Experts call for profession to denounce ‘incredibly harmful' decision Acute care surgeons should prepare to treat complications of forced pregnancies and unsafe abortions following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade in the USA in 2022, argue experts in an opinion piece published in the journal Trauma Surgery ...
Further research needed to unearth drivers, including role of gluten free diet, say authors People with coeliac disease might have fewer known risk factors for cardiovascular disease, but still have a heightened risk of developing it, finds a study led by researchers from Oxford Population Health, published online in the ...
Chloramphenicol cleared up Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis in one patient An oral antibiotic tablet used to treat common eye infections may prove an effective medicine for a sexually transmitted bug that has become resistant to usual recommended treatment, suggest doctors in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. They successfully treated a young ...
Benefits even seen for those with gene linked to Alzheimer's disease A healthy lifestyle, in particular a healthy diet, is associated with slower memory decline, finds a decade-long study of older adults in China, published today in The BMJ. Even for carriers of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene—the strongest known ...
Losing just 6-7 mins daily to sedentary behaviour light intensity activity linked to poorer cognition The amount of time spent in moderate and vigorous physical activity every day is linked to mid-life brain power, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. This intensity level seems ...
Frailty often wrongly perceived as purely wasting disorder, say researchers Findings highlight importance of keeping trim throughout adulthood to minimise risk Carrying far too much weight, including a midriff bulge, from mid-life onwards, is linked to a heightened risk of physical frailty in older age, finds research published in the ...
Clocking up enough hours of restorative sleep while young may help ward off condition Insufficient and disturbed sleep during the teenage years may heighten the subsequent risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), suggests a case-control study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Clocking up enough hours of ...
NHS Wales e-Library has extended their national subscription to BMJ Best Practice to include the Comorbidities Manager for all NHS Wales health and care professionals. In the UK alone, one in three patients admitted to hospital as an emergency have five or more conditions. This poses a significant challenge for ...
Findings support current guidelines that recommend adequate intake of seafood as part of a healthy diet, say researchers Higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids found in seafood are associated with a moderately lower risk of chronic kidney disease and a slower decline in kidney function, finds a study published ...
But differences in brain function may be driven more by social environment than birth age, note researchers Premature birth, before 34 weeks of pregnancy, is linked to lower scores in maths and language tests as a teenager compared with those born at 40 weeks, finds a large Danish population study ...