Current prevention strategies failing to stem tide of violence; redoubling of efforts needed The rate of children’s firearm injuries has risen steadily over the past 5 years, and particularly after the stay at home order took effect during the pandemic, reveals an audit of these injuries in the Chicago metropolitan ...
Up to 1 in 3 with rheumatoid arthritis or fibromyalgia may be at risk, warn researchers Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions are vulnerable to long term opioid use, with up to 1 in 3 of those with rheumatoid arthritis or fibromyalgia, who take these drugs for the first time, ...
Effects seen even at less than recommended weekly amount, but there may be level above which these plateau Regular aerobic exercise, popularly known as “cardio,” is linked to a significantly lower risk of death from flu or pneumonia, even at weekly levels below those recommended, finds US research published online ...
Most high income countries, including the UK, do not have a national prostate cancer screening programme, but instead allow men without symptoms to get a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test if they wish, after talking to their doctor. But experts writing in The BMJ today argue that these shared decision policies have led to high rates of PSA testing and ...
Among Lasker award winners of last 70 years, only 8% have been women and only 4% have been non-white individuals Researchers call for more transparency around the entire awards process The number of women and non-white people in academic medicine and biomedical research continues to increase, yet the proportion of women among Lasker Award recipients ...
Effects seen even at less than recommended weekly amount, but there may be level above which these plateau Regular aerobic exercise, popularly known as “cardio,” is linked to a significantly lower risk of death from flu or pneumonia, even at weekly levels below those recommended, finds US research published online in the British ...
Did new antibiotic meet the legal standard for approval? Are US drug regulatory rules being bypassed? Drugs approved in the US require “substantial evidence” that they are effective. But an investigation by The BMJ into the recent approval of the antibiotic Recarbrio from Merck suggests that these standards are being ...
Pfizer says vaccine is safe and effective, but trial results prompt calls for further analysis of data and post-approval monitoring Experts have called for further scrutiny of a new Pfizer vaccine given during pregnancy to prevent respiratory infection in infants, after trials of a similar GSK vaccine were stopped after ...
Especially from neglected tropical diseases and malaria, maternal and neonatal disorders, diabetes and kidney diseases Shortages of health workers such as doctors, nurses and midwifery staff are strongly associated with higher death rates, especially for certain diseases such as neglected tropical diseases and malaria, pregnancy and birth complications, diabetes and ...
Dearth of women in all roles hindering advancement of specialty and ‘normalising’ inequity Sports and exercise medicine must up its game to break the cycle of gender bias in the specialty, urge an international group of doctors in an editorial in the open access journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. ...