Stronger regulations and education campaigns could help avoid life changing injuries Fireworks pose an underestimated danger to public health and require stronger regulations and sustained public education campaigns to help prevent devastating, yet entirely avoidable injuries, warn US experts in The BMJ today. Fireworks related injuries are a major ...
Findings may be useful for informing early treatment decisions, but evidence on longer term effectiveness and safety lacking Extracorporeal shockwave therapy probably reduces short term pain linked to frozen shoulder, while manipulation under anaesthesia - with or without steroid injections - probably improves short term flexion (raising the arm ...
We must be honest about the harm that is happening to patients, urges senior doctor The label “corridor care” is hiding the true scale of the NHS hospital crisis, warns a senior doctor in The BMJ today. Corridor care refers to the practice of providing care to patients in ...
90% of cases occurred in historically under-vaccinated communities Findings offer insights for countries aiming to retain or regain their elimination status The outbreak that contributed to Canada losing its measles elimination status in November 2025 was concentrated in historically under-vaccinated communities with close social networks across Canada, the US, ...
Results suggest short lived benefit with steroid injections, but no sustained improvement and possible longer term harm Commonly used injections for Achilles tendinopathy - pain, stiffness and swelling in the Achilles tendon - offer no meaningful clinical advantage over placebo (sham) treatment, finds a clinical trial published by The ...
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) meeting in Antalya, Turkiye next month, an expert writing in The BMJ’s climate issue argues that accurate data on greenhouse gas emissions during armed conflict is urgently needed to hold militaries, governments, and individuals accountable for the environmental impact of war. ...
The green energy transition presents a crucial opportunity to finance universal health coverage (UHC) in low and middle income countries, say experts in The BMJ’s climate issue today. Judite Gonçalves and colleagues argue that a ringfenced share of funds generated by reducing fossil fuel subsidies, introducing carbon taxes, and ...
Systemic changes are needed across the entire agri-food supply chain to address the global impact of conflict and climate change on food shortages, writes an expert in The BMJ’s climate issue today. Elizabeth Robinson at the London School of Economics says although the world is still producing more calories ...
Water scarcity seldom starts wars, but wars increasingly degrade vital water systems on which health and recovery depend, creating a cycle that reinforces ongoing fragility and violence, warn experts in The BMJ’s climate issue today. Rohit Ramchandani and colleagues at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and ...
Investing more in the military is not a solution to climate change, and may cost us our security, warn experts in The BMJ’s climate issue today. In the first article, Neta Crawford at the University of St Andrews says the view that climate change is a "threat multiplier" that may ...
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