Celebrating a decade of patient and public partnership

Improving healthcare and health systems We partner with patients and the public across all aspects of our work. Their insights bring a critical dimension to our work and thinking: partnerships with patients, carers, community support networks, and the public will create better evidence." Dr Kamran Abbasi Editor ...

2025-06-25T14:39:56+00:0013 September 2024|Our impact|

Bridging knowledge gaps

The impact of BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager on healthcare In the UK, one in four adults has two or more medical conditions, and one in three adults in hospital has five or more conditions. In the US, 42% of people are dealing with two or more ...

2025-06-25T14:14:36+00:0012 September 2024|Our impact|

Shorter-course radiation better option for breast cancer patients than conventional schedule

Although survival and recurrence were similar, this approach is safer, more convenient for patients, and less costly, say researchers Giving higher doses per fraction of radiation therapy over a shorter time after breast cancer surgery significantly reduces the risk of side effects and improves quality of life compared with a ...

2024-09-12T15:18:21+00:0012 September 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

One dose of smallpox vaccine moderately effective in preventing mpox infection

Vaccine should be made available to communities at risk, say researchers One dose of modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) smallpox vaccine is moderately effective in preventing mpox infection and should be made available to communities at risk, finds a study published by The BMJ today. With mpox infections rising again across the ...

2024-09-12T15:15:58+00:0012 September 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Tobacco policy: making a stand

BMJ Group’s stringent tobacco policy exemplifies our long standing dedication to independent publishing." Dr Helen Macdonald Publication ethics and content integrity editor Recognising the harmful impact of the tobacco industry—responsible for killing up to two-thirds of long-term users—we have excluded tobacco-sponsored research from our publications ...

2025-06-26T10:39:05+00:0012 September 2024|Our impact|
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