Investigation finds variant sharing is inconsistent, incomplete, and in some cases absent Experts and families say this could be prolonging uncertainty and delaying treatment Three out of England’s seven NHS genetics laboratories are failing to routinely share vital information about genetic variants in public databases that helps patients with ...
Greater risk reduction seen among women vaccinated at earlier ages Findings extend benefits of HPV vaccination beyond cancer prevention Having received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine before pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of major pregnancy complications including preterm birth, with the greater reduction in risk seen among ...
Apps pose risks to health as well as privacy and require greater scrutiny Digital menstrual tracking risks creating more harm than benefit and requires greater scrutiny, warn experts in The BMJ today. Widely promoted to women and girls on social media and by tech firms, menstrual tracking apps and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Investigation reignites questions about what steps were taken to safeguard public health from any unintended consequences of the vaccination rollout US health officials knowingly relied on a compromised algorithm to detect signals of harm from mRNA covid-19 vaccines and silenced efforts to fix it, finds an investigation published by ...
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), ...
As the world’s 193 member states gather at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to debate development goals and current UN reforms, international researchers in a new The BMJ Collection strongly oppose the merger of the United Nations Population Fund (the UN's sexual and reproductive health agency) and UN Women, ...
Scholasticide must be publicly condemned and its perpetrators held to account Scholasticide - deliberate attacks on a society's education system in armed conflict - is a war crime that must be publicly condemned and its perpetrators held to account, insists an editorial published by The BMJ today. Dr Rana ...
The BMJ reveals minimum waits of up to 16 weeks for hip, knee and cataract surgery Experts “concerned by the scale” of measures that can prolong patients’ pain Nearly half of health boards in England are deliberately delaying care for patients by imposing minimum waiting times in an attempt ...
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