March 6, 2023 – Sexual minority families—where parental sexual orientation or gender identity is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms—fare as well as, or better than, ‘traditional’ families with parents of the opposite sex, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. Parental sexual orientation […]
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Surgeons should prepare to face more abortion complications post-Wade, say experts
January 31, 2023 – Acute care surgeons should prepare to treat complications of forced pregnancies and unsafe abortions following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade in the USA in 2022, argue experts in an opinion piece published in the journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. The decision will disproportionately affect poor women […]
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Less than a third of FDA regulatory actions backed by research or public assessments
October 5, 2022 – Less than a third of regulatory actions taken by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are corroborated by published research findings or public assessments, finds a study published by The BMJ today. The researchers say their findings, based on analysis of drug safety signals identified by the FDA from 2008 to 2019, […]
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Global rise in red/processed meat trade linked to sharp increase in diet-related illness
The global rise in the red and processed meat trade over the past 30 years is linked to a sharp increase in diet related ill health, with the impact greatest in Northern and Eastern Europe and the island nations of the Caribbean and Oceania, finds an analysis published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. […]
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Growing climate anxiety poses significant threat to individuals and society
The world’s climate is changing in every region and across the whole climate system, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group confirmed in its report Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis in August 2021. [1] Described by the United Nations secretary general António Guterres as a “code red for humanity,” the report’s alarm bells were “deafeningly loud,” […]
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Weedkiller chemical (glyphosate) safety standards need urgent review
March 23, 2017 – Emerging evidence suggests that the safety standards for glyphosate—a chemical widely used in common weed-killers—may be failing to protect public and environmental health, suggest experts in an essay published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. The standards are based on out of date science, say the researchers, and may […]