Posted in CHILDREN, bmj, chronic disease, health on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ, 14 February 2008
Research: by Lucy Biddle et al.
Time trend analysis shows that rates of suicide in young men aged 15-34 declined steadily from the 1990s, and by 2005 were at their lowest level for almost 30 years;
Rates among young women remained stable and low (Suicide rates in young men in England and Wales in [...]
Posted in In brief, RISKS, bmj, health, news on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ 2007;335:1174 (8 December).
News In brief:
One in 10 NHS patients come to harm while in hospital as a result of their clinical care, says a study that reviewed the case notes of a random sample of just over 1000 patients admitted to a large teaching hospital in England in the first six months of [...]
Posted in In brief, Women's health, bmj, health, news on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ 2007;335:1174 (8 December).
News, In brief:
A study involving 92 671 pregnant women showed that the risk of miscarriage in the first 18 weeks was higher among women who exercised more than seven hours a week than among those who did not exercise (hazard ratio 3.7 (95% confidence interval 2.9 to 4.7)) (BJOG 2007;114:1419-26).
Posted in CHILDREN, INFECTIONS, SORRY, Science, bmj, health, life, news on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ 2008, 16 February
News:by Brad Spurgeon
Seven doctors and pharmacists went on trial in France last week over the death of at least 110 people who became infected with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after being given tainted human growth hormone when they were children.
The United States, Britain, and other countries halted the distribution of growth hormone [...]
Posted in Editor, RISKS, bmj, diagnosis, health on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ, 12 February 2008
Editorials by: David Menon, professor of anaesthesia et al, Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge.
Can reliably estimate the probability of outcomes for groups but NOT for individuals
Posted in bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, news on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NEWS, Roger Dobson BMJ, 9 February 2008
The number of people dying at home in England and Wales has nearly halved in three decades, and now less than a fifth of people die at home.
If this trend continues, inpatient facilities will need to increase by more than 20, say researchers from King’s College London.
Posted in Editor, RISKS, bmj, health, mental health, news on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ, published 7 February 2008.
Editorials by: Dr James McLay, senior lecturer in medicine and therapeutics et al, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen
Association with depression and burn-out remains uncertain.
Preventing medication errors and improving patient safety are important goals, which require a better understanding of the complex personal and systems factors involved in [...]
Posted in RISKS, Research, bmj, chronic disease, health, mental health on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ, published 7 February 2008
Research: by: Dr Amy M Fahrenkopf, instructor of paediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston et al.
What is already known on this topic:
Depression and burnout are highly prevalent in doctors in training
Burnout is associated with a higher rate of self reported errors among residents
What this study adds:
Depressed residents [...]
Posted in CHILDREN, Editor, RISKS, bmj, chronic disease on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ, 4 February 2008
Editorials by: Dr Melissa Lees, consultant in clinical genetics, Great Ormond Street.
Risk of recurrence is higher with cleft palate only.
Oral clefts, including cleft lip with or without cleft palate and cleft palate only, have a high rate of familial recurrence compared with many birth defects.
The cleft can occur in association with other [...]
Posted in Clinical review, Editor, RISKS, Women's health, bmj, cancer, chronic disease, health on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ 2008;336:107-108 (19 January),
More than 1.2 million women and men worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. In 2007, the 20 year survival rate for breast cancer will be greater than the five year survival rate 30 years ago.
Breast cancer is now recognised as a chronic disease that can recur even after 20-30 [...]
