Risks higher in women than in men with the same condition Chronic exposure to systemic inflammation may explain associations, say researchers Living with an autoimmune disease is linked to a near doubling in the risk of persistent mental health issues, such as depression, generalised anxiety, and bipolar disorder, with these ...
Investigation finds evidence of serious misreporting, raising fresh doubts over the approval and decade long use of ticagrelor In a follow up investigation into the multibillion dollar drug ticagrelor, The BMJ has uncovered fresh concerns, this time in key platelet studies used in its FDA approval. For more than a decade, ticagrelor ...
These wards have the potential to reduce need to build more high-carbon impact hospitals A virtual ward bed uses 4 times less carbon than a traditional inpatient bed, so helping the NHS achieve its net zero target by 2045, finds the first study of its kind, published in the open ...
Treat it like tobacco: don’t criminialise it, discourage it, and protect bystanders, says editorial Cannabis use is linked to a doubling in the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, with significantly heightened risks of having a stroke or acute coronary syndrome—sudden reduced or blocked blood flow to the heart—finds a ...
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal account for almost half of all such births Despite overall progress in bringing down low birthweight numbers across India over the past 30 years, rates remain stubbornly high in certain states, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal, accounting for almost half of ...
“We need to hold these corporate giants accountable for putting profits over public and planetary health,” they argue Football’s governing body FIFA should drop Coca-Cola as sponsors of the 2025 Club World Cup which begins this week, urge doctors in The BMJ today. Dr Chris van Tulleken at University College ...
Although risk much lower than some other progestogens and disappeared one year after stopping treatment Taking the progestogen-only contraceptive pill desogestrel continuously for more than five years is associated with a small increased risk of developing a type of brain tumour called an intracranial meningioma, finds a study from France ...
More individuals are seeking treatment for ketamine addiction Greater awareness, research, and treatments are needed The rise in non-prescribed ketamine use across the UK in recent years is a cause for concern, say doctors in The BMJ today. Irene Guerrini at South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and colleagues warn that ...
And they mostly prefer symptom relief at end of life rather than prolongation of life But preferences vary according to their jurisdiction’s legislation on assisted dying When it comes to advanced cancer or Alzheimer’s disease, over half of doctors would consider assisted dying for themselves, but preferences seem to vary ...
..to curb global toll taken by the disease, especially in the rest of Africa and Asia High levels of aflatoxin contamination in dietary staples of maize and peanuts With one of the highest rates of liver cancer in Africa, Ghana represents critical case study There’s an urgent need to quantify ...
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