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 ...
Findings support use of P2Y12 therapy instead of aspirin for long term prevention Giving a P2Y12 inhibitor anti-clotting drug to patients with coronary artery disease is associated with lower rates of cardiovascular death, heart attack and stroke compared with traditional aspirin, with no increased risk of major bleeding, finds a ...
Findings highlight importance of healthy body weight before and after pregnancy Children born to mothers who are very obese with a BMI of 35 or higher are at heightened risk of being admitted to hospital for an infection, finds a long term study published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine. The ...
Men and the overweight may be especially vulnerable to effects of restrictive eating Following a low calorie diet is linked to a heightened risk of depressive symptoms, finds research published in the open access journal, BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health. Men and those who are overweight may be especially vulnerable to ...
Prevalence twice as high among those still puffing away as those who have never smoked Figures suggest that 40% of 25 million adults experience some level of functional difficulty Around 1 in 7 of US adults who currently smoke may have some degree of disability, suggests the first study of ...
Despite relatively high prevalence of condition among active duty and veteran personnel Potentially protective effects challenge some previous assumptions, suggest researchers General service in the US military may lower, rather than heighten, the risk of depression, despite the relatively high prevalence of the condition among active duty and veteran personnel, ...
But there is a risk it may lead to fewer people switching from smoking to vaping Standardising the colour and branding of disposable vaping devices may deter young people who have never smoked or vaped from trying them in the first place, suggests a comparative study, published online in the ...
Time to bolster restrictions and use better evidence to inform policy, say researchers Thousands of young children worldwide are still swallowing magnets despite an increase in regulations, finds a review of the available evidence, published online in the journal Injury Prevention. With US children among those seemingly most at risk, it’s ...
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