Particularly due to suicide and during the first year after diagnosis, irrespective of psychiatric history Clinically diagnosed perinatal depression is associated with an increased risk of death, particularly due to suicide and during the first year after diagnosis, finds a study published by The BMJ today. Perinatal depression was defined as any ...
Study finds six in 10 US physician contributors had financial ties to industry Findings raise questions about editorial independence Sixty percent of US physicians serving as panel and task force members for the American Psychiatric Association’s official manual of psychiatric disorders received payments from industry totalling $14.24m, finds a study ...
Having 4 or more children and fewer than 33 reproductive years also seem to be influential Early menopause—before the age of 45—taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and having 4 or more children are among several hormonal and reproductive factors linked to a heightened risk of rheumatoid arthritis in women, finds ...
Diet high in vegetables, legumes, nuts, and low in dairy and meat may be protective A predominantly plant-based or vegetarian diet is linked to 39% lower odds of COVID-19 infection, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health. The findings prompt the researchers to suggest that ...
Could kickstart new generation of screening tests for early cancer detection, say researchers A sex-specific panel of 10 proteins can pick up 18 different early stage cancers, representing all the major organs of the human body, finds a proof of concept study published in the open access journal BMJ Oncology. The ...
Experts explore the dark side of uncorking bubbly beverages and offer tips to ensure a safe celebration Be careful this holiday season, warn researchers in the Christmas issue of The BMJ. Eye injuries while opening bottles of fizz can be significant and easily avoided. This warning might at first sound overly ...
Estimates suggest after New Year 2022, nearly 41,000 extra pills were sold Sales of emergency contraception are estimated to rise by around 10% in the US in the week after the New Year holiday, suggesting that this period is associated with increased risks of unprotected sex compared with other holidays, ...
Analysis suggests a guilt-free Christmas is possible (if concerns about observational nutrition research can be set aside) Christmas desserts from The Great British Bake Off are more likely to use ingredients that are associated with reductions, rather than increases, in the risk of death or disease, suggests research published in ...
Findings might help personalise music therapy and evaluate effectiveness of existing ones There are three potentially unique acoustic features of healing music that transcend musical genres, suggests research published in the open access journal General Psychiatry. The findings might help to personalise playlists for patients, using artificial intelligence to analyse individual ...
Benzodiazepines and antipsychotics most often recommended, but few safety warnings on social media The use of potentially harmful ‘trip-killers’ to cut short ‘bad drug trips’ after taking psychedelics, such as LSD or magic mushrooms, is an emerging concern, warn doctors in a research letter, published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. Their ...
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