Bulk summary reports often fail to promptly spot potential safety signals Improvements needed to safeguard patients and meet FDA standards Permitting medical device manufacturers to submit bulk summary reports of adverse events to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), rather than reporting individual cases, often fails to promptly ...
Greater risk reduction seen among women vaccinated at earlier ages Findings extend benefits of HPV vaccination beyond cancer prevention Having received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine before pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of major pregnancy complications including preterm birth, with the greater reduction in risk seen among ...
Every extra 100 g consumed associated with correspondingly greater risks A higher ultra processed food (UPF) intake is linked to a heightened risk of several major chronic health issues, such as digestive diseases, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome/diabetes, as well as death, finds a pooled data analysis of the ...
Investigation reignites questions about what steps were taken to safeguard public health from any unintended consequences of the vaccination rollout US health officials knowingly relied on a compromised algorithm to detect signals of harm from mRNA covid-19 vaccines and silenced efforts to fix it, finds an investigation published by ...
Scholasticide must be publicly condemned and its perpetrators held to account Scholasticide - deliberate attacks on a society's education system in armed conflict - is a war crime that must be publicly condemned and its perpetrators held to account, insists an editorial published by The BMJ today. Dr Rana ...
Very disturbed or long (9+ hours) sleep may lop around 9 months off working life Healthy sleep patterns in mid life are linked to longer working life expectancy, suggest the findings of a large study of working age men and women, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Very disturbed ...
Average age of injured kids is 12; less than 2% reportedly wearing a helmet Clearer public health messaging and review of government legislation urgently needed Nearly 500 children have been injured by e-scooters since 2019, with less than 2% reportedly wearing a helmet, and their average age just 12, shows ...
Effects are not simple and need to be considered within social, technological, commercial, and political contexts to avoid unintended harms As the UK plans to ban under 16s from social media platforms such as Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and X, experts writing in The BMJ today argue that restrictions may reduce some harms ...
Limited mixing during early childhood was associated with some key areas of development Overall language scores and motor skills were at or above expected levels for age Children born during the first COVID-19 lockdown in England had lower reported levels of executive function - crucial skills involved in making plans, ...
Researchers call for more public health messaging on the risks of walking while under the influence of drugs or alcohol Deaths occur most frequently during evening, night-time and early morning hours when reduced visibility and impaired decision-making may increase risk In New York State, 44% of pedestrian deaths involved alcohol ...
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