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Minority ethnic NHS staff more likely to face workplace discrimination during pandemic than White colleagues

Urgent action needed to redress ongoing health service race inequalities, insist researchers Minority ethnic NHS staff were more likely to face workplace harassment, discrimination, and unavailability of personal protective equipment (PPE) than their White British colleagues during the pandemic, reveals research published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Urgent ...

2024-06-04T10:24:45+00:0021 February 2024|Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Press release|

The BMJ reveals huge delays in dealing with complaints against UK drug companies

Delays allow problematic practices to carry on for many months Processing times for complaints against drug companies suspected of having breached their industry code of practice have more than tripled in a nearly two-decade period, an investigation by The BMJ has found. Data analysis by Shai Mulinari at Lund University and Piotr ...

2024-06-04T10:24:26+00:0015 February 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Companies are adopting feminist narratives to influence women’s health

Women’s health cannot be allowed to be hijacked by vested interests, say experts Feminist health narratives are being co-opted by commercial interests to market new technologies, tests, and treatments that are not backed by evidence, argue researchers in The BMJ today. Dr Tessa Copp at The University of Sydney and colleagues say ...

2024-06-04T10:24:40+00:0015 February 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Doctors quitting over stress and cost of finding suitable childcare

BMJ survey shows many doctor parents find it almost impossible to fit their work in with available childcare options For some, childcare costs are more than they earn Securing suitable childcare for the irregular and long working hours demanded by a medical career is a crippling financial burden and a ...

2024-06-04T10:24:46+00:0015 February 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Walking, jogging, yoga, and strength training ease depression

Even low intensity activities are beneficial, but the more vigorous the activity, the greater the benefits Walking or jogging, yoga, and strength training seem to be the most effective exercises to ease depression, either alone or alongside established treatments such as psychotherapy and drugs, suggests an evidence review published by The ...

2024-06-04T10:24:17+00:0015 February 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Age when periods first start and early menopause linked to heightened COPD risk

Miscarriage, stillbirth, infertility, and having 3 or more children additional risk factors A range of reproductive factors, including age when periods first start and an early menopause, are all linked to a heightened risk of COPD—the umbrella term for progressive lung conditions that cause breathing difficulties—finds research published online in ...

2024-06-04T10:25:30+00:0014 February 2024|Press release, Thorax|

Poor quality clinical data informing NICE decisions on treatments in over half of cases

20 year analysis shows no improvement in data quality submitted by manufacturers The quality of evidence submitted to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for informing its decisions to recommend technologies for use in the NHS was poor in more than half of cases, reveals a 20-year ...

2024-06-04T10:24:46+00:0014 February 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Acupuncture may curb the heightened risk of stroke associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Effects independent of sex, age, medication use, and co-existing conditions Needling may reduce pro-inflammatory proteins in the body, suggest researchers A course of acupuncture may curb the heightened risk of stroke associated with rheumatoid arthritis, finds a comparative study published in the open access journal BMJ Open. The effects seem to ...

2024-06-04T10:23:53+00:0014 February 2024|BMJ Open, Press release|

Group rehabilitation improves quality of life for people with long covid

Findings will assist clinicians in treating this complex condition An online programme of physical and mental health rehabilitation can improve quality of life for adults with long covid, finds a trial published by The BMJ today. The eight week REGAIN programme, delivered in online group sessions, led to sustained improvements in fatigue, ...

2024-06-04T10:23:19+00:008 February 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

High weekly physical activity levels linked to lower kidney disease risk in diabetes + overweight/obesity

Boosting weekly total by just over an hour linked to 33% lower risk Among ‘improvers’, effects evident for bouts lasting above or below 10 mins at a time Clocking up high weekly levels of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity is linked to a lower risk of developing chronic kidney ...

2024-06-04T10:23:54+00:008 February 2024|British Journal of Sports Medicine, Press release|

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