Poor discharge care and interpreting facilities equal “humanitarian and health crisis” Injured from 38 different countries; 21 languages other than Spanish spoken The expansion of the Mexico-US border wall crossing has been accompanied by a rising toll of serious injuries, with poor discharge care and a lack of appropriate interpreting ...
They result in an estimated 2.5 million to more than 4.5 million active service days lost Highest rates among 18-24 year olds, those of White race, in junior ranks, and in the Army Unplanned pregnancies among active service women may be curbing overall US military readiness for action and compromising ...
More than 12,000 lives lost to these incidents between 2001 and 2021 Poverty, rurality, non-White ethnicity and firearms ownership all linked to higher rates There’s more than a 10-fold difference in the rates of unintentional gun deaths across US states, with such incidents claiming more than 12,000 lives between 2001 ...
That’s around 80% of the country’s estimated 81 million gun owners Perceived need now prompting women and those of minority ethnicity to own a gun Some 65 million Americans now own firearms for protection—around 80% of the country’s estimated 81 million gun owners—suggest the results of a nationally representative survey ...
Effect moderate, but could be a useful measure against infections, say researchers Wearing a surgical face mask in public spaces reduces the risk of self-reported respiratory symptoms, finds a trial of adults in Norway published by The BMJ today. The effect was moderate - a 3.2% reduction in symptoms, equivalent to around ...
The BMJ investigates the rise of videos claiming to be UK’s popular media medics Some of the UK’s most recognisable TV doctors are increasingly being “deepfaked” in videos to sell scam products across social media, finds The BMJ today. Trusted names including Hilary Jones, Michael Mosley and Rangan Chatterjee are being used ...
Trend coincides with rapid rise in disposable devices since 2021 and adds weight to calls for tighter regulation of vaping products, say researchers The number of adults in England who report vaping for more than six months has increased substantially from around one in 80 in 2013 to one in ...
Current plan will prevent only about 20% of neural tube defects but full fortification could prevent about 80% The UK government’s failure to fortify all flour and rice with the vitamin folic acid “will result in more deaths and birth defects every year that could have been prevented,” argues Professor ...
Alongside level of education reached, institution type may also be influential say researchers A private (fee-paying) school and/or a ‘higher status’ (Russell Group*) university education may be linked to better mid-life health—at least in the UK—suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Alongside the level of ...
Following concerns raised with BMJ we are investigating the quality of the research and the messaging used in Excess mortality across countries in the Western World since the COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Our World in Data’ estimates of January 2020 to December 2022”, published in BMJ Public Health on 3 June 2024. An expression of ...
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