Growth of private provision has resulted in worse care and should be rolled back Outsourcing adult social care services in England to the private sector since the 1980s has led to worse care and should be rolled back, argue experts in The BMJ today. Benjamin Goodair at the Blavatnik School of Government, ...
And a majority are preventable, emphasising need for ongoing improvement in patient safety, say researchers Adverse events affect more than a third (38%) of adults undergoing surgery, finds a study of admissions to 11 hospitals in the US state of Massachusetts, published by The BMJ today. Of the 1009 admissions analysed, nearly ...
Findings show lower mortality with SGLT-2 inhibitors in a real-life setting Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drugs, initially developed to treat type 2 diabetes are associated with a reduced risk of all-cause and cardiovascular death among patients with heart failure in the real-life setting, finds a study published by The ...
Association for Palliative Care Medicine’s strong opposing stance risks undermining confidence in palliative care, argue senior doctors The Association for Palliative Care Medicine (APM) continues to misinform on palliative medicine doctors’ stance on assisted dying, warn a group of palliative medicine consultants in The BMJ today. Five years after first raising their ...
Guideline panel links to World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) raise questions about bias The World Health Organization (WHO) says that it is adhering to standard protocol in pursuing its transgender health guideline, but the process has been criticised for lacking transparency and an association with WPATH - an ...
SGLT-2 inhibitors may simultaneously tackle kidney stones and gout flare-ups in patients with type 2 diabetes, say researchers Use of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drugs to treat type 2 diabetes may also help to lower the risk of recurrent kidney stones and gout flare-ups, finds a study from ...
Many trusts didn’t recognise or couldn’t verify the payments Findings raise important questions about unrecognised conflicts of interest Pharmaceutical companies have paid an estimated £156 million to NHS trusts in England between 2015 and 2022 without the public being told what the payments are for, reveals an investigation by The BMJ today. ...
First trial to show feasibility of gene signature to tailor treatment for high risk patients Using a gene signature technique to tailor chemotherapy for patients with early triple negative breast cancer shows promise as a way to improve disease-free survival, finds a clinical trial published by The BMJ today. Triple negative breast ...
But risk patterns vary on weekends and Christmas by country and region Suicide risk is highest on Mondays and increased on New Year’s Day, whereas suicide risk on weekends and Christmas varies by country and region, finds an analysis of data from 26 countries published by The BMJ today. The researchers say ...
Special collection lays out progresses and challenges in chronic disease prevention and control in China Today, The BMJ is launching a special collection of articles on tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China, such as cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, and diabetes, which account for 91% of all deaths in China. The articles, written ...
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