Medicine and Science from The BMJ

Health & Wellness Podcasts

The BMJ brings you interviews with the people who are shaping medicine and science around the world.

Episodes

Social media companies are using the tobacco industry playbook to addict children

Revisiting the Cass Review on gender identity services, and non-invasive brain stimulation for children with autism

The US UK trade deal will cost the NHS billions, and only serve to increase pharma profits

MS drug controversy, adoption outcomes in Sweden, and the multi-factorial reality of Alzheimer’s

The Trump administration is an international health emergency

The 15th strike, and bringing compassion back to A&E

The unchecked rise of shisha tobacco cafes, and making breastfeeding stick

New Covid inquiry findings with Dr Kevin Fong, and invasive cosmetic procedures

How the war in Iran will disrupt medical supplies around the world

Is the NHS in danger of making misinformation worse?

What should GP's make of the new NHS contract?

Household air pollution, Labour’s lag on child poverty, children forced to cope with conflict

Measles is surging in 2026. From London to Texas, why are cases hitting a 30-year high?

Rethinking Cancer Survivorship and the Autism Gender Gap

"We see coercion the other way... People cannot let go of their dying family" - assisted dying around the world

How the internet hijacked our health

What access to GPs tells us about the NHS 10 year plan, and online gambling

How much should doctors be paid? | BMJ Interviews Economist Richard Murphy

GLP-1 weight regain and doctors forced out of Gaza

Could a Ministry for the Future solve the climate crisis? | Kim Stanley Robinson interview