Customised charts could help improve maternity safety, say researchers One-size-fits-all fetal growth charts used in the NHS to monitor babies' growth before birth often misclassify babies as being either too small or too large, which can lead to missed cases at risk of stillbirth or unnecessary interventions, finds a study ...
Treatment decisions should be individualised, balancing expected benefits, harms, treatment burden, costs, availability, and patient preferences, say researchers Despite substantial weight loss, most obesity drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro do not meaningfully improve quality of life and few show cardiovascular benefits at one year, finds an analysis of the latest evidence published ...
Prevalence higher in rural areas in all regions, pooled data analysis of 44 countries reveals Strong protective effects of education and delayed childbearing Early menopause affects 1 in 14 women aged 30 to 49 living in low and middle income countries, finds a pooled data analysis of its prevalence in ...
Rates even higher in those who are young, old, frail or economically disadvantaged Diagnosis after emergency admission 3 times less likely to be early stage disease Two in five women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed only after an emergency hospital admission, when they are 3 times less likely to have ...
Absolute risk is low, but findings support ongoing efforts to reduce use and duration of mechanical restraint where feasible Mechanical restraint is associated with a small increased short term risk of blood clots among inpatients at psychiatric hospitals, finds a Danish study published by The BMJ today. Although the absolute risk remains ...
The detrimental impact on NHS care by divesting from these services could lead to 229,000 deaths by 2036 – more deaths than the covid-19 pandemic Around £45bn in NHS funding will be diverted from other NHS care by 2036 to pay more for new medicines under the UK-US trade deal ...
Biologically plausible, but more rigorous research needed before it can be recommended High doses of intravenous (IV) vitamin C may lower the risks of death and sepsis in trauma patients, as well as shortening hospital stay, suggests a review of the available evidence published online in the journal BMJ Military ...
Vitamin D shows similar benefits in adults with asthma, including slower biological ageing Higher levels of circulating vitamin A are linked to better lung function in children and adults with asthma, while vitamin D shows similar benefits in adults, including slower biological ageing, finds the first study of its kind, ...
Rather than increase in worsening psychological ill health, Norwegian study suggests Strongest rise seen for symptoms of anxiety and depression, not actual disorders Lower thresholds for seeking medical help and/or changes in diagnostic practice, rather than a true increase in worsening psychological ill health, may help to explain the rise ...
Longer term evaluation needed, but current age verification checks are “suboptimal” and being bypassed by many under 16s, warn researchers There is little evidence that Australia's Social Media Minimum Age Act has led to any immediate reductions in social media use by under 16s, finds an early analysis of survey data published by The BMJ today. ...
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