The American Medical Association (AMA) is now discouraging the use of body mass index (BMI), calling it an “imperfect” and “problematic” means of assessing body fat and claiming it has been used for “racist exclusion.” The comments were included in a report
From the battleground of Ukraine to the killing fields of Syria, a surgeon dubbed the Indiana Jones of medicine has helped treat patients in the most dangerous corners of the world. Professor David Nott has now set his sights on the victims