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Shift work forcefully disrupts the normal sleep-wake cycle, leading to short sleep and excessive fatigue

Clinical review

Health consequences of shift work and insufficient sleep

This review summarises the literature on shift work and its relation to insufficient sleep, chronic diseases, and accidents.

"Clinicians must see and hear each patient in the fullness of his or her humanity"

Analysis

How medicine has exploited rationality at the expense of humanity: an essay by Iona Heath

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The Big Picture: Celebrating death

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cost of drugs

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Public referendum on drug prices in the US: will it bring relief?

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Underfunded adult social care is increasing the strain on emergency departments, MPs warn

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NHS’s long term future will rely on EU trained professionals, peers are told

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Paul Marks: Last of the doctor-only coroners

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GMC independence is a great British compromise

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What if NHS leaders were more representative of patients and staff?

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A swollen painful foot

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Lamb ingestion and odynophagia

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Industry funded studies are less likely to link sugary drinks to obesity, review finds

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Senior surgeon suspended for failing to spot indicators of severity

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Legal opinion throws status of living wills of patients in vegetative state into doubt

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NHS England is criticised for lack of transparency on service closures

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London hospital trust is placed in special measures

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MEPs call for legal limits on trans fats

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Competition authority will investigate price hikes of generic drugs

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Trusts risk litigation payouts by not adopting full consent process, warns college

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Daylight saving is linked to depression, Danish study finds

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Online CBT is trialled for children with chronic fatigue syndrome

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