Mediterranean diet may cut women’s cardiovascular diseases and death risk by nearly 25%

More sex specific research needed to guide clinical practice, say researchers Sticking closely to a Mediterranean diet may cut a woman’s risks of cardiovascular disease and death by nearly 25%, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence—the first of its kind—published online in the journal Heart. The findings ...

2024-06-04T10:23:45+00:0015 March 2023|Heart, Press release|

Satisfying mid-life relationships linked to lower multiple chronic disease risk

Satisfying mid-life relationships linked to lower multiple chronic disease risk in older age Findings only partially explained by income, education, and health behaviours  Satisfying relationships in mid-life with partners, friends, or work colleagues are linked to a lower risk of accumulating multiple long term conditions in older age—at least among ...

2024-06-04T10:23:10+00:0022 February 2023|General Psychiatry, Press release|

Most health claims on infant formula products seem to have little evidence

Most health claims on infant formula products seem to have little or no supporting evidence Stricter marketing regulations are urgently needed, urge researchers Most health and nutrition claims on infant formula products seem to be backed by little or no high quality scientific evidence, finds an international survey published by ...

2024-06-04T10:23:10+00:0016 February 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

Covid vaccination in pregnancy protects infants against infection and hospital admission

Findings suggest that vaccination during pregnancy may have benefits for both mother and baby Two doses of mRNA covid-19 vaccine during pregnancy are highly effective against delta and moderately effective against omicron infection, and are linked to a lower risk of hospital admission in infants under six months of age, ...

2024-06-04T10:23:16+00:009 February 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

Surgeons should prepare to face more abortion complications post-Wade

Experts call for profession to denounce ‘incredibly harmful' decision  Acute care surgeons should prepare to treat complications of forced pregnancies and unsafe abortions following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade in the USA in 2022, argue experts in an opinion piece published in the journal Trauma Surgery ...

Covid-19 infection at any time during pregnancy boosts mother’s risk of death

And is associated with serious illness in mothers and newborns Findings reinforce need for targeted interventions, including vaccination, say researchers COVID-19 infection at any time during pregnancy boosts the mother’s risk of death and is associated with serious illness in both mothers and their newborns, finds a pooled data analysis ...

2024-06-04T10:23:16+00:0017 January 2023|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Link between menstrual changes after covid-19 vaccination is plausible and should be investigated

Reported changes short lived, but research into this possible adverse reaction remains critical to the success of the vaccination programme Some women say their periods change after getting a covid-19 vaccination. In The BMJ today, Dr Victoria Male, a reproductive specialist at Imperial College London, says a link between menstrual ...

2021-09-16T10:30:27+00:0016 September 2021|Press release, The BMJ|
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