Doctors criticise GMC for investments in Nestlé and McDonald’s

UK doctors’ regulator has nearly £870,000 invested in fast food or soft drink companies “This is no different to investing in tobacco companies,” argues GP Doctors have criticised the General Medical Council (GMC) after The BMJ found it had investments in fast food firms, pharmaceutical companies, private medical insurers and ...

2024-06-04T10:24:36+00:0016 March 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

Drug prices not justified by industry’s research and development spending

Most industry spending is not on research and development Government action needed to encourage research and development focused on public health priorities  High drug prices are not justified by industry’s spending on research and development (R&D), argue experts in The BMJ today.  Aris Angelis and colleagues point out that from ...

2024-06-04T10:24:37+00:0016 February 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

Most antidepressants ineffective for common pain conditions

Overview adds to mounting evidence challenging the use of medicines for pain Some antidepressant drugs are effective for some pain conditions, but most are either ineffective or the evidence is inconclusive, despite being used for a range of pain conditions, finds an overview of the latest evidence published by The ...

2024-06-04T10:24:37+00:008 February 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

Common eye infection antibiotic may clear up treatment-resistant STI

Chloramphenicol cleared up Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis in one patient An oral antibiotic tablet used to treat common eye infections may prove an effective medicine for a sexually transmitted bug that has become resistant to usual recommended treatment, suggest doctors in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. They successfully treated a young ...

Frequent visits to green space linked to lower use of certain prescription meds

Lower use of drugs for depression, anxiety, insomnia, high blood pressure, and asthma in city dwellers Findings independent of income and educational attainment Frequent visits to urban green spaces, such as parks and community gardens in Finland, rather than the amount, or views of them from home, may be linked ...

Frequent use of antibiotics may heighten inflammatory bowel disease risk in over 40s

Risk cumulative, and greatest 1-2 years after use and for antibiotics targeting gut infections Frequent use of antibiotics may heighten the risk of inflammatory bowel disease—Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis—among the over 40s, suggests research published online in the journal Gut. The risk seems to be cumulative and greatest 1-2 ...

2024-06-04T10:24:39+00:0011 January 2023|Gut, Press release|

Daily use of cannabidiol (‘CBD’) oil may be linked to lung cancer regression

May be worth further exploring cannabinoids as potential cancer treatment, say researchers It may be worth exploring further the use of cannabidiol (‘CBD’) oil as a potential lung cancer treatment, suggest doctors in BMJ Case Reports after dealing with a daily user whose lung tumour shrank without the aid of conventional treatment. ...

2021-10-15T09:07:59+00:0015 October 2021|BMJ Case Reports, Press release|

Patients overestimate the success of CPR

Doctors should discuss CPR to clarify and inform patients before they consent to it, say researchers Patients and the general public appear to significantly overestimate the success of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and underestimate the negative impact it can have on a person’s health, suggests research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.  ...

2020-07-14T09:04:35+00:0014 July 2020|Emergency Medicine Journal, Press release|
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