The impact of patient advocacy on peer review

Liz Salmi and Dr Charlotte Blease are breaking new ground as co-authors of The Step-by-Step Guide to Peer Review for Patients and Novice Researchers, published in BMJ Health & Care Informatics. With this publication, they addressed the need for clear guidelines, tackled the challenges of measuring impact, and emphasised the ...

Sugary drink intake by children and adolescents increased by almost a quarter between 1990 and 2018

Increase parallels rises in obesity among young people Action needed to curb consumption, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa, say researchers  Children and adolescents across the world consumed on average 23% more sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) in 2018 than they did in 1990, show the results ...

2024-08-08T09:19:07+00:008 August 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

New evidence casts doubt on a much-hyped blood test for early cancer detection

Deal commits NHS to buying millions of tests in exchange for state-of-the-art facility But experts say test is “a clear-cut case of public risk and private profit”  New evidence published by The BMJ today casts doubt on a much-hyped blood test for the NHS that promises to detect more than 50 types ...

2024-08-08T12:42:57+00:008 August 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Cut ties with Coca Cola in interests of athletes, spectators, and the planet, IOC urged

Sponsorship forces athletes to implicitly endorse unhealthy sugary drinks, say authors And it gives company elite access to political and corporate leaders to exert its influence The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should cut its ties with Coca Cola in the best interests of athletes, spectators, and the planet, urge Trish ...

2024-08-07T14:50:53+00:007 August 2024|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Reducing child poverty in England would significantly boost child health and narrow health inequalities

It would cut infant deaths, numbers of children in care, hospital admissions Likely have other beneficial knock-on effects on local authority and health services Most deprived regions, especially in the North East, stand to benefit the most Renewed efforts to reduce child poverty in England between now and 2033, such ...

Follow Australia’s lead and ban artificial stone, researchers urge European governments

Until then, adopt all possible control measures to minimise exposure to harmful silica dust The UK and the European Union should follow Australia’s lead and ban the kitchen worktop favourite and cause of irreversible and rapidly progressive lung disease—artificial stone siliicosis—urge researchers in an editorial, published online in Occupational & Environmental ...

Think about banning kitchen worktop favourite to ward off incurable lung disease, urge doctors

Call prompted by treating first 8 cases of artificial stone silicosis reported in UK It may now be time to ban artificial stone—a firm favourite for kitchen worktops in the UK— to ward off the incurable lung disease caused by its manufacturing and fitting, say a team of doctors in ...

2024-08-07T14:38:48+00:007 August 2024|Press release, Thorax|

Interplay of sex, marital status, education, race linked to 18 year US lifespan gap

No one factor paramount, but individual risk rises in tandem with number of such factors Simple scoring system helps overcome this complexity to identify those at risk of early death The interplay of a quartet of sex, marital status, education, and race is linked to an 18 year lifespan gap ...

2024-08-07T14:20:53+00:006 August 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Rising toll of serious injuries linked to expanded Mexico-US border wall crossing

Poor discharge care and interpreting facilities equal “humanitarian and health crisis” Injured from 38 different countries; 21 languages other than Spanish spoken The expansion of the Mexico-US border wall crossing has been accompanied by a rising toll of serious injuries, with poor discharge care and a lack of appropriate interpreting ...

BMJ Group and OpenAthens open doors to seamless federated access to BMJ Impact Analytics

Collaboration set to enhance BMJ Impact Analytics user experience Leading global healthcare knowledge provider, BMJ Group, and experts in federated single sign-on services, OpenAthens, are excited to announce that OpenAthens' advanced authentication technology is now available on BMJ Impact Analytics.  BMJ Impact Analytics joins the growing number of BMJ Group ...

2024-08-08T00:29:58+00:005 August 2024|Corporate announcement, Partnership|
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