Comprises brief advice, e-cigarette starter kit, and referral to local stop smoking services Significant proportion of patients still not smoking 6 months later An opportunistic emergency department stop smoking prompt, comprising brief advice by a trained professional, an e-cigarette starter kit, and referral to local stop smoking services can help ...
Vaccination reduced risk of heart failure and some clot-related complications for up to a year The risk of cardiac and clot-related complications following COVID-19 is substantially reduced in people who receive the COVID-19 vaccination compared with unvaccinated individuals, reports an observational study published online in the journal Heart. COVID-19 vaccines ...
Lower air pollution in areas with green spaces significant contributory factor Living in leafy areas near gardens, parks, and green spaces, may boost bone density and lower the risk of osteoporosis, finds research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Lower levels of air pollution in green spaces ...
Delays allow problematic practices to carry on for many months Processing times for complaints against drug companies suspected of having breached their industry code of practice have more than tripled in a nearly two-decade period, an investigation by The BMJ has found. Data analysis by Shai Mulinari at Lund University and Piotr ...
Study finds six in 10 US physician contributors had financial ties to industry Findings raise questions about editorial independence Sixty percent of US physicians serving as panel and task force members for the American Psychiatric Association’s official manual of psychiatric disorders received payments from industry totalling $14.24m, finds a study ...
Benzodiazepines and antipsychotics most often recommended, but few safety warnings on social media The use of potentially harmful ‘trip-killers’ to cut short ‘bad drug trips’ after taking psychedelics, such as LSD or magic mushrooms, is an emerging concern, warn doctors in a research letter, published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. Their ...
Women seem to be 5 times as likely as men to put on a lot of weight in wake of quitting The diabetes drug dulaglutide (Trulicity) may significantly lower a woman’s risk of substantial weight gain after she has given up smoking, finds a secondary analysis of clinical trial data, ...
The BMJ reveals how lax rules enable a revolving door culture An investigation published by The BMJ today raises concerns about a revolving door culture between the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Moderna after two regulators who held oversight roles for covid vaccines went to work for the company. During ...
New study sheds light on long term effectiveness and safety of two widely used statins Both drugs effective, but rosuvastatin carries higher risk of diabetes Two widely used statins, rosuvastatin and atorvastatin, are equally effective at preventing heart attacks, strokes and death in people with coronary artery disease. But while rosuvastatin ...
And without gender or social class bias sometimes seen in doctor-patient relationship But further research needed for severe cases, potential risks, and ethical issues ChatGPT, the AI language model capable of mirroring human conversation, may be better than a doctor at following recognised treatment standards for clinical depression, and without ...
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