Swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitiser can kill, warns analysis of coroners’ reports

Public largely unaware of potential safety hazards More needs to be done to protect children, elderly, those with mental health issues Swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitiser can kill, warns an analysis of two such deaths identified in coroners’ reports, and published in the journal BMJ Evidence Based Medicine. But the public is ...

2020-12-02T09:55:23+00:002 December 2020|BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, Press release|

No safe level of caffeine consumption for pregnant women and would-be mothers

Women who are pregnant or trying for a baby should consider avoiding caffeine, researchers say Women who are pregnant or trying to conceive should be advised to avoid caffeine because the evidence suggests that maternal caffeine consumption is associated with negative pregnancy outcomes and that there is no safe level ...

2020-08-25T09:04:16+00:0025 August 2020|BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, Press release|

Doubt cast on wisdom of targeting ‘bad’ cholesterol to curb heart disease risk

Decades of research have failed to show consistent benefit for this approach, say researchers Setting targets for ‘bad’ (LDL) cholesterol levels to ward off heart disease and death in those at risk might seem intuitive, but decades of research have failed to show any consistent benefit for this approach, reveals ...

2020-08-04T08:24:41+00:004 August 2020|BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, Press release|
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