Youth vaping consistently linked to subsequent smoking, marijuana and alcohol use2025-08-20T13:32:55+00:0020 August 2025|Press release, Tobacco Control|Child and adolescent health|
UK teens who currently vape as likely to start smoking as their peers in the 1970s2025-07-30T11:32:38+00:0030 July 2025|Press release, Tobacco Control|Child and adolescent health|
Near tripling in US reported lidocaine local anaesthetic poisonings/deaths over past decade2025-07-22T08:47:36+00:0022 July 2025|Press release, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine|Medical treatment|
Children’s social care involvement common to nearly third of UK mums who died during perinatal period2025-07-11T09:12:28+00:0011 July 2025|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Women's health|
Nerve pain drug gabapentin linked to increased dementia, cognitive impairment risks2025-07-11T09:03:43+00:0011 July 2025|Press release, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine|Medical treatment|
Mum’s obesity linked to child’s heightened hospital admission risk for infection2025-06-04T09:55:13+00:004 June 2025|BMJ Medicine, Press release|
Around 1 in 7 US adults who smoke may have some degree of disability2025-05-30T09:58:14+00:0030 May 2025|Press release, Tobacco Control|Physical health|
US general military service may lower, rather than heighten, depression risk2025-05-30T09:41:20+00:0030 May 2025|BMJ Military Health, Press release|Mental health|
Standardising disposable vape devices may curb young people’s desire to try them2025-05-21T09:39:46+00:0021 May 2025|Press release, Tobacco Control|Public health|
Relaxation techniques may help lower high blood pressure—at least in the short term2025-04-09T15:42:13+00:009 April 2025|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Mental health|
Use of strong synthetic opioids during surgery linked to poor composite experience of pain2025-02-26T10:16:07+00:0026 February 2025|Press release, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine|Medical treatment|
Cancer drugs linked to severe chronic peripheral nerve pain for 4 in every 10 patients2025-01-29T11:52:22+00:0029 January 2025|Press release, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine|Medical treatment|
Tobacco advertising + sponsorship bans linked to 20% lower odds of smoking2025-01-14T14:39:58+00:0014 January 2025|Press release, Tobacco Control|Public health|
Specific long term condition combinations have major role in NHS ‘winter pressures’2025-01-22T11:43:25+00:0013 November 2024|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Healthcare systems|
Gut microbiome changes linked to onset of clinically evident rheumatoid arthritis2024-11-08T09:43:09+00:008 November 2024|Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Press release|
Abdominal fat linked to widespread chronic pain, especially in women2024-09-11T10:01:43+00:0011 September 2024|Press release, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine|Physical health|
‘Symptom triggered’ testing can pick up early stage aggressive ovarian cancer in 1 in 4 of those affected2024-08-14T17:02:58+00:0014 August 2024|International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, Press release|Women's health|
Little evidence to back widespread prescribing of mood-altering drugs to children for mental health issues2024-07-30T10:06:12+00:0030 July 2024|Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, Press release|Child and adolescent health|
Unplanned pregnancies among active service women likely curb US military readiness2024-07-26T15:52:26+00:0026 July 2024|BMJ Military Health, Press release|Public health|
Junior rank, male sex, younger age strongly linked to ‘harmful gambling’ among UK military2024-07-05T09:01:20+00:0028 June 2024|BMJ Military Health, Press release|Mental health|
Regular fish oil supplement use might boost first time heart disease and stroke risk2024-06-04T10:27:17+00:0022 May 2024|BMJ Medicine, Press release|Physical health|