http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from British Medical Journal The United States government public health agency, the CDC, pledges "To base all public health decisions on the highest quality scientific data, openly and objectively derived." But Peter Doshi, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, argues that in the case of influenza vaccinations and their marketing, this is not so. His article is published on BMJ website today http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-expert-health-agency-advice-influenza.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:01 EST news287944369 Today the BMJ calls for doctors and patients to join together as partners to improve healthcare. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-bmj-stronger-partnerships-healthcare.html Health Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:07 EST news287773575 The benefit of helmet legislation to reduce admissions to hospital for head injuries is "substantially uncertain," concludes a study published in BMJ today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-benefit-helmet-laws-injuries-uncertain.html Health Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:01 EST news287773633 Living close to a major road may impair kidney function—itself a risk factor for heart disease and stroke—and so help contribute to the known impact of air pollution on cardiovascular risk, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-major-road-impair-kidney-function.html Health Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:02 EST news287658551 Non-smokers should give hotels that allow smoking in certain rooms a wide berth, say the authors, and instead choose completely smoke free hotels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-non-smoking-hotel-rooms-expose-occupants.html Health Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:01 EST news287688118 Fears that legalising euthanasia for very sick newborns would prompt the start of a "slippery slope" and lead to abuse of the option have proved groundless, says the architect of a dedicated protocol used by doctors in The Netherlands, in a special issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-slippery-slope-legal-euthanasia-sick.html Other Wed, 01 May 2013 18:30:02 EST news286645537 Cosmetic breast implants seem to adversely affect the survival of women who are subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer, finds a small study published on BMJ website today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cosmetic-breast-implants-adversely-affect.html Cancer Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news286562904 Window blind cords pose a particular risk of accidental strangulation for young children, doctors have warned in Archives of Disease of Childhood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cord-strangulation-parents-young-children.html Health Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:56:35 EST news286480587 Young men who are obese in their early 20s are significantly more likely to develop serious ill health by the time they reach middle age, or not even make it that far, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-obesity-early-20s-curbs-chances.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:56:10 EST news286480564 Women with larger cup sizes seem to be more susceptible, but childless women also seem to be more prone, and wearing a sports bra doesn't always help, finds the study, which publishes as London gears up for its annual international marathon tomorrow (Sunday April 21). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-breast-pain-issue-female-marathon.html Health Sat, 20 Apr 2013 06:55:47 EST news285659710 Many competitors try to prevent pain interfering with their performance by taking painkillers that are readily available in pharmacies and supermarkets, say the authors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-painkillers-marathons-linked-potentially-side.html Medications Sat, 20 Apr 2013 06:54:49 EST news285659682 The proportion of young women diagnosed with genital warts in Australia has seen a significant decline thanks to the HPV vaccine, suggests a paper published today in BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-genital-wart-young-women-plummets.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news285522393 Focusing prostate cancer testing on men at highest risk of developing the disease is likely to improve the ratio between benefits and the harms of screening, suggests a paper published today in BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-deaths-prostate-cancer-age.html Cancer Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news285353853 If we are to make any progress in tackling the obesity crisis, we have to look again at what really makes us fat, claims an article published in this week's BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-fat-article-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news285353918 Emergency admissions for asthma among adults fell by just under five percent in each of the first three years after the ban on smoking in public places was introduced in England, reveals the largest study of its kind, published online in Thorax. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-england-linked-annual-percent-emergency.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:30:05 EST news285245817