BMJ in the News is a weekly digest of journal stories, plus any other news about the company that has appeared in the national and a selection of English-speaking international media.

A total of 22 journals were picked up in the media last week (7-13 December) - our ​ ​ highlights include:

● Research in the Christmas issue of The BMJ finding that patient death rates are ​ ​ higher on surgeons’ birthdays made headlines in the Daily Mail, The Times, The Irish ​ Times, and The Sun. ​ ​

● A JECH study revealing that teens who are unhappy with their physical appearance ​ ​ are at significantly heightened risk of depression by the time they reach early adulthood was covered widely, including The Times, CNN, and ITV News. ​ ​ ​

● Research in Occupational & Environmental Medicine suggesting that healthcare ​ ​ ​ ​ workers are seven times as likely to have severe COVID-19 as other workers was picked up by The Independent, Hindustan Times, Sky News TV, and American ​ ​ ​ Council on Science and Health. ​

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PRESS RELEASES

The BMJ | Archives of Disease in Childhood ​ ​ ​ British Journal of Sports Medicine | Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ​ ​ Occupational & Environmental Medicine

EXTERNAL PRESS RELEASES

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine | BMJ Global Health ​ ​ BMJ Open Ophthalmology | Gut ​ ​ Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health | Thorax ​ ​

OTHER COVERAGE

The BMJ | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ​ ​ BMJ Case Reports | BMJ Innovations ​ ​ BMJ Open | BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care ​ ​ BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine | Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin ​ ​ Heart | Journal of Medical Ethics ​ ​ Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry | Postgraduate Medical Journal ​ ​

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BMJ India’s e-learning courses integrate latest medical evidence into easily- accessible versions of our clinical courses for healthcare professionals APN News 08/12/2020 ​ ​ Also in: India Education News, BioSpectrum India ​

The BMJ Awards

Altnagelvin antenatal diabetes team recognised for innovation Sync NI 10/12/2020 ​

T he BMJ press release coverage

Feature: Conflicts of interest among the UK government’s covid-19 advisers (PR) ​ ​

Conflicts of interest among the UK government's COVID-19 advisers are not transparent Medical Xpress 09/12/2020 Also in: Russia Today, Brinkwire, Mirage news Australia ​

The BMJ Christmas press releases

Research: Patient mortality after surgery on the surgeon’s birthday: observational ​ study (PR) ​ What's up, doc? Operations are more likely to go wrong if the surgeon is celebrating a birthday, study suggests Daily Mail 10/12/2020 ​ DOCS' BDAY OPS 'DEADLIER' Having an operation on a surgeon’s birthday raises patients’ risk of dying, research claims The Sun 10/12/2020 ​ US study finds patient death rates higher on surgeons’ birthdays The Irish Times 10/12/2020 ​

Also in: The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, The Independent, Daily Star, ​ Medical Xpress, Herald Scotland, MedDay, Medical Xpress, BBC Radio Lincolnshire, BBC Radio Suffolk, The World News, Australian Online News, Big World Tale, Brinkwire, Hot Lifestyle News, Internewscast, MSN UK, TalkRADIO, TalkSport, W3LiveNews, WJZ-TV Online + US radio outlets, Back to Schools, MedPage Today, The World News, Mirage News Australia, Medscape, CBS Baltimore, Doctors Lounge, HealthDay News

Research: Effect of therapeutic suggestions during general anaesthesia on ​ postoperative pain and opioid use (PR) ​ Music and soothing words can help reduce operation pain The Independent 10/12/2020 ​ Soothing Words and Music During Surgery Might Reduce Postoperative Pain Neuroscience ​ News 10/12/2020 ​

Also in: Medical Xpress, Brinkwire, Mirage News Australia, Healio, Pain News Network ​

Research: The shared risk of diabetes between dog and cat owners and their pets ​ (PR) Dogs and owners may share resemblance in diabetes risk The Guardian 10/12/2020 ​ Why a fat, lazy dog is bad for your health The Times 10/12/2020 ​

Also in: The Independent, Yahoo News, Yahoo UK, Neuroscience News, HealthDay, ​ Medical Xpress, News-Medical.net, HealthDay, Clinical Connection, Mirage News Australia,

2 Drugs.com, Doctors Lounge, Earth.com, Brinkwire, ET Healthworld, Newsbeezer, Business Fast, Patient Talk, Vet-Magazin.com, U.S. News & World Report, IBNLive, WAAV-AM, IDW Aktuell, MEAWW, Newsmax, Vaaju, COSMOS Magazine, news18, MedPage Today, ScienceTimes, Indian Express

Feature: The face of CPR (PR) ​ ​ Who is the girl behind the face of CPR?​ Medical XPress 10/12/2020

Also in: ABC Online, Live Science ​ Research: Toxicological analysis of George’s marvellous medicine (PR) ​ ​ Do NOT try to make George's Marvellous Medicine in lockdown Daily Mail 10/12/2020 ​ Scientists describe the effects of taking George’s Marvelous Medicine WhatsNew2Day ​ 11/12/2020 ‘Potentially fatal’: Scientists warn children over Dahl concoction in George’s Marvellous Medicine The Irish Times 11/12/2020 ​ Also in: Technology Times, Medical Xpress, Eurasia Review, One News Page, Big World ​ Tale, Sound Health and Lasting Wealth, Times of News, Mogaz News, Brinkwire, World News Network, Business Fast, Internewscast, The Daily Telegraph, expressdigest.com, Yahoo News UK

Further coverage of birth defects link to cancer in later life Birth Defects Tied to Higher Cancer Risk New York Times 07/12/2020 ​

Further coverage of red meat and risk of heart disease Physician's Weekly Online, WorldPRONews, Healthy Life Zone, Bicycling, Study Finds

O ther notable coverage Lateral flow testing news article mentioned on BBC Scotland Coronavirus update (no link ​ available) 07/12/2020 How to avoid gaining weight over Christmas (Christmas issue 2018) The Times 08/12/2020 ​ Sage in second 'secrecy row' after Government refuses to publish members' financial interests The Telegraph 09/12/2020 ​ ‘It’s extraordinarily painful’: US nurses strike over pandemic pressures Financial Times ​ 10/12/0202 Deaths in children’s movies can be sources of trauma (cites Christmas 2014 study) South ​ ​ ​ China Morning Post 10/12/2020 Deadly consequences when good science is suppressed Camden New Journal 11/12/2020 ​ Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot BBC News 11/12/2020 ​ Smells like team spirit The Guardian 12/12/2020 ​ ​ I can't get in the mood at her parents' house The Times 12/12/2020 ​ Kids' lives are on the line but rugby won't listen The Sunday Times 13/12/2020 ​

JOURNALS

A rchives of Disease in Childhood

Research: Longitudinal increases in childhood depression symptoms during the ​ COVID-19 lockdown (PR) ​ ​

3 First UK lockdown saw a 'steep rise' in cases of depression among children as young as SEVEN, study finds Daily Mail 08/12/2020 ​ BPS response to research showing steep rise in depressive symptoms in children British ​ Psychological Society 08/12/20

Also in: Scottish Daily Record, Cambridge News, The Sun, Mirage News Australia, The ​ News Amed, Medicircle IN, Foundation for Economic Education, USSA News, Foreign Affairs, News-Medical.Net, Sciencecodex.com, Journal Watch, Times of News, Newsfeeds, Sound Health and Lasting Wealth, Clinical Connection, HealthDay, MyScience UK, Tek Deeps, OnMedica, Medscape, Doctors Lounge, The World News, Health Medici Net, Drugs.com, Medically Prime, Severskiy, TIMES NOW, Tech Explorist, NewsCaf, Science20, NewsColony, Roosters, ScienceDaily, Physician’s Weekly, WS Buzz, Before It’s News, Big World Tale, The Economic Collapse (blog)

Immune systems, better blood vessel health: What may spare children from severe Covid-19 Health24 07/12/20 Also in: TheTyee.ca, HealthDay, VerywellFamily, Nutrients News, Natural News ​

Health, Well-Being of Children With Hirschsprung's Disease Seriously Impaired Medscape ​ 08/12/2020

Breastfeeding Linked to Fewer Behavioral Difficulties for Children Physician’s Weekly ​ 09/12/2020

B ritish Journal of Sports Medicine

Research: Effect of gender affirming hormones on athletic performance in ​ transwomen and transmen: implications for sporting organisations and legislators (PR)

Trans women retain 12% edge in tests two years after transitioning, study finds The ​ Guardian 07/12/2020 Transgender athletes: Who decides what’s fair? Sky News + Podcast 09/12/20 ​

Also in: MSN UK + IE, Yahoo UK, The Times, The Sun, Daily Mail, MSN South Africa, MSN ​ NZ, Florida News Times, PressFrom Canada, Mirage News Australia, Yerepouni Daily News,Medical Xpress, A Closer Look, Eminetra, Newstral, Flipboard, Reddit, Women’s Sport Daily, Science Daily, Severskiy, NewsCaf, Times of News, MDAlert, Brinkwire, Mumsnet.com, democraticunderground.com, Yahoo Sports

Further coverage for WHO physical activity and sedentary behaviour special issue (PR) Eleven minutes of exercise a day may help counter the effects of sitting The Sydney Morning ​ Herald 08/12/2020 Also in: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The World News, Matangi Tonga, ​ ​ ​ Times of News Australia, The Age Australia, Brisbane Times, Internewscast, The Seattle Times, Baptist Health Resource (US), Fatherly, TheHealthSite, WA Today, SmartBrief, us.pressfrom, Boing Boing, ABS-CBN, Cooking With Kathy Man, Archyde, En24, The Ladders, 24/7 Wall St, MSN IN, Runner’s World, Gentside UK, Minneapolis Star Tribune, International New York Times, Star Tribune, MSN Lifestyle, Inc. Today (Singapore)

Defining Stanford volleyball star Hayley Hodson’s post-concussion syndrome diagnosis Los ​ ​

4 Angeles Times 08/12/2020 Also in: Yahoo News, Huntington Beach Independent, Coastline Pilot ​

The 10 Best Weight Loss Exercises, Ranked By Calorie-Burn Women’s Health 08/12/2020 ​ Also in: celebr8prog ​

The Great Footwear Debate Stack News 08/12/20 ​

Football Needs to Catch Up and Get Its House in Order Over Concussion Asharq Al-Awsat ​ 09/12/20

The best type of exercise to burn fat and lose weight Archyde 09/12/20 ​

Does Walking Count as a Workout in a Fitness Journey? Medium (IN) 10/12/20 ​

The Chest Exercises and Workouts You Need to Build Bigger Pecs Esquire 10/12/20 ​

The #1 Healthiest Way to Lose Weight, Say Experts Pressfrom.US 12/12/20 ​

Fitness: Should you give your mask a workout indoors? Montreal Gazette 13/12/20 ​ Also in: The World News, Shoreline Beacon, MSN Health Canada, Winnipeg Sun ​

Burn Fat And Boost Your Work Capacity With Body Conditioning BarBend 13/12/20 ​

Benefits of exercise/recommended exercise Durelliots 13/12/20 ​

J ournal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Research: Body dissatisfaction predicts the onset of depression among adolescent ​ ​ females and males: a prospective study (PR ​

Teenage fears over appearance linked to depression in girls and boys The Times + Scottish ​ + Irish editions 08/12/2020 Teens with negative body image may experience depression as adults, study finds CNN ​ 07/12/2020

Also in: Yahoo UK, South Wales Argus + extensive UK local news outlets, The Sunday ​ Post, Aberdeen Evening Express, Daily Mail + This is Money, The National Scot, The Daily Telegraph x2, inews, ITV news, Daily UK News, AOL.UK, SuicideIreland.com, Global News UK

International WKKO-FM + extensive coverage US local radio and news outlets, CNN Philippines, The News Amed, Asian Image, MEAWW, California News Online, New York News Times, Medicircle IN, Eminetra.NZ, Atlanta Journal Constitution, moms.com, U.S. News & World Report, Saudi News 24, UPI, US News

Other WS Buzz, Medical Xpress, Sound Health and Lasting Wealth, Erie News Now, A Closer Look, SciMex, Newsfeeds, The World News, Big World Tale, Yahoo Finance, FirstPost, Doctors Lounge, Clinical Connection, Drugs.com, HealthDay, Newsmax, NewsCaf, Science

5 Daily, Medicine.net, Newsbreak, thedailyripple.org,Webs Favourites, Physician's Briefing, Brinkwire, SmartBrief, Practice Update, mashupmd

Research: Preschool attendance and developmental outcomes at age five in ​ Indigenous and non-Indigenous children: a population-based cohort study of 100,357 Australian children (External PR) ​

Preschool benefits Indigenous children more than other types of early care uzbekistannews.net 09/12/2020

Also in: TurkmenistanNews.net, Tennis Times, Mexico Star, Mirage News Australia, Daily ​ Bulletin AU, The Conversation UK + AU, BrisbaneNews.Net, Tajikistan News.net, MENA FN, Big News Network, Micky News

O ccupational & Environmental Medicine

Research: Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 ​ 075 UK Biobank participants (PR) ​

UK healthcare workers seven times more likely to develop severe coronavirus during first lockdown, study finds The Independent 09/12/2020 ​ Healthcare workers 7 times more likely to have severe Covid-19 as other workers Hindustan ​ Times 09/12/20 Are Healthcare Workers Really More Likely To Get Severe Cases Of COVID-19? American ​ Council on Science and Health 11/12/20

Also in: Sky News (TV), extensive UK local news outlets, Belfast Telegraph, The Sunday ​ Post, Daily Mail, The National Scot, Evening Express, MSN UK, Yahoo UK, AOL UK

International + other Webindia123.com, ET Healthworld, Devdiscourse, Asian Image, Malaysia Sun, Norway Today, Mirage News Australia, AniNews.in, CIDRAP, Saudi News 24, STAT, India Education Diary, New Kerala, Medical Xpress, TalkTalk, AOL Money, A Closer Look, ​ ​ OnMedica, Medscape, Business Insurance, MedPage Today, Brinkwire, World News Network, MyScienceUK, Global Health Now, Roosters, Nursing Times, Explica, SiFy.com, Physician’s Weekly, Drugs.com, HealthDay, Physician’s Briefing, The Canary, Nursing Notes, Archyde, Healthline, Doctors Lounge

Workers’ comp provider receiving more calls than ever on key issue Insurance Business ​ America 08/12/20

A nnals of the Rheumatic Diseases Vasculitis Patients Increasingly Avoid Doctor Visits During Pandemic Rheumatology Advisor ​ 08/12/2020

IL-6 ‘not a relevant therapeutic target’ in primary Sjögren’s syndrome Medwire News ​ 08/12/2020

Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease Trends in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated ILD Pulmonology Advisor 09/12/2020

6 Rheumatic Disease and COVID-19: Who Is at Risk? RheumNow 10/12/20 ​

Genome Analysis Identifies New JIA-linked Genetic Variants, Targets Juvenile Arthritis ​ News 10/12/20

B MJ Case Reports Further coverage for hearing loss linked to COVID-19 (PR) COVID-19: Is Hearing Loss the New Worrisome Symptom? Gentside UK 06/12/20 ​

B MJ Evidence-Based Medicine Further coverage for danger of swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitiser (PR) COVID-19: Hand sanitizer poisonings soar, psych patients at high risk MD Edge 07/12/2020 ​ Also in: Brinkwire ​

EBM Opinion and Debate: From publication bias to lost in information: why we need a ​ central public portal for clinical trial data (External PR) ​

From publication bias to lost in information Brinkwire 11/12/20 ​ Also in: 15MinuteNews.com, Medical Xpress, ScienMag, Health Medicine.net ​

Cryptic pregnancy is when a woman well into pregnancy doesn't know she's pregnant uspress.from 12/12/20

Further coverage for honey and respiratory infections (PR) Why honey now has superfood status with lots of extra health benefits Mirror 12/12/20 ​ Also in: MSN IN + South Africa + NZ + UK, Sunday Express, Sunday People, Irish Sunday ​ Mirror

B MJ Global Health

Research: Weekly iron-folic acid supplements containing 2.8 mg folic acid are ​ associated with a lower risk of neural tube defects than the current practice of 0.4 mg: a randomized controlled trial in Malaysia (External PR) ​

Weekly folic acid boost shows potential to halve birth defects Medical Xpress 07/12/2020 ​ Also in: Medical Dialogues, Healthy Food Guide ​

Research: Precarity and clinical determinants of healthcare-seeking behaviour and ​ antibiotic use in rural Laos and Thailand (PR) ​

Insecure livelihoods hindering efforts to combat anti-microbial resistance globally Medical ​ Xpress 09/12/2020 Also in: Technology Times,News-Medical.net, Health Medicine.net, Times of News, ​ ScienceDaily

What history tells us about long-term effects of a pandemic Mirage News 10/12/2020 ​ Also in: Medical Xpress ​

Health workers’ strikes make up a new epidemic The Nation (Kenya) 13/12/20 ​

B MJ Innovations

7 Indian rules pave way for mandatory registration, but patent concerns remain BioWorld ​ 09/12/20

B MJ Open Further coverage for gender inequality during COVID (PR) WOMEN BEAR THE COST OF THE COVID-19 CARE LOAD Agenparl 07/12/2020 ​ Also in: Monash Lens ​

Further coverage for multivits all in the mind (PR) Multivitamins: Are you wasting your money? Starts at 60 07/12/20 ​

The FDA Just Issued a Warning Against This Kind of Face Mask Best Life 09/12/2020 ​ Also in: MSN IN, MSN MY, MSN Arabia, MSN Health & Fitness, Yahoo UK, ​

Do we need to wear more than one mask at a time? NewsChant 09/12/2020 ​ Also in: TheHealthSite, NaturalNews.com ​

22 Easy Ways To Cut Back On Carbs MSN Health & Fitness 11/12/20 ​ Also in: MSN IN, MSN Health Canada, Eat this! Not that ​ ​

11 Most Fattening Smoothie Ingredients, According to Experts Pressfrom Canada 11/12/20 ​

Murcia exported 688 million Euros worth of products to the UK in the first 9 months of 2020 Murcia Today 11/12/20

Breast cancer facts doctors might not tell you The State India 12/12/20 ​

B MJ Open Diabetes Research & Care Metformin may improve post-op complications in people with diabetes Univadis 08/12/2020 ​

How a Group of Amateur Hackers Transformed Diabetes Care Pressfrom Canada 11/12/20 ​

B MJ Open Ophthalmology

Research: Sore eyes as the most significant ocular symptom experienced by people ​ with COVID-19: a comparison between pre-COVID-19 and during COVID-19 states (External PR)

Research reveals how COVID-19 affects the eyes Cambridge Network 09/12/2020 ​ Sore eyes common vision-based indicator of Covid-19, study finds Times of India ​ 09/12/2020

Also in: Mirage News Australia, MSN Arabia, webindia123.com, Malay Mail, Saudi News ​ 24, Free Malaysia Today, Orissa Post, Express India, Daijiworld, The Telegraph India, Andhravilas, The Hindustan Times, Deccan Herald, Telangana Today, MSN MY+ Philippines, News Amed, Can-India News, Hindu Business Line, Kentucky Indian, AustinIndian, MENA FN, Outlook India, Bangalore Mirror, The Hawk India, Pressfrom US, The National Interest (US), New Kerala, Odisha Bytes, The Peninsula Qatar

Other Scienmag, Medical Xpress, NewsCaf, Science Daily, MSN Health & Fitness, FirstPost,

8 in.gr, News Chant, Yahoo Lifestyle, Aktk, TheHealthSite, Window to News, The Telegraph India, Back to Schools, Daily Excelsior, Archyde, Daily Express, Sound Health and Lasting Wealth, Internewscast, IBNLive, Newsd, Social News XYZ, FirstPost, ContagionLive, Times NOW, Clinical Research News, News Today, Mbs News, Astro Vaanavil, Conservative Angle, En24, NewsGram, Designer zcentral, Newschant, News Today, HCP Live

Coronavirus in donated eye tissue, researchers raise concern over transmission during transplantation The Indian Express 13/12/20 ​

B MJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine How medical technologies are bringing the future of sport into the present Medical Buyer ​ (IN) 11/12/20

D rug and Therapeutics Bulletin Further coverage for ‘Mum test’ for COVID-19 jab (PR) Breakfast on BBC Radio Gloucestershire (David Phizackerley interview skip to 0:55) ​ 08/12/2020 BBC 2 Newsnight (David Phizackerley interview skip to 34.37) 07/12/20 ​ ​ ​ Also on: BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Wales + widely ​ covered by local BBC radio, Press From UK

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Research: Amelioration of systemic inflammation in advanced chronic liver disease ​ upon beta-blocker therapy translates into improved clinical outcomes (External PR) ​

Beta-blockers display anti-inflammatory effects in advanced liver disease The Hippocratic ​ Post 11/12/20 Also in: Medical Dialogues, Medical Xpress, News-Medical.net ​

H eart Further coverage for benefits of day time naps (PR) Dozing off: Is napping good or bad for heart health? The Register Guard 09/12/2020 ​

Further coverage for ‘green Med’ diet (PR) Is the 'Green' Mediterranean Diet even better than the original? Bodyandsoul.com.au ​ ​ 09/12/2020

GPs likely to see surge in serious heart problems because of COVID lockdown GP Online ​ 09/12/2020

J ournal of Medical Ethics How Black People Learned Not to Trust The New York Times 07/12/2020 ​ Also in: Seattle Times, Salt Lake Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Key West Citizen, The Durango ​ Herald, Philadelphia Tribune

Further coverage for paying people to get COVID jab (PR) Claim public are ‘lab rats’ as COVID-19 vaccine not safe for pregnant women is mostly false The Ferret 11/12/20 Also in: Newsbreak

9 Transgender Athletes Are Ruining Women’s Sports And The Idea That Men Can Become Women Is A Dangerous Lie That Is Destroying Our Nation Before It’s News 12/12/20 ​ Also in: Now the End Begins ​

J ournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry Tau Patterns Linked to Alzheimer’s Clinical Phenotypes Physician’s Weekly 07/12/2020 ​ Vitamin B3 Wellbeing Journal 11/12/20 ​

P ostgraduate Medical Journal One in Four Specialist Trainee Doctors 'Very Worried' About Future Job Prospects BioMedicine 08/12/2020

S troke and Vascular Neurology Can vitamin E reduce the risk of stroke? Medical News Bulletin 07/12/2020 ​

T horax Stress during pregnancy hurts children’s lungs Healthy Family News 08/12/2020 ​ ​

Research: SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse outcomes in users of ACE inhibitors ​ and angiotensin-receptor blockers: a nationwide case-control and cohort analysis (PR)

Keep taking the blood pressure medicine during the pandemic Medical Xpress 09/12/2020 ​ ​

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