BMJ Open
is an online, open access journal, dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas.
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Press Releases
General practice / Family practice:
The changing shape of English general practice: a retrospective longitudinal study using national datasets describing trends in organisational structure, workforce and recorded appointments3 September 2024
Occupational and environmental medicine:
Investigating sustainability in work after participating in a welfare-to-work initiative using a 2-year cohort study of Work Programme participants in Scotland22 August 2024
Global health:
Life expectancy and geographic variation in mortality: an observational comparison study of six high-income Anglophone countries13 August 2024
Most Read Articles
Cardiovascular medicine:
Is LDL cholesterol associated with long-term mortality among primary prevention adults? A retrospective cohort study from a large healthcare system28 March 2024
Cardiovascular medicine:
Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review27 November 2023
Epidemiology:
Association between physical activity over a 10-year period and current insomnia symptoms, sleep duration and daytime sleepiness: a European population-based study26 March 2024
Pharmacology and therapeutics:
Low-dose naltrexone for post-COVID fatigue syndrome: a study protocol for a double-blind, randomised trial in British Columbia13 May 2024
Obstetrics and gynaecology:
Ethiopian women’s sexual experiences and coping strategies for sexual problems after gynaecological cancer treatment: a qualitative study8 December 2023
Mental Health
Mental health:
Global contribution of suicide to maternal mortality: a systematic review protocol16 September 2024
Mental health:
Online yoga programme for resident physicians in Québec: an evaluation of feasibility and impact on mental health12 September 2024
Mental health:
Guideline concordant screening and monitoring of extrapyramidal symptoms in patients prescribed antipsychotic medication: a protocol for a systematic literature review and narrative synthesis12 September 2024
Mental health:
Screening instruments for mental disorders in primary healthcare: a scoping review protocol (SCREENING-MD)10 September 2024
Recent Articles
Surgery:
Clinical effectiveness of robotic versus laparoscopic and open surgery: an overview of systematic reviews16 September 2024
Nursing:
Risk factors of skin tear in older persons: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis16 September 2024
Health policy:
E-participation in policy-making for health: a scoping review protocol16 September 2024
Diabetes and endocrinology:
Does multifactorial inspiratory muscle training improve postural stability and quality of life of patients with diabetes in Pakistan? A randomised controlled trial16 September 2024
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