Water scarcity seldom starts wars, but wars increasingly degrade vital water systems on which health and recovery depend, creating a cycle that reinforces ongoing fragility and violence, warn experts in The BMJ’s climate issue today. Rohit Ramchandani and colleagues at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and ...
Investing more in the military is not a solution to climate change, and may cost us our security, warn experts in The BMJ’s climate issue today. In the first article, Neta Crawford at the University of St Andrews says the view that climate change is a "threat multiplier" that may ...
Daily vaping rose by 230%; vaping among under 21s quadrupled in 10 years, data suggest Including frequency in surveillance may boost understanding of public health impact More people are likely vaping, and with greater frequency, in the US since 2013-14, suggests a data analysis published online in the journal Tobacco ...
Associated with large increases in daily vaping and nicotine dependence in this age group FDA should review marketing approvals for these products to reflect addictive potential High-nicotine vape use surged by 80% among US 18-24 year olds between 2017 and 2022, and was associated with large increases in daily vaping ...
3+ activities, volunteering and sports club membership seem particularly effective Diverse and sustained social activities may boost cognitive performance and slow the decline in brain health associated with ageing, suggest the findings of a large international study, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Regularly engaging in ...
Experts call for national data on private prescriptions to close the evidence gap The rapid expansion of private testosterone prescribing risks extending treatment beyond men with clearly defined need to people with non-specific symptoms and borderline test results, for whom the balance of benefit and long term risk are ...
Bulk summary reports often fail to promptly spot potential safety signals Improvements needed to safeguard patients and meet FDA standards Permitting medical device manufacturers to submit bulk summary reports of adverse events to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), rather than reporting individual cases, often fails to promptly ...
BMJ GROUP NEWS | 12 October 2026 Congratulations to Kamran Abbasi, editor-in-chief of The BMJ, and former BMJ Group non-executive director Kiran Patel, who are among 75 influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health recognised by the Health Service Journal (HSJ). Their inclusion in HSJ's 2026 ...
Investigation finds variant sharing is inconsistent, incomplete, and in some cases absent Experts and families say this could be prolonging uncertainty and delaying treatment Three out of England’s seven NHS genetics laboratories are failing to routinely share vital information about genetic variants in public databases that helps patients with ...
Greater risk reduction seen among women vaccinated at earlier ages Findings extend benefits of HPV vaccination beyond cancer prevention Having received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine before pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of major pregnancy complications including preterm birth, with the greater reduction in risk seen among ...
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