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+01:0019 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 ...

2024-06-04T10:23:23+01:0013 December 2023|Press release, Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open|

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+01:0013 December 2023|BMJ Open, Press release|

Twice daily electrical stimulation may boost mental processes in Alzheimer’s disease

Non-invasive technology (tDCS) may fire up brain’s plasticity, enabling new neural networks Twice daily non-invasive electrical stimulation of the brain may boost mental processes (cognitive function) in people with Alzheimer’s disease, suggest the results of a small clinical trial published online in the open access journal General Psychiatry. The technology, known ...

2024-06-04T10:23:23+01:006 December 2023|General Psychiatry, Press release|

Actively monitoring cervical lesions linked to heightened long term risk of cervical cancer

Absolute risk of cervical cancer remains low, but results show importance of regular checks for women having active surveillance Actively monitoring abnormal cells (lesions) that line the cervix rather than removing them straight away is associated with an increased long term risk of cervical cancer, suggests a study published by The ...

2024-06-04T10:23:24+01:0030 November 2023|Press release, The BMJ|
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