Odds of alcohol/substance use much higher among 10-17 year olds than older age groups The numbers of e-scooter and e-bike injuries have tripled in the US since 2019, fuelled by alcohol and substance use, finds a nationwide analysis of emergency department visits, published online in the journal Injury Prevention. And the ...
Consumers are at risk of buying products that do more harm than good, say experts Better information and regulation are essential to protect consumers from potential harms of tests advertised directly to consumers, argue experts in The BMJ today. Emma Gram at the University of Copenhagen and colleagues warn that consumers are ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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