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People eating at fast food restaurants largely underestimate the calorie content of meals, especially large ones, according to a paper published today in BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-consumers-largely-underestimating-calorie-content.html Health Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:02 EST news288551044 The processes to allow people to self-manage their own illness are not being used appropriately by health professionals to the benefit of their patients, new research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-clinical-patient-self-management-rhetoric-reality.html Health Fri, 17 May 2013 10:50:02 EST news288006012 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 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 Millions of people could be mislabeled as mentally ill when psychiatry's bible of diagnoses is updated in May, warns a senior doctor in this week's BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-somatic-symptom-disorder-condition-millions.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:52:14 EST news282937927 (HealthDay)—Following requests from Cochrane researchers, Roche has pledged to release full clinical study reports for Tamiflu, although there appear to be conditions attached, according to correspondence published in BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cochrane-group-skeptical-latest-roche.html Medications Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:00:01 EST news281892052 One of the world's top medical journals has launched a campaign against overdiagnosis, where people are diagnosed with medical conditions they don't have and prescribed medicine they don't need. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-medical-alarm-onoverdiagnosis.html Health Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:10:01 EST news281181312 A 2011 warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about the popular antidepressant citalopram (Celexa) left many patients and physicians with more questions than answers. Now an analysis of the medical records of more than 38,000 patients by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators clarifies the contribution of citalopram and other antidepressants to lengthening of the QT interval, an aspect of the heart's electrical activity that – when prolonged – may increase the risk of dangerous arrhythmias. The study supported the FDA's warning that higher doses of citalopram were associated with a prolonged QT interval but also found that the effects of some other antidepressants were quite different. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-antidepressant-contribution-arrhythmia.html Medications Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:30:02 EST news278676697 A special report published by the BMJ today finds that thousands of melanoma patients around the world are undergoing an expensive and invasive procedure called sentinel node biopsy, despite a lack of clear evidence and concerns that it may do more harm than good. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bmj-effectiveness-costly-invasive-procedure.html Cancer Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:30:01 EST news276874901 The presence of pain when travelling over speed bumps is associated with an increased likelihood of acute appendicitis, among patients coming into hospital with abdominal pain, finds a study in the BMJ Christmas issue and published online today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-appendicitis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:30:03 EST news274987075 Opinions of the tooth fairy as kind and giving may need to be revised following "mounting reports of less child-friendly activity", says a paper published in the BMJ Christmas edition and appearing online today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-experts-misbehaving-tooth-fairy.html Health Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:30:01 EST news274642692 Health inequalities between England's richest and poorest areas have widened in the ten years between 1999 and 2008. Researchers warn, in a study published today in BMJ, that over the next ten years, we may experience smaller increases in life expectancy than in the past decade and health inequalities may rise at an even faster rate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-gaps-life-rich-poor-years.html Health Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:30:02 EST news273863232 There can be no debate about Tamiflu whilst Roche does not keep its promise to release "full study reports" about the drug, argue senior researchers from the Cochrane group today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-tamiflu.html Medications Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:40:14 EST news273155998 Researchers have found that routine general health checks, which have become common practice in some countries, do not reduce the number of deaths from cardiovascular disease or cancer. They do, however, increase the number of new diagnoses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-trial-results-health-experts.html Health Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:30:03 EST news272648563 A leading British medical journal is asking the drug maker Roche to release all its data on Tamiflu, claiming there is no evidence the drug can actually stop the flu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-british-medical-journal-slams-roche.html Medications Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:12:23 EST news271926729 A joint investigation by the BMJ and Daily Telegraph has exposed the major flaws in the current EU system used for regulating medical devices, such as hip replacements and breast implants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-bmj-daily-telegraph-fake-hip.html Other Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:08:39 EST news270378447 Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that medications currently used to immobilize patients during surgery can increase the risk of postoperative respiratory complications. Their study being published online in the journal BMJ also found that the agent most commonly used to reverse the action of the immobilizing drug does not prevent and may possibly increase the risk that patients will need to receive postoperative respiratory support. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-drugs-immobilize-patients-surgery-respiratory.html Medications Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:30:02 EST news269624275 HRT therapy has been subject to much discussion due to both positive effects (reduced risk of cardiovascular disease) and negative effects (increased risk of breast cancer). A paper published in the BMJ Group's Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare back in January cast doubt on the "unreliable" Million Women Study which associated HRT with an increased risk of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-hrt-years-significantly-heart-failure.html Cardiology Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:30:03 EST news269021256 A new type of firework caused severe eye injuries and blindness in children and adults at last year's bonfire night celebrations, warn doctors in a letter to this week's BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-firework-severe-eye-injuries-doctors.html Health Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:30:04 EST news268407580 Leading doctors are calling for action to tackle unnecessary care that is estimated to account for up to $800bn in the United States every year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-doctors-unnecessary-billion-year.html Health Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:30:02 EST news268407634 (Medical Xpress)—Although some family health innovations have proved effective in communities around the globe, many fail to gain widespread use – particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Researchers at Yale's Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI) examined several maternal and child health programs—such as those promoting breastfeeding and contraception—and produced an integrated and practical model of how to scale-up such programs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-yale-successful-health.html Health Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:46:59 EST news267428813 Women carrying a mutation in the BRCA1- or BRCA2- genes (which control the suppression of breast and ovarian cancer) who have undergone diagnostic radiation to the chest before the age of 30 are more likely to develop breast cancer than those who carry the gene mutation but who have not been exposed, a study published in the British Medical Journal today reveals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-diagnostic-chest-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:30:02 EST news266166243 Migraines currently affect about 20 percent of the female population, and while these headaches are common, there are many unanswered questions surrounding this complex disease. Previous studies have linked this disorder to an increased risk of stroke and structural brain lesions, but it has remained unclear whether migraines had other negative consequences such as dementia or cognitive decline. According to new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), migraines are not associated with cognitive decline. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-good-news-migraines-brain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:24:53 EST news263816578 (HealthDay) -- Even mild depression or anxiety may raise your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and other causes, according to British researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-mild-depression-anxiety-heart.html Health Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:00:01 EST news263039089 Heterosexual men make up a small but growing number of people infected with HIV in Canada. Yet a new study has found that many of them feel existing HIV-related programs and services don't meet their needs and are geared primarily or exclusively toward gay men and heterosexual women who are living with the virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-gaps-heterosexual-men-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:40:48 EST news262604438 Persistent dental plaque may increase the risk of dying early from cancer, suggests an observational study published in the online journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-dental-plaque-premature-cancer-death.html Dentistry Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:30:01 EST news258652083 (Medical Xpress) -- Current clinical guidance recommends physical activity to alleviate the symptoms of depression (1). However, new research published today in the BMJ, suggests that adding a physical activity intervention to usual care did not reduce symptoms of depression more than usual care alone, even though it increased levels of physical activity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-uk-physical-aids-depression-additional.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:25:37 EST news258178980 (HealthDay) -- For patients with community-acquired pneumonia without preexisting diabetes, serum glucose levels at admission are predictive of death at 28 and 90 days, according to a study published online May 29 in BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-glucose-admission-death-pneumonia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 May 2012 18:00:01 EST news257612135