Swapping red meat for herring/sardines could save up to 750,000 lives/year in 2050

Adopting forage fish diet would be especially helpful in the Global South, say researchers Swapping red meat for ‘forage fish’, such as herring, sardines, and anchovies, could save up to 750,000 lives a year in 2050 and significantly reduce the prevalence of disability as a result of diet-related disease, suggests ...

2024-06-04T10:23:46+00:0010 April 2024|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Job insecurity in early adulthood linked to heightened risk of serious alcohol-related illness in later life

Young men seem to be more at risk than young women, long term study suggests Experiencing the sort of job insecurity in early adulthood that is often linked to the gig economy, is linked to a heightened risk of a serious alcohol-related illness in later life, suggest the findings of ...

Many publicly accessible AI assistants lack adequate safeguards to prevent mass health disinformation

Effective processes for reporting and responding to safeguard vulnerabilities are also lacking, warn experts Many publicly accessible artificial intelligence (AI) assistants lack adequate safeguards to consistently prevent the mass generation of health disinformation across a broad range of topics, warn experts in The BMJ today. They call for enhanced regulation, ...

2024-06-04T10:23:17+00:0021 March 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

People who are ‘double jointed’ may be at heightened risk of long covid

People with condition 30% more likely not to fully recover from COVID-19 infection People who are ‘double jointed,’ a condition formally known as generalised joint hypermobility, may be at heightened risk of long COVID, suggests a case-control study published in the open access journal BMJ Public Health. They were 30% ...

2024-06-04T10:23:18+00:0020 March 2024|BMJ Public Health, Press release|

Poorly controlled asthma emits same quantity of greenhouse gas as 124,000 homes each year in the UK

Improving care of asthma patients could help NHS meet its net zero target, say researchers Patients whose asthma is poorly controlled have eight times excess greenhouse gas emissions compared with those whose condition is well controlled—equivalent to that produced by 124,000 homes each year in the UK—indicates the first study ...

2024-06-04T10:25:24+00:0028 February 2024|Press release, Thorax|

Group rehabilitation improves quality of life for people with long covid

Findings will assist clinicians in treating this complex condition An online programme of physical and mental health rehabilitation can improve quality of life for adults with long covid, finds a trial published by The BMJ today. The eight week REGAIN programme, delivered in online group sessions, led to sustained improvements in fatigue, ...

2024-06-04T10:23:19+00:008 February 2024|Press release, The BMJ|
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