BMJ Medicine is an international multispecialty journal that seeks to promote multidisciplinary collaboration through encouraging scientific debate, and the exchange of new knowledge and ideas to improve the health of patients and the public. Closely aligned with The BMJ, BMJ Medicine prioritizes high impact research, specialist reviews, and diverse research methods papers with the potential to improve clinical practice, policy, and medical science.
Drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases can receive expedited U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review, allowing patients to receive faster access to promising new treatments. Under the expedited review pathway ...
Jul 2, 2024
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University of Liverpool researchers, dedicated to improving the health of women and babies, have led one of the largest studies to understand the premature breaking of waters (PPROM) in pregnant women before 23 weeks' gestation. ...
Jun 11, 2024
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Regular use of fish oil supplements might increase—rather than lessen—the risk of first-time heart disease and stroke among those in good cardiovascular health, but may slow progression of existing poor cardiovascular ...
May 21, 2024
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The number of people identifying as transgender in their GP records in the UK has increased between 2000 and 2018, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Nov 28, 2023
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The number of very premature babies (22 weeks) given respiratory life support (survival-focused care) and/or admitted to neonatal units in England and Wales has increased 3-fold, following changes in 2019 to national guidance, ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Polygenic risk scores, which estimate a person's disease risk based on thousands or millions of common genetic variants, perform poorly in screening and prediction of common diseases such as heart disease, according to a ...
Oct 17, 2023
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The use of cardioprotective antidiabetic drugs, including GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic, is on the rise. While these medications can help protect against cardiovascular disease (CVD), a new study published in BMJ Medicine finds ...
Oct 10, 2023
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High levels of lean muscle might protect against Alzheimer's disease, suggests a large study published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine. However, further research is needed to tease out the underlying biological pathways, ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Celiac disease is a chronic disease that can't be cured, but treatment can help with symptoms.
Jun 15, 2023
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Researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Oxford have found that despite substantial disruption to primary care services, the safety of GP prescribing in England was largely unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 19, 2023
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