{"id":33373,"date":"2015-02-17T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T12:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=33373"},"modified":"2015-02-17T14:38:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T13:38:15","slug":"the-bmj-today-fgm-gulp-and-nomoregames-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2015\/02\/17\/the-bmj-today-fgm-gulp-and-nomoregames-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The BMJ Today: FGM, GULP, and #NoMoreGames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANALYSIS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Too much technology:<\/strong> The BMJ\u2019s overdiagnosis theme begins today with Bj\u00f8rn Morten Hofmann, who argues that we are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h705\">medicalising ordinary human conditions<\/a>, and we need to rethink our reflex use of health technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>VIEWS &amp; REVIEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/FGM_Dhanuson-Dharmasena.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-33367\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/FGM_Dhanuson-Dharmasena-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"FGM_Dhanuson-Dharmasena\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Female Genital Mutilation:<\/strong> Margaret McCartney on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h815\">need to prepare<\/a> for emergencies when patients who have had FGM are giving birth, and the risks faced by doctors in such cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Obesity:<\/strong> Two stories today are related to weight. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h772\">GULP campaign<\/a> urges people to Give Up Loving Pop. One good reason could be the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h856\">harmful impacts of obesity for pregnant women<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NHS politics:<\/strong> The BMA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h903\">#stopplayinggames campaign gathers steam<\/a>, as they urge politicians to design policies that are good for the NHS, instead of those likely to win votes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/bma_nomoregames.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-33368\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/bma_nomoregames-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"bma_nomoregames\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>US measles outbreak:<\/strong> As the outbreak continues, a regular user of San Francisco&#8217;s BART transit system may have exposed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h865\">commuters to measles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Menopausal hot flushes<\/strong> continued for more than seven years in half of the women <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h893\">in a new study<\/a>, published in JAMA internal medicine &#8211; longer than previously thought.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Will Stahl-\u00adTimmins<\/strong> is interactive data visualisation designer,<\/em> The BMJ<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANALYSIS Too much technology: The BMJ\u2019s overdiagnosis theme begins today with Bj\u00f8rn Morten Hofmann, who argues that we are medicalising ordinary human conditions, and we need to rethink our reflex use of health technology. 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