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Arthritis drug is no better than standard care in improving severe COVID-19 outcomes, shows new trialJanuary 20, 2021 at 11:38 PM Adding the arthritis drug tocilizumab to standard care for patients in hospital with severe or critical covid-19 is no better than standard care alone in improving clinical outcomes at 15 days, finds a new trial published by The BMJ today.Tags: Health, Bmj 22 people like this. Like New trial finds arthritis drug no better than standard care for severe covid-19January 20, 2021 at 12:00 AM Adding the arthritis drug tocilizumab to standard care for patients in hospital with severe or critical covid-19 is no better than standard care alone in improving clinical outcomes at 15 days, finds a new trial published by The BMJ today.Tags: Science, Bmj 10 people like this. Like A Natural Intellectual Property Experiment Proves What Is Necessary May Not Be SufficientJanuary 18, 2021 at 7:00 AM  Tags: Law, Stanford, Atlas, United States, Oxford, Pfizer, Bmj, Heneghan, Legal Publishing, Moderna, Scott Atlas, Altas, Tom Jefferson, COVID, Carl Heneghan, Sott Atlas 128 people like this. Like UK government plans to expand the innova lateral flow test, warn expertsJanuary 13, 2021 at 1:28 AM UK government plans to widen the roll out of the Innova lateral flow test without supporting evidence risks serious harm, warn experts in The BMJ today.Tags: Health, UK, Bmj, Innova 49 people like this. Like UK government must urgently rethink lateral flow test roll out, warn expertsJanuary 12, 2021 at 12:00 AM UK government plans to widen the roll out of the Innova lateral flow test without supporting evidence risks serious harm, warn experts in The BMJ today.Tags: UK, Science, Bmj, Innova Coronavirus: BMJ urges NYT to correct vaccine 'mixing' articleJanuary 2, 2021 at 6:25 PM The medical journal's editor says UK guidelines don't recommend giving different coronavirus jabs.Tags: UK, News, Bmj 14 people like this. Like How Do Vaccines (Including the COVID-19 Vaccines) Work?: Watch Animated IntroductionsDecember 18, 2020 at 10:00 AM  Tags: Health, Google, Science, College, America, United States, Current Affairs, Who, Philadelphia, Pbs, Bmj, Johns Hopkins, Facebook Twitter, Josh Jones, Durham NC Follow, Katherine O'Brien 73 people like this. Like Liverpool is attempting mass COVID-19 testing during the UK's lockdown — but the reaction to the program is mixedNovember 30, 2020 at 7:28 PM Tags: Post, Politics, UK, England, Science, Trends, Bbc, NHS, Liverpool, Boris Johnson, University of Bristol, Public Health England, The Washington Post, Bmj, Pcr, Cabinet Office 133 people like this. Like Vaccine trials didn't monitor one variable: volunteers' behavior. 'Masks and social distancing were left up to us,' a participant said.November 25, 2020 at 1:57 PM Tags: Science, News, US, Trends, Atlanta, Turkey, Philadelphia, Pfizer, Bmj, Hamilton, Children s Hospital, Paul Offit, Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Medscape, Moderna, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy 83 people like this. Like Spinal or epidural anesthesia linked with high survival rate in leg artery bypass surgeryNovember 25, 2020 at 8:11 AM A new study published in The BMJ shows that people who had surgery to improve blood flow in their legs under spinal or epidural anesthesia were less likely to die than those who were given general anesthesia.Tags: Health, Bmj 15 people like this. Like Spinal/epidural anesthesia associated with increased survival in leg artery bypass surgeryNovember 25, 2020 at 12:00 AM A new study published in The BMJ shows that people who had surgery to improve blood flow in their legs under spinal or epidural anesthesia were less likely to die than those who were given general anesthesia.Tags: Science, Bmj 2 people like this. Like The WHO will not recommend remdesivir for COVID-19 patients, since it doesn't seem to boost their chances of survivalNovember 19, 2020 at 7:13 PM Tags: Science, News, International, Trends, Who, World Health Organization, Fda, The New York Times, Bmj, Reuters, Brussels Belgium, University of Birmingham, Gilead Sciences, Houston Texas, Hamburg Germany, Ridley 142 people like this. Like WHO Guideline Development Group advises against use of remdesivir for covid-19November 19, 2020 at 12:00 AM The antiviral drug remdesivir is not suggested for patients admitted to hospital with covid-19, regardless of how severely ill they are, because there is currently no evidence that it improves survival or the need for ventilation, say a WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) panel of international experts in The BMJ today.Tags: Science, Bmj, WHO Guideline Development Group 21 people like this. Like Politicians and governments are suppressing science, argues The BMJNovember 13, 2020 at 12:00 AM Politicians and governments are suppressing science, and when good science is suppressed, people die, argues a senior editor at The BMJ today.Tags: Science, Bmj 29 people like this. Like Machine learning shows similar performance to traditional risk prediction modelsNovember 4, 2020 at 12:00 AM Some claim that machine learning technology has the potential to transform healthcare systems, but a study published by The BMJ finds that machine learning models have similar performance to traditional statistical models and share similar uncertainty in making risk predictions for individual patients.Tags: Science, Bmj 49 people like this. Like Covid-19 vaccine trials cannot tell us if they will save livesOctober 21, 2020 at 12:00 AM Vaccines are being hailed as the solution to the covid-19 pandemic, but the vaccine trials currently underway are not designed to tell us if they will save lives, reports Peter Doshi, Associate Editor at The BMJ today.Tags: Science, Bmj, Peter Doshi 31 people like this. Like New tool predicts risks of hospital admission and death from Covid-19October 20, 2020 at 12:00 AM A new risk tool, developed by UK researchers to predict a person's risk of being admitted to hospital and dying from Covid-19 has been published by The BMJ today.Tags: UK, Science, Bmj 23 people like this. Like A UK model suggests school closures could lead to more deaths after lockdowns lift — but experts are wary of the predictionOctober 10, 2020 at 2:28 AM Tags: School, UK, Science, News, Education, Germany, Israel, US, Trends, Nature, Shanghai, Ferguson, Graham, Getty, University of Warwick, Anthony Fauci 142 people like this. Like Neocis, the maker of dental surgery robots, roots out another $72 millionOctober 8, 2020 at 9:00 AM Since the robotic dental surgery assistant Yomi first came on the market in 2019 more than 2,700 patients have stared up at its plastic sheathed metal arms, and now the company behind it, Neocis, has raised $72 million to bring it into more dentists’ offices.
The money came from new investors DFJ Growth and Vivo Capital, with existing investors Mithril Capital Management, Norwest Venture Partners, Section 32, and the godfather of robotic surgery Fred Moll all participating in the new funding rou...Tags: TC, UK, Tech, West Virginia University, Houston, Bmj, Dfj, Boston University, U S Food and Drug Administration, Yomi, Vivo Capital, Fred Moll, Neocis, Mike Liang Naila Dhanani, Oscar Olavarria, Alon Mozes Neocis 8 people like this. Like Exercise intensity not linked to mortality risk in older adults, finds trialOctober 7, 2020 at 12:00 AM Exercise intensity appears to make no difference to risk of mortality among older adults, suggests a randomised controlled trial from Norway published by The BMJ today.Tags: Science, Norway, Bmj 6 people like this. Like Is it time to reframe the assisted dying debate?September 30, 2020 at 12:00 AM Several articles published by The BMJ today explore the debate around assisted dying, in which, subject to safeguards, terminally ill people who are near to death, suffering, and of sound mind, could ask for drugs that they would take to end their lives.Tags: Science, Bmj 18 people like this. Like With proven dangers to prolonged wearing of cloth masks, what is a parent to do?September 29, 2020 at 9:36 PM I am well aware that for some people the science on masks is over, they've heard what they want to hear, that masks may provide some utility in mitigating viral spread, and that's that.....the book is closed. True students of science of course know that science is a process, and that things can change as newer and/or better evidence comes out. Changes can be sublte, evolving over time, or they can be dramatic. New studies are done, in science the gold standard is radomized trials, with some...Tags: Travel, Bmj, University of Toronto, Ontario, Cbc, Furness, British Medical Journal BMJ, Gordie Canuk, COVID, Colin Furness 29 people like this. Like Systematic efforts and clear structure are crucial for person-centered careSeptember 11, 2020 at 12:20 AM Systematic efforts and a clear structure are decisive factors in the transition to person-centred health care. A University of Gothenburg study, published in the scientific journal BMJ, reflects what is now a decade of experience and research in the field.Tags: Health, Bmj, University of Gothenburg 44 people like this. Like Systematic approach crucial for person-centred careSeptember 10, 2020 at 12:00 AM Systematic efforts and a clear structure are decisive factors in the transition to person-centred health care. A University of Gothenburg study, published in the scientific journal BMJ, reflects what is now a decade of experience and research in the field.Tags: Science, Bmj, University of Gothenburg 13 people like this. Like New research sheds light on the risks of COVID-19 for pregnant women and their babiesSeptember 1, 2020 at 9:47 PM New research findings published today in the BMJ helps to shed light on the risks of COVID-19 for pregnant women and their babies.Tags: Health, Bmj 45 people like this. Like Shifting public health messaging about face coverings could improve uptakeAugust 19, 2020 at 12:00 AM Encouraging the public to see face masks as a social practice, which they can use to express their cultural background or their personality, could encourage more people to use them regularly, say researchers writing in The BMJ today.Tags: Science, Bmj 27 people like this. Like Premature delivery linked to heightened risk of early death for mothersAugust 19, 2020 at 12:00 AM Preterm and early term delivery are independent risk factors for premature death in women up to 40 years later, finds a study from Sweden published by The BMJ today.Tags: Science, Sweden, Bmj 23 people like this. Like Experts make weak recommendation for remdesivir in severe COVID-19July 30, 2020 at 12:00 AM In The BMJ today, a panel of international experts make a weak recommendation for the use of remdesivir in patients with severe covid-19, and strongly support continued enrolment of patients into ongoing clinical trials of remdesivir.Tags: Science, Bmj 19 people like this. Like Diets high in protein, particularly plant protein, linked to lower risk of deathJuly 22, 2020 at 12:00 AM Diets high in protein, particularly plant protein, are associated with a lower risk of death from any cause, finds an analysis of the latest evidence published by The BMJ today.Tags: Science, Bmj 8 people like this. Like Why are patient and public voices absent in COVID-19 policy-making?July 1, 2020 at 12:00 AM Patient and public voices were "regrettably" absent in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, but must now move centre stage, argue experts in The BMJ today.Tags: Science, Bmj, COVID 19 people like this. Like |
