Why an intersectional gender approach matters for social innovations in health 🌍

Health challenges go beyond clinical interventions—social, cultural, and political factors deeply influence outcomes. Recognising how gender intersects with socio-economic factors is crucial for achieving health equity.   The latest collection in BMJ Innovations, produced in partnership with TDR, explores innovations to ensure interventions are inclusive and responsive to marginalised groups ...

Thousands of young children worldwide still swallowing magnets despite increased regs

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 ...

2025-05-21T09:34:05+00:0021 May 2025|Injury Prevention, Press release|

New US dementia cases in decline, but continued rise in people living with the condition

Rates highest among black beneficiaries and those living in more deprived neighborhoods New cases of dementia in the United States declined from 2015 to 2021, but the number of people living with the condition continued to rise due to population ageing, with nearly 2.9 million traditional Medicare beneficiaries (around 12%) ...

2025-05-20T11:08:28+00:0020 May 2025|Press release, The BMJ|

Physical activity + organised sports participation may ward off childhood mental ill health

But clear sex differences in protective effects, depending on condition, findings indicate Physical activity in early childhood, especially taking part in organised sports,may ward off several mental health disorders in later childhood and adolescence, suggests research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. But there seem to be clear ...

Long working hours may alter brain structure, preliminary findings suggest

Overwork may induce neuroadaptive changes that affect cognitive and and emotional health Long working hours may alter the structure of the brain, particularly the areas associated with emotional regulation and executive function, such as working memory and problem solving, suggest the findings of preliminary research, published online in Occupational & Environmental ...

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