English hospital trusts have been accused of using foreign doctors as "cheap labor" as part of fellowship schemes in which they can be paid less than trust-employed doctors and sent home if they become pregnant, an investigation ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Patients with cancer whose oncologists receive payments from industry appear more likely to receive some non-recommended and low-value treatments, finds a US study published by The BMJ today.
Oct 25, 2023
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Older Black Americans are more likely to receive low-value acute diagnostic tests than older white Americans, while older white Americans were more likely to receive low-value screening tests and treatments, finds a study ...
Oct 25, 2023
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New guidelines have been developed to help researchers ensure that their clinical trial protocols and reports are complete, high-quality and transparent. Increased consistency across these documents will facilitate comparisons ...
Oct 20, 2023
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A McMaster University-led analysis published in the BMJ on Oct. 19, exposes high rates of injuries with forceps and vacuum delivery in Canada that have been documented for over a decade without efforts to address them.
Oct 19, 2023
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Two widely used statins, rosuvastatin and atorvastatin, are equally effective at preventing heart attacks, strokes and death in people with coronary artery disease. But while rosuvastatin treatment is associated with lower ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Surgery to straighten a crooked septum (the thin wall of bone and cartilage dividing the space between the two nostrils) is more effective than nasal sprays, and should be offered to adults with at least moderate symptoms ...
Oct 18, 2023
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A saline injection treatment widely used for calcific tendinopathy—a common, painful condition caused by a build-up of calcium in the rotator cuff tendons of the shoulder—provides no meaningful benefit over placebo, concludes ...
Oct 11, 2023
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A new editorial explores the wide array of reasons why women who migrate to a new country are less like to attend screening for breast cancer than women born in that country.
Oct 11, 2023
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Researchers from the United States, Brazil, and Spain, including scientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, published an analysis in a special edition of the British Medical Journal (BMJ ) with a timely ...
Oct 9, 2023
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