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US over 40s could live extra 5 years if they were all as active as top 25% of population

And for the least physically active this could mean living nearly 11 more years If every American over the age of 40 was as physically active as the top 25% of the population, they could expect to live an extra 5 years, on average, suggest the findings of a modelling ...

Outsourcing adult social care has contributed to England’s care crisis, argue experts

Growth of private provision has resulted in worse care and should be rolled back Outsourcing adult social care services in England to the private sector since the 1980s has led to worse care and should be rolled back, argue experts in The BMJ today. Benjamin Goodair at the Blavatnik School of Government, ...

2024-11-14T10:40:00+00:0014 November 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Adverse events affect over 1 in 3 surgery patients, US study finds

And a majority are preventable, emphasising need for ongoing improvement in patient safety, say researchers Adverse events affect more than a third (38%) of adults undergoing surgery, finds a study of admissions to 11 hospitals in the US state of Massachusetts, published by The BMJ today. Of the 1009 admissions analysed, nearly ...

2024-11-15T14:27:05+00:0014 November 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

More green space linked to fewer preventable deaths in most deprived areas of UK

Provision lowest in most deprived neighbourhoods in 3 of the 4 UK nations Green space investment might be key preventive public health strategy, say researchers  The provision of just 1% more green space in the most deprived urban neighbourhoods in 3 out of the 4 UK nations may be linked ...

Men often struggle with transition to fatherhood amid lack of targeted information and support

Greater focus needed on their unique experiences of perinatal period, say researchers Men often struggle with the transition to fatherhood amid a lack of information and emotional support targeted to their needs, suggests a review of the available qualitative evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. Greater focus is ...

2024-11-13T10:52:31+00:0013 November 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Specific long term condition combinations have major role in NHS ‘winter pressures’

Cardiovascular disease, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes quartet linked to 11-fold higher hospital admission risk Kidney disease + cardiovascular disease + dementia + osteoarthritis linked to 24-fold higher death risk Specific combinations of long term conditions have a major role in the additional pressures the NHS faces every winter, because they ...

2024-11-13T10:38:18+00:0013 November 2024|BMJ Medicine, Press release|

Gut microbiome changes linked to onset of clinically evident rheumatoid arthritis

But it’s not clear if this ‘instability’ helps prompt or follows disease development Findings might nevertheless help to identify those most at risk and personalise treatment  Changes in the make-up of the gut microbiome are linked to the onset of clinically evident rheumatoid arthritis in those at risk of the ...

Exercise programmes help cut new mums’ ‘baby blues’ severity and major depression risk

At least 80 minutes of moderate intensity exercise needed to achieve effects Exercise-only programmes help cut the severity of the ‘baby blues’ and the risk of major clinical depression in new mums, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. But at ...

SGLT-2 inhibitors linked to lower death rates in patients with heart failure

Findings show lower mortality with SGLT-2 inhibitors in a real-life setting Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drugs, initially developed to treat type 2 diabetes are associated with a reduced risk of all-cause and cardiovascular death among patients with heart failure in the real-life setting, finds a study published by The ...

2024-11-07T11:06:29+00:007 November 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Tightly tied waist cord of saree underskirt may pose cancer risk, warn doctors

Continued cord friction linked to chronic inflammation, leading to skin ulceration A tightly tied waist cord of the underskirt (petticoat) traditionally worn under a saree, particularly in rural parts of India, may lead to what has been dubbed ‘petticoat cancer,’ warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports after treating two women ...

2024-11-06T12:19:53+00:006 November 2024|BMJ Case Reports, Press release|
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