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|

Systemic US reforms needed to prevent mass death in the next pandemic

Experts highlight lessons that can be learned from the US’s covid-19 experience and say reforms should be central to 2024 US presidential candidate manifestos Ahead of the 2024 US presidential election, The BMJ today launches a forward-looking series that highlights the lessons that can be learned from the US’s covid-19 experience and ...

2024-06-04T10:23:21+00:0031 January 2024|Press release, The BMJ|

Men with inflammatory joint disease less likely to be childless than healthy peers

They also have more kids: factors linked to disease and its treatment might influence fertility Men with inflammatory joint disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis, are less likely to be childless and have more children than their healthy peers, suggests research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. As yet ...

US female gun violence victims less likely to die than male victims despite same injury severity

They also have better outcomes, with fewer complications after hospital admission  Female victims of gun violence in the US are less likely to die than their male counterparts, despite having similar injury severity, finds a 7-year analysis of a US national injury database, published in the open access journal Trauma Surgery ...

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