This month’s Top 10 Most Read includes a selection of new entries; including Meerpohl et al’s article on evidence-informed recommendations to reduce dissemination bias in clinical research. Mudge et al’s article on clinicians view on their role in self-management approaches and Anholm et al’s paper on the therapy of biguanide in patients with coronary artery disease and newly […]
Many UK patients with gonorrhoea prescribed outdated antibiotics
Many UK patients with gonorrhoea are being prescribed antibiotics that are no longer recommended for treating the infection by their family doctor (GP), reveals research published in BMJ Open. This failure to keep abreast of national clinical guidance is of concern, given the global threat of antibiotic resistance, say the researchers. They base their findings on […]
Oldest old less likely to be investigated or aggressively treated after surgery
Patients aged 80 and above are significantly less likely to be investigated or aggressively treated after surgery than their younger counterparts, reveals a national audit of hospital deaths, published in BMJ Open. This is despite the fact that the oldest old have higher rates of trauma and multiple underlying conditions on admission, say the Australian researchers. […]
Should we stop talking about ‘negative’ results?
BMJ Open recently published the results of a major EU-funded project (OPEN) investigating the problem of dissemination bias. Also know as publication bias, this is the distortion of the evidence base caused by selective or non-reporting of results. The authors concluded: ‘Despite various recent examples of dissemination bias and several initiatives to reduce it, […]
Increasing the value of health research, e-cigarettes and the role of hospital managers in patient safety: Most read articles in April
April’s Top 10 Most Read includes a selection of new entries; including a bibliometric analysis on increasing the value of health research in the WHO African Region by Uthman et al and an article on non-health decision-makers’ use of evidence on the social determinants of health written by McGill et al. Parand et al’s systematic review on the role of […]
UK doctors unlikely to be able to repay student loans
UK doctors are unlikely to be able to repay their student loans over the course of their working lives, amassing debts of more than £80,000 by the time they graduate, in some cases, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open. What’s more, there are clear gender differences in the amount of cash required […]
Many teens try e-cigarettes, but few become regular users
E-cigarettes are popular with teens, including those who have never smoked, but few of those who try them become regular users, while most of those who do so are also smokers, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open. The researchers base their findings on the results of two nationally representative surveys of primary […]
UK research cash for dementia and stroke still way too low
The amount of government money pumped into dementia and stroke research in the UK has risen significantly in recent years, but it is still way too low when compared with the economic and personal impact these conditions have, finds a study published in BMJ Open. The researchers assessed central government and charity research expenditure in 2012 […]
Children with type 1 diabetes almost 5 times as likely to be admitted to hospital
Children with type 1 diabetes run almost five times the risk of being admitted to hospital for any reason as their peers, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open. Pre-schoolers and those from disadvantaged backgrounds are most at risk, the findings indicate. The number of new cases of childhood type 1 diabetes has […]
Cycling injuries, the Greek economic crisis and Parkinson’s disease: Most read articles in March
March’s Top 10 Most Read includes a selection of new entries; a national survey on the patterns and trends in sources of information about sex among young people in Britain by Tanton et al and an article on the severity of urban cycling injuries and crash characteristics written by Cripton et al. Articles which are still proving to be popular […]