Interplay of sex, marital status, education, race linked to 18 year US lifespan gap

No one factor paramount, but individual risk rises in tandem with number of such factors Simple scoring system helps overcome this complexity to identify those at risk of early death The interplay of a quartet of sex, marital status, education, and race is linked to an 18 year lifespan gap ...

2024-08-07T14:20:53+00:006 August 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Retraction notice of previously press released research

The research “Acupuncture for low back and/or pelvic pain during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials,” published in the open access journal BMJ Open in 2022, has been retracted. This research was press released in November 2022 under the title of “Acupuncture can relieve lower back/pelvic pain often ...

2024-06-18T13:55:00+00:0018 June 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Consistently exercising 2-3 times a week over the long term linked to lower current insomnia risk

And ability to clock up recommended 6-9 hours of shut eye every night, 10-year study shows Consistently exercising 2-3 times a week over the long term is linked to a lower current risk of insomnia as well as the ability to clock up the recommended 6-9 hours of shut eye ...

2024-06-04T10:23:51+00:0027 March 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Poor quality clinical data informing NICE decisions on treatments in over half of cases

20 year analysis shows no improvement in data quality submitted by manufacturers The quality of evidence submitted to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for informing its decisions to recommend technologies for use in the NHS was poor in more than half of cases, reveals a 20-year ...

2024-06-04T10:24:46+00:0014 February 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Acupuncture may curb the heightened risk of stroke associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Effects independent of sex, age, medication use, and co-existing conditions Needling may reduce pro-inflammatory proteins in the body, suggest researchers A course of acupuncture may curb the heightened risk of stroke associated with rheumatoid arthritis, finds a comparative study published in the open access journal BMJ Open. The effects seem to ...

2024-06-04T10:23:53+00:0014 February 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Up to three daily servings of kimchi may lower men’s obesity risk

And radish kimchi linked to lower prevalence of midriff bulge in both men and women Eating up to three daily servings of the Korean classic, kimchi, may lower men’s overall risk of obesity, while radish kimchi is linked to a lower prevalence of midriff bulge in both sexes, finds research ...

2024-06-04T10:23:56+00:0031 January 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Energy drinks linked to poor sleep quality and insomnia among college students

The higher the consumption frequency, the fewer hours of nightly shut eye they clock up But even just the occasional can is linked to heightened risk of disturbed sleep Knocking back energy drinks is linked to poor quality sleep and insomnia among college students, finds a large Norwegian study published ...

2024-06-04T10:25:38+00:0023 January 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Enlarged breast tissue in men (gynaecomastia) linked to heightened risk of death

Those with a pre-existing risk factor most vulnerable, research suggests Men with enlarged breast tissue, not caused by excess weight—a condition formally known as gynaecomastia—may be at heightened risk of an early death before the age of 75, suggests the first study of its kind, published online in the open ...

2024-06-04T10:23:22+00:0017 January 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Size of attainment gap between UK White and minority ethnic medical students varies by ethnicity and medical school

Minorities significantly disadvantaged by UK medical education system, say researchers Remedial action urgently needed to close gap The size of the gap in academic achievement between White and minority ethnic medical students in the UK varies considerably, depending on their individual ethnicity and which medical school they attended, finds the ...

2024-06-04T10:24:55+00:0013 December 2023|BMJ Open, Press release|

6+ hours/day of sedentary leisure time linked to doubling in fibroids risk

Risk seems to be linear in women who’ve not yet gone through the menopause  Clocking up 6 or more hours of sedentary leisure time every day may double a woman’s risk of uterine fibroids before she’s gone through the menopause, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Open. The ...

2024-06-04T10:23:58+00:0029 November 2023|BMJ Open, Press release|
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