Health + financial toll of emerging mosquito-borne chikungunya infection likely vastly underestimated

In 2011-20 alone chikungunya cost estimated US$50 billion, and disabled millions The health and financial implications of the emerging threat of mosquito-borne chikungunya viral infection have most likely been significantly underestimated, with total costs probably approaching US$ 50 billion in 2011-20 alone, suggests a comprehensive data analysis, published in the ...

2024-12-04T12:30:41+00:004 December 2024|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Outsourcing adult social care has contributed to England’s care crisis, argue experts

Growth of private provision has resulted in worse care and should be rolled back Outsourcing adult social care services in England to the private sector since the 1980s has led to worse care and should be rolled back, argue experts in The BMJ today. Benjamin Goodair at the Blavatnik School of Government, ...

2024-11-14T10:40:00+00:0014 November 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

More green space linked to fewer preventable deaths in most deprived areas of UK

Provision lowest in most deprived neighbourhoods in 3 of the 4 UK nations Green space investment might be key preventive public health strategy, say researchers  The provision of just 1% more green space in the most deprived urban neighbourhoods in 3 out of the 4 UK nations may be linked ...

Tightly tied waist cord of saree underskirt may pose cancer risk, warn doctors

Continued cord friction linked to chronic inflammation, leading to skin ulceration A tightly tied waist cord of the underskirt (petticoat) traditionally worn under a saree, particularly in rural parts of India, may lead to what has been dubbed ‘petticoat cancer,’ warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports after treating two women ...

2024-11-06T12:19:53+00:006 November 2024|BMJ Case Reports, Press release|

Strong leadership and collaboration needed to tackle chronic diseases in China

Special collection lays out progresses and challenges in chronic disease prevention and control in China Today, The BMJ is launching a special collection of articles on tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China, such as cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, and diabetes, which account for 91% of all deaths in China. The articles, written ...

2024-11-04T16:18:37+00:0018 October 2024|Corporate announcement, Partnership, The BMJ|

No evidence for belief that nut allergens spread through aircraft ventilation systems

Surface residues pose main risk, likely heightened by fast turnarounds of many low-cost carriers But allergic reactions to food 10–100 times less common during flights than ’on the ground’ There is no evidence for the commonly held belief that nut allergens can be spread through aircraft ventilation systems, say allergy and ...

Costs of fatal falls among US older adults trump those attributed to firearm deaths

Stark economics and shifting demographics underscore urgency of preventive measures The cost of fatal falls among older people (45-85+) trump those of firearm deaths in the US, finds research published in the open access journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. The stark economics and shifting age demographics in the US ...

Urgent rethink of bottled water’s huge and growing toll on human and planetary health

Estimated 1 million bottles bought every minute and demand is rising, warns expert The huge and growing toll bottled water is taking on human and planetary health warrants an urgent rethink of its use as 1 million bottles are bought every minute around the globe, with that figure set to ...

2024-09-25T12:10:40+00:0025 September 2024|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

More than half of UK government nutrition advisors are paid by food companies

11 of 17 advisors have links with firms including Nestle, Tate and Lyle, and Unilever Campaigners say conflicts are detrimental to public health; others say ties are partly a result of a lack of money in relevant research More than half of the experts on the UK government’s nutrition advisory ...

2025-06-26T08:03:15+00:0012 September 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Prostate cancer rates across Europe since 1980 “indicative of overdiagnosis” say experts

Findings reinforce need for carefully planned screening programmes to minimise harms of overdiagnosis Rates of prostate cancer across Europe since 1980 are “indicative of overdiagnosis”, say researchers in a study published by The BMJ today. Overdiagnosis refers to the detection of harmless cancers that are unlikely to cause symptoms or death during ...

2024-09-05T09:09:56+00:005 September 2024|Press release, The BMJ|
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