of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019, dropping from 933 to 20.

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These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today.

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Research led by the Centre for Obesity Research at University College London has reported that the experimental drug AM833 delivers significant reductions in body weight and waist circumference.

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To Dr Michelle Rockwell’s horror, social media users began using her posts to spread the false claim that she miscarried as a result of the shot.

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The use of ESAs to treat anemia in patients on dialysis increases hip fracture risk, and the higher the dose, the greater the risk.

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A study has redefined BMI cutoffs for obesity and determined new thresholds based on type 2 diabetes risk in ethnic minority groups equivalent to a BMI cutoff of 30 in Whites.

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Psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy appear to be similarly effective for the treatment of depression, but a combination of both might pack the biggest punch.

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