Doctors must refuse to participate and speak out against the practice, says expert The healthcare community has an important role in opposing the death penalty, argues an expert in The BMJ today. Bharat Malkani, reader in law at Cardiff University, says doctors must refuse to participate in the execution process and speak ...
When Dr Clara Maarup Prip, a urologist and gynaecologist at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, encountered a rare case of kidney swelling (ureterohydronephrosis) caused by a menstrual cup, it was unlike anything she had seen before. The menstrual cup had been compressing the ureter where it enters the bladder, leading ...
Despite regulation, sunbeds remain popular with young people and are adding to the national skin cancer burden Commercial sunbeds should be banned in the UK, argue experts in The BMJ today. Using sunbeds causes melanoma and other skin cancers, particularly among young people, yet existing sunbed legislation is ineffective and there is ...
Findings from Georgia suggest program goals have not yet been met The introduction of work requirements for certain adults enrolled in the US health insurance program Medicaid has so far failed to boost insurance coverage or employment rates, finds a study published by The BMJ today. It shows that health insurance coverage ...
🌐 As world leaders and health experts convene and make commitments at the UN’s annual meeting, General Assembly of the United Nations, The BMJ has published several articles to inform needed action and international cooperation on health. Several obstacles (and opportunities) are on the path: Rebecca Root reports on how ...
Findings suggest patterns of harm that exceed those reported in previous modern-day conflicts and provide critical insights to tailor humanitarian response A British led study published by The BMJ today provides detailed data on the pattern and severity of traumatic injuries and medical conditions seen by international healthcare workers deployed to Gaza ...
25/11/2025: Expressions of concern placed on research paper and linked editorial on attendance at first breast screening appointment and breast cancer death Expressions of concern have been placed on the research paper and linked editorial after concerns that messaging in key areas of these articles may not be sufficiently supported ...
Journalists and others should no longer reference or use the study findings in future reporting BMJ Group has retracted research suggesting that small daily quantities of apple cider vinegar might help people who are overweight or obese to lose weight. The small clinical trial was published in the open access ...
Use rose by 9% in serious attempts to cut down and by 13% in any attempt to curb intake Trends especially noticeable among over 65s, women, and relatively well off There’s been a significant rise in the use of low and alcohol-free drinks to curb alcohol intake among ‘risky drinkers’ ...
Even light drinking is unlikely to be protective; risk rises in tandem with quantity consumed Drinking any amount of alcohol likely increases the risk of dementia, suggests the largest combined observational and genetic study to date, published online in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine. Even light drinking—generally thought to be protective, based ...
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