Tesco urged to drop an “unethical” in-store infant feeding advice service pilot

Exclusive news report reveals how Danone-funded midwives are expected to wear branded uniforms and undergo training by the formula company UK supermarket giant Tesco is being urged to drop an “unethical” pilot of an in-store infant feeding advice service in which Danone-funded midwives are expected to wear branded uniforms and ...

2025-01-22T11:42:55+00:009 January 2025|Press release, The BMJ|

Coaching trainees just before a procedure could improve patient safety

“Just-in-time” training could improve clinical outcomes, particularly among inexperienced clinicians, say researchers Giving inexperienced clinicians a quick coaching session with an expert just before they carry out a procedure boosts their success rate and could improve patient safety, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ. Athletes and musicians ...

2024-12-17T12:02:31+00:0017 December 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Alzheimer’s disease deaths lowest among taxi and ambulance drivers

Findings raise possibility that frequent spatial processing tasks might offer some protection against Alzheimer’s disease Taxi drivers and ambulance drivers, whose jobs require frequent spatial and navigational processing, have the lowest levels of death due to Alzheimer’s disease compared with other occupations, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The ...

2024-12-17T12:07:32+00:0017 December 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Investigation raises new concerns over landmark trial for top selling anti-platelet drug

Ticagrelor costs the US over $750m a year, but a BMJ investigation raises fresh doubts over the trustworthiness of the major clinical trial that brought the drug to market An investigation published by The BMJ today raises new concerns over the landmark clinical trial (PLATO) that was used to gain worldwide approval ...

2024-12-12T11:35:38+00:0012 December 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Study finds widening inequalities in child vaccination rates across England

Vaccine uptake “consistently lower” among children in areas of higher deprivation Number of children susceptible to measles at age 5 increased 20-fold in most deprived areas Inequalities in childhood vaccination are widening in England, with uptake rates of five key vaccines consistently lower in young children living in areas of ...

2024-12-12T11:33:02+00:0012 December 2024|Press release, The BMJ|
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