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🟢 A woman in her 30s presented with a three month history of green discolouration to the distal parts of all her fingern...
21/10/2026

🟢 A woman in her 30s presented with a three month history of green discolouration to the distal parts of all her fingernail plates

💅 She reported using artificial nails for one month before the discoloration began.

She continued using them to cover the discoloration once it appeared.

💦 She denied prolonged exposure to water.

🔍 A sample from the affected nail plate tested negative for fungal nail infection using potassium hydroxide.

🦠 Bacterial culture of the nail sample also gave a negative result.

What is the diagnosis?

👉 Read the full Minerva case in "Ten green nails" here: https://www.bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026-100199

19/10/2026

Nearly every hospital in England now has an electronic patient record system.

How these systems are configured determines which patients the system can describe and which services they can reach, shaping health equity. Yet the chance to influence those decisions is closing . . .
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Permitting medical device manufacturers to submit bulk summary reports of adverse events to the US Food and Drug Adminis...
15/10/2026

Permitting medical device manufacturers to submit bulk summary reports of adverse events to the US Food and Drug Administration, rather than reporting individual cases, often fails to promptly detect potential safety signals, finds new study in The BMJ

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Having received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine before pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of major pregnan...
09/10/2026

Having received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine before pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of major pregnancy complications, including preterm birth, with the greater reduction in risk seen among women vaccinated at an earlier age, finds a large Swedish study in The BMJ.

The findings suggest that the benefits of HPV vaccination may extend beyond cancer prevention to the reduction of adverse pregnancy outcomes, say the researchers
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Three out of England’s seven NHS genetics laboratories are failing to routinely share vital information about genetic va...
08/10/2026

Three out of England’s seven NHS genetics laboratories are failing to routinely share vital information about genetic variants in public databases that helps patients with rare diseases access diagnosis and care, reveals an investigation by The BMJ.

Experts and families say this could be prolonging uncertainty and delaying treatment

The phrase "patient zero" is the title of Taylor Swift's new song but has a painful history of blaming and scapegoating ...
06/10/2026

The phrase "patient zero" is the title of Taylor Swift's new song but has a painful history of blaming and scapegoating patients during infectious disease outbreaks.

Could Swift's use of the term soften the stigma of the phrase?

GLP-1 drugs have changed the face of weight loss. But amid high prices and obstacles to access, people are attempting ex...
04/10/2026

GLP-1 drugs have changed the face of weight loss. But amid high prices and obstacles to access, people are attempting experimental small doses.

Are the drugs effective at these doses—and is microdosing GLP-1s safe?

Two new BMJ studies suggest that robotic assisted hip and knee replacements offer no clear benefit over conventional sur...
03/10/2026

Two new BMJ studies suggest that robotic assisted hip and knee replacements offer no clear benefit over conventional surgery for implant survival, revision risk, or surgical complications
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