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Robotic surgery offers no clear benefit over conventional joint replacement surgery

No differences in implant survival, revision risk or surgical complications when robotic surgery for hip and knee replacements were compared to conventional surgery Results question NHS plan for widespread adoption of robotics given substantially higher capital and procedural costs The NHS recently outlined plans to expand robotic surgery sevenfold ...

2026-10-01T11:41:51+01:001 October 2026|Press release, The BMJ|

Oral menopausal hormone therapy linked to higher blood clot risk in legs or lungs regardless of dose or duration

But stroke and heart attack risks limited to prolonged high-dose therapy, and no general increased risk seen with transdermal hormone therapy, findings show  Current use of oral menopausal hormone therapy (commonly known as hormone replacement therapy or HRT) is associated with an increased risk of blood clots in legs ...

2026-09-24T09:29:39+01:0024 September 2026|Press release, The BMJ|

GLP-1 and SGLT-2 diabetes drugs may help slow kidney damage

But little evidence of benefit seen among people without albuminuria The diabetes drugs glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drugs may also help to slow decline in kidney function in people with type 2 diabetes and albuminuria (high protein levels in the urine), ...

2026-09-16T15:28:04+01:0017 September 2026|Press release, The BMJ|

Third of UK government’s nutrition advisors still paid by food companies including Coca Cola and Nestlé

Financial conflicts of interest still rife, despite new rules banning such links Public health experts say conflicts should be removed ‘immediately’ Nearly a third of the government’s nutrition advisors still have “significant” ties to the food industry including Coca Cola, Sainsbury’s, and Danone, reveals a new analysis by The ...

2026-09-10T09:36:59+01:0010 September 2026|Press release, The BMJ|
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