3 potentially unique acoustic features of healing music that transcend genre identified

Findings might help personalise music therapy and evaluate effectiveness of existing ones  There are three potentially unique acoustic features of healing music that transcend musical genres, suggests research published in the open access journal General Psychiatry. The findings might help to personalise playlists for patients, using artificial intelligence to analyse individual ...

2024-06-04T10:24:20+00:0020 December 2023|General Psychiatry, Press release|

Potentially harmful ‘trip-killers’ to cut short ‘bad’ drug trips, emerging concern, warn doctors

Benzodiazepines and antipsychotics most often recommended, but few safety warnings on social media The use of potentially harmful ‘trip-killers’ to cut short ‘bad drug trips’ after taking psychedelics, such as LSD or magic mushrooms, is an emerging concern, warn doctors in a research letter, published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. Their ...

2024-06-04T10:24:27+00:0020 December 2023|Emergency Medicine Journal, Press release|

Diabetes drug may significantly lower women’s risk of substantial weight gain after giving up smoking

Women seem to be 5 times as likely as men to put on a lot of weight in wake of quitting  The diabetes drug dulaglutide (Trulicity) may significantly lower a woman’s risk of substantial weight gain after she has given up smoking, finds a secondary analysis of clinical trial data, ...

Barbie should expand her range of medical and scientific professions

While Barbie’s career options have increased in recent decades, there is clearly still room for improvement, say experts Barbie should consider expanding her medical and scientific careers into areas where women and other under-represented groups remain a minority, suggests a study published in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.  The ever-popular ...

2024-06-04T10:24:50+00:0019 December 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

US female gun violence victims less likely to die than male victims despite same injury severity

They also have better outcomes, with fewer complications after hospital admission  Female victims of gun violence in the US are less likely to die than their male counterparts, despite having similar injury severity, finds a 7-year analysis of a US national injury database, published in the open access journal Trauma Surgery ...

Size of attainment gap between UK White and minority ethnic medical students varies by ethnicity and medical school

Minorities significantly disadvantaged by UK medical education system, say researchers Remedial action urgently needed to close gap The size of the gap in academic achievement between White and minority ethnic medical students in the UK varies considerably, depending on their individual ethnicity and which medical school they attended, finds the ...

2024-06-04T10:24:55+00:0013 December 2023|BMJ Open, Press release|
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