School restrictive smartphone policies may save a small amount of money by reducing staff costs

But they make little difference to pupils’ mental wellbeing and quality of life School restrictive smartphone policies may save a small amount of money for schools, primarily by reducing the amount of time staff spend on managing phone-related behaviours, but they make little difference to pupils’ quality of life or ...

2026-02-10T17:25:48+00:0011 February 2026|BMJ Mental Health, Press release|

Aerobic exercise may be most effective for relieving depression/anxiety symptoms

Supervised group exercise may be best for depression; shorter lower intensity exercise may be best for anxiety But all forms of exercise as good as, or better than, medication/talking therapies Aerobic exercise, such as running, swimming, and dancing, may be most effective for relieving the symptoms of depression and anxiety, ...

Testing menstrual blood for HPV could be “robust alternative” to cervical screening

Could offer a practical way to expand access to screening, say researchers Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a “robust alternative or replacement” for current cervical cancer screening by a clinician, finds a study from China published by The BMJ today. The researchers say using menstrual blood for HPV ...

2026-02-05T10:00:30+00:005 February 2026|Press release, The BMJ|

Air ambulance pre-hospital care may make surviving critical injury more likely

Associated with saving 5 more lives than expected out of every 100 seriously injured people Air ambulance pre-hospital care (HEMS) may make surviving critical injury more likely as it’s associated with saving 5 more lives than would be expected in every 100 major trauma cases, suggests an analysis of survival ...

2026-02-04T10:03:55+00:004 February 2026|Emergency Medicine Journal, Press release|

Significant gaps persist in regional UK access to 24/7 air ambulance services

And availability of advanced interventions, including provision of blood products, still variable Despite significant improvements in the availability of 24/7 emergency air ambulance services (HEMS) across the UK since 2009, persistent regional gaps remain, finds research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. And the provision of advanced potentially life saving interventions, ...

2026-02-04T09:49:31+00:004 February 2026|Emergency Medicine Journal, Press release|

Duplicate medical records linked to 5-fold heightened risk of inpatient death

And 3-fold increased risk of intensive care need, US study indicates Improvements needed in data integrity and health information management, say researchers Patients with duplicate medical records are 5 times more likely to die after being admitted to hospital and 3 times more likely to require intensive care than those ...

2026-02-04T09:43:28+00:004 February 2026|BMJ Quality & Safety, Press release|

Physical fitness of transgender and cisgender women is comparable, current evidence suggests

Despite greater muscle mass of transgender women 1-3 years after hormone therapy Evidence is of variable quality, but doesn’t back inherent athletic advantage theories Transgender women might have more muscle mass than cisgender women 1 to 3 years after hormone therapy, but their physical fitness is comparable, finds a pooled ...

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