Growing financial strain on the NHS due to longer stays in hospital Eating disorders and self-harm most common reasons for emergency admissions The total cost of emergency admissions for mental health among children and young people in England rose from £22.5 million in 2012/13 to £87.3 million in 2021/22, finds ...
Patients with vitamin D deficiency may benefit from supplements before operations Vitamin D deficiency is associated with more moderate to severe pain following breast cancer surgery and an increased consumption of opioid drugs, finds research published online in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Breast cancer patients with low levels ...
Current exercise guidelines are too low, suggest researchers Less fit individuals need to do more exercise to get the same benefits Adults should aim to do between 560 and 610 minutes a week of moderate to vigorous physical activity to achieve a substantial reduction in the risk of heart attacks ...
Approval mechanisms must be grounded in patient need and population health A new UK drug approval pathway, designed to speed up the availability of new medicines, benefits industry over patients and the NHS, argues an expert in The BMJ today. The pathway aligns regulatory review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory ...
New trial adds high quality evidence on benefits of tranexamic acid for high-risk women Giving tranexamic acid to women with placenta praevia (when the placenta covers the cervical opening) undergoing caesarean birth leads to a significant yet modest reduction in severe bleeding after delivery with no evidence of an increase in ...
Mothers who work in occupations with high exposure to toxic chemicals more likely to have a child with autism spectrum disorder High stress at work also linked to odds of an autism diagnosis in offspring Association was seen for occupations held up to one year before conception Mothers who work ...
But aerobic exercise most consistently linked to drop in high blood pressure at any time Evidence for non-conventional training such as recreational sport or pilates is more limited, pooled data analysis shows Aerobic and resistance training combined, and high intensity interval training (HIIT), are associated with significant reductions in blood ...
Estimates suggest between 3000-3700 such cases every year Stark disparity underscores urgent need for government and policy action, say researchers Prisoners in England are 41 to 67 times more likely to experience avoidable harms as a result of poor healthcare than the general public, suggest the findings of a case note ...
Optimal daily amount may be about 170 g of legumes and 60-80 g of soy, evidence suggests A higher dietary intake of soy and legumes is linked to a lower risk of high blood pressure, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ ...
Findings align with existing safety data, supporting continued use of aluminium-adjuvanted vaccines in immunisation programmes. Current evidence does not support direct (causal) associations between aluminium adjuvanted vaccines and serious or long term health outcomes, including autism, diabetes and asthma, finds a review of the latest data published by The BMJ today. Small ...
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