Trial results will help inform policymakers in the UK, say researchers Low concentration atropine eye drops are a safe and effective treatment for short-sightedness (myopia) in UK children, although the effects are small, suggests a clinical trial published by The BMJ today. The researchers say the drops led to small but significant reductions ...
A sustained reduction in a high-risk population In February 2020, The BMJ highlighted racial discrimination and health inequalities in a special 'Racism in medicine' issue¹ that helped catalyse the creation of the NHS - Race and Health Observatory.² In response to persistent ethnic inequalities in maternal and ...
As many as 9.4 million people (including 2.5 million children under 5) could die by 2030, say experts Renewed commitment and sustained investment critical to prevent unfolding tragedy Global progress in reducing preventable deaths among newborn babies, children, and adolescents has slowed substantially since 2015, and many countries risk missing ...
The debate must continue until parliament reaches a decision, they argue Eight peers of the House of Lords with nursing and medical backgrounds are urging MPs to continue to support urgent law reform on assisted dying after the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill failed to reach a vote ...
Geopolitics of global health Global health is increasingly shaped by geopolitical forces rather than solely by scientific or epidemiological priorities. As power dynamics shift, traditional systems of multilateralism are under threat, creating uncertainty but possibilities for the future of global health governance. These changes demand new ways ...
Patricia Ripoll, founder of the VISIBLE Foundation in Spain and patient advisor to BMJ Group, has spent more than a decade advancing patient involvement across healthcare. Through the foundation, she leads more than 15 projects supporting patient co-design across health systems, innovation, and policy. Her work highlights the cost ...
Time to restore kindness and compassion in healthcare to improve patient and staff well-being Healthcare has lost its human, moral, and relational foundations and must reconnect with its core values to improve both patient and staff well-being, argue experts in The BMJ today. Despite unprecedented advances in diagnostic precision, therapeutic capability, and ...
Recommendations for calcium and vitamin D supplementation should be re-evaluated, suggest researchers Calcium, vitamin D, or combined supplements offer little to no clinically meaningful benefit on fracture and fall prevention in most older people, finds an in-depth review of the latest evidence published by The BMJ today. Almost a third of people ...
Approval mechanisms must be grounded in patient need and population health A new UK drug approval pathway, designed to speed up the availability of new medicines, benefits industry over patients and the NHS, argues an expert in The BMJ today. The pathway aligns regulatory review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory ...
New trial adds high quality evidence on benefits of tranexamic acid for high-risk women Giving tranexamic acid to women with placenta praevia (when the placenta covers the cervical opening) undergoing caesarean birth leads to a significant yet modest reduction in severe bleeding after delivery with no evidence of an increase in ...
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