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Four types of animal-to-human infections increasing at “exponential rate”

On current trends, they are collectively set to kill 12 times more people in 2050 than in 2020 Zoonotic epidemics generally have become larger and more frequent over past 60 years Four types of animal-to-human (zoonotic) Infections have been increasing at an “exponential rate,” amid a general pattern of increasingly ...

2024-06-04T10:24:57+00:003 November 2023|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

AI able to predict if and when people at high risk progress to glaucoma

Subject to further refinement with larger numbers of people, this may prove helpful diagnostic aid for doctors, say researchers AI (artificial intelligence) that is trained to recognise red flags in retinal images and clinical information can predict if and when people at high risk of glaucoma, usually referred to as ...

Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency

Over 200 health journals urge the World Health Organization to declare the deadly climate change and nature crisis as a global health emergency Over 200 health journals across the world have come together to simultaneously publish an editorial calling on world leaders and health professionals to recognise that climate change ...

2025-06-26T10:34:35+00:0026 October 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

Hospitals accused of using foreign doctors as “cheap labour” in fellowship schemes

Employment lawyer describes scheme conditions as “exploitative” Trusts say scheme saves money, but also benefits the overseas healthcare structure English hospital trusts have been accused of using foreign doctors as “cheap labour” as part of fellowship schemes in which they can be paid less than trust-employed doctors and sent home ...

2024-06-04T10:24:58+00:0026 October 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

Industry payments to physicians linked to use of some non-recommended and low value drugs among cancer patients

Findings raise quality of care concerns about this common practice, say researchers Patients with cancer whose oncologist receives payments from industry appear more likely to receive some non-recommended and low value treatments, finds a US study published by The BMJ today. This finding raises potential concerns about quality of care, and the ...

2024-06-04T10:24:58+00:0026 October 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

Tai Chi may curb Parkinson’s disease symptoms and complications for several years

Associated with slower disease progression and lower doses of required drugs Tai Chi, the Chinese martial art that involves sequences of very slow controlled movements, may curb the symptoms and complications of Parkinson’s disease for several years, reveals research, published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Its ...

Daily 20-25 mins of physical activity may offset death risk from prolonged sitting

But higher daily tallies linked to lower risk irrespective of time spent seated among over 50s Clocking up just 20-25 minutes of physical activity every day may be enough to offset the heightened risk of death from a highly sedentary lifestyle, suggests research published online in the British Journal of ...

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