New recommendations reflect the evolving nature of the virus and the changing role of covid-19 therapies A panel of international experts representing the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group has updated its guidance on treatments for patients with covid-19. The new recommendations published by The BMJ are part of a living guideline, ...
Rise in proportion surviving to discharge, but overall survival remains low And there are major implications for additional resource needs, say researchers The number of very premature babies (22 weeks) given respiratory life support (survival focused care) and/or admitted to neonatal units in England and Wales has increased 3-fold, following ...
Curbing need for sedation could boost patient safety, cut costs and waiting times, suggest researchers Giving children a virtual/augmented (mixed) reality playkit to use ahead of an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan seems to ease both their and their parents’ anxieties about this procedure, suggest preliminary findings published in the ...
New series offers practical actions health workers can take to help reach net zero Cutting nitrous oxide waste in hospitals, switching to reusable vaginal speculums for cervical screening, and prescribing tablets over intravenous drugs are just some of the tangible actions doctors can take to reduce the carbon footprint of ...
On current trends, they are collectively set to kill 12 times more people in 2050 than in 2020 Zoonotic epidemics generally have become larger and more frequent over past 60 years Four types of animal-to-human (zoonotic) Infections have been increasing at an “exponential rate,” amid a general pattern of increasingly ...
Subject to further refinement with larger numbers of people, this may prove helpful diagnostic aid for doctors, say researchers AI (artificial intelligence) that is trained to recognise red flags in retinal images and clinical information can predict if and when people at high risk of glaucoma, usually referred to as ...
The BMJ reveals how lax rules enable a revolving door culture An investigation published by The BMJ today raises concerns about a revolving door culture between the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Moderna after two regulators who held oversight roles for covid vaccines went to work for the company. During ...
Over 200 health journals urge the World Health Organization to declare the deadly climate change and nature crisis as a global health emergency Over 200 health journals across the world have come together to simultaneously publish an editorial calling on world leaders and health professionals to recognise that climate change ...
Employment lawyer describes scheme conditions as “exploitative” Trusts say scheme saves money, but also benefits the overseas healthcare structure English hospital trusts have been accused of using foreign doctors as “cheap labour” as part of fellowship schemes in which they can be paid less than trust-employed doctors and sent home ...
Findings raise quality of care concerns about this common practice, say researchers Patients with cancer whose oncologist receives payments from industry appear more likely to receive some non-recommended and low value treatments, finds a US study published by The BMJ today. This finding raises potential concerns about quality of care, and the ...
