As well as improving general exercise capacity and mental health, finds pooled data analysis Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation lessens the severity, frequency, and recurrence of the most common form of irregular heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation, or AF for short, finds a pooled data analysis of the available research, published online in ...
BMJ China and West China Hospital's Alzheimer's disease imaging roundtable, December 2024 BMJ Group contributes to the progress of health research, policy, and practice through trusted editorial leadership and a vast global network of experts. We run over 20 roundtables, 100+ webinars, dozens of regional and global panel ...
Further research warranted, but limiting consumption may help curb global toll of the disease A higher intake of ultra processed food (UPF) is linked to an increased risk of lung cancer, suggests research published online in the respiratory journal Thorax. Further research is warranted in different population groups, but limiting consumption ...
Likelihood of smoking 1.5% among teens who don’t vape, but 33% among those who do UK teens who currently vape are as likely to take up smoking as their peers in the 1970s, despite a substantial fall in the prevalence of teenage smoking over the past 50 years, suggests a ...
Studies highlight issues over accuracy and suitability for public use Many self-tests available on the UK high street are unfit-for-purpose and need much greater regulation to ensure they are safe and reliable, conclude two studies published by The BMJ today. The findings show that most self-tests lack essential information about who should ...
Combatting misinformation and empowering patient decisions In a world flooded with misinformation and unreliable health advice, trusted medical information has never been more critical. Misinformation risks patient safety, reduces vaccine uptake, delays treatment, and erodes the trust essential to effective healthcare. According to the WHO, poor quality ...
Findings suggest future guidelines prioritise drugs with dual blood glucose and neuroprotective effects GLP-1 receptor agonists, a class of drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, likely trump the widely prescribed metformin for curbing dementia risk in people with the condition, finds the largest study of its kind, published in ...
But figures based on 2020-21 data and don’t include all indirect costs Societal and financial impacts of increasingly common condition “gravely” undervalued The annual UK cost of the mental health disorder PTSD is likely to top £40 billion, but the figures are based on 2020-1 prevalence rates—the most recently available—and ...
Amid substantial fall in reports associated with other local anaesthetics Poisonings and deaths linked to the use of the local anaesthetic lidocaine have nearly tripled in the US over the past decade, finds an analysis of National Poison Data System (NPDS) reports, published online in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain ...
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