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 24 journals were picked up in the media last week (16-22 November) - our highlights include:
● A living WHO guideline advising against the use of remdesivir for covid-19, and published in The BMJ, made global headlines, including CNN, Times of India, The New York Times, and Aljazeera.
● Research published in Thorax suggesting that permanent night shift workers are at a heightened risk of moderate to severe asthma was covered widely, including Times of India, Ladders, and The Daily Telegraph.
● A Journal of Medical Ethics article arguing that the sexbot industry should design and market products for older adults with disabilities made headlines in the Daily Star, iNews, and VICE.
BMJ
PRESS RELEASES
The BMJ | Journal of Medical Ethics Occupational & Environmental Medicine | Thorax
EXTERNAL PRESS RELEASES
BMJ Global Health | BMJ Open ESMO Open
OTHER COVERAGE
The BMJ | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine | BMJ Military Health BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health | BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health | British Journal of Ophthalmology British Journal of Sports Medicine | Gut Heart | Injury Prevention Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health | Journal of Medical Genetics Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry Practical Neurology | RMD Open
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B MJ WISH collections/virtual conference Vaccine rollout requires public health measures: Dr Fauci (Fiona Godlee mentioned) Qatar Tribune 19/11/2020 Also in: Gulf Times, Kuwait Local, MENA FN, Vatican News Researchers to analyse toxic stress in children Nursing in Practice 19/11/2020
T he BMJ press release coverage
Research: First line drug treatment for hypertension and reductions in blood pressure according to age and ethnicity: cohort study in UK primary care (PR)
High blood pressure drugs 'could be simpler' i news 19/11/2020
Also in: Mirage News, Medscape, OnMedica
Research: A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19 Feature: Covid-19: What now for remdesivir? (PR)
WHO recommends against using remdesivir to treat Covid-19 CNN 20/11/2020 WHO advises against remdesivir for coronavirus treatment Times of India 20/11/2020 WHO advises against use of remdesivir for treating COVID-19 Aljazeera 20/11/2020 W.H.O. Rejects Antiviral Drug Remdesivir as a Covid Treatment The New York Times 20/11/2020
Also in: Sky News, The Independent, Reuters, Daily Mail, MSN UK, The Guardian, UK local news, The Irish Times, Capital FM,
International The Washington Post (Live updates), South China Morning Post, Forbes + Forbes India, Financial Times, The Albany Herald, CNBC, ABS-CBN + regional US broadcast outlets, Vaaju, Allusanewshub, Aljazeera, The Hans India, USSA News, The Standard (Hong Kong), Free Malaysia Today, Devdiscourse, Bangladesh Times of News, Business Insider Australia, CNA, NBC, Europe Sun, The Economic Times, The Malaysian Reserve, The Print, Austria Times News, WS Tale, MENA FN, The Straits Times, MSN AU, Yahoo Hong Kong, United Nations News Service, Can-India News, Business insider India, Today News Africa, Nation.lk, Saudi Gazette, NDTV, The Telegraph (India), New Age Bangladesh, The Independent (Bangladesh), Bangladesh Daily Observer, Austin Indian, Prokerala, India.com, Orissa TV, The New Vision (Uganda), Murcia Today, India Blooms, Times of News India, Kentucky Indian, UrduPoint Network, India.com, MENA FN, Ahmedabad Mirror, Easy Branches International, Scroll.In, Mumbai Mirror, Manchikoni, News Africa New, Bangalore Mirror, Fin24 South Africa, CTV News, Indian 24 News, Yahoo! Finance Canada, International Business Times Australia, The Hawk India, Manar TV, Severskiy, The Latin Post, UPI, Japan Times, HW English
Other Bloomberg News, The World News, Explica, Internewscast, Back to Schools, Investorpoint.com, Newscabal, headtopics.com, Timworld, BusinessTech, Newsbeezer, Social News XYZ, Medical Xpress, Fortune, MarketWatch, Mogaz News, MSN Health &
2 Fitness, Namex, OnMedica,MDigital Journal, HealthDay, NowThis, ArcaMax, Digital Look, FocusTechnica, NewsChant, The News Minute, SciTech Daily, Business Fast, Digital Journal, Bioreports, Global Security, Health Write Ups
O ther notable coverage Warning: your home could be making you ill (print)The Times 17/11/2020 Quirks of quarantine regime seem to defy logic (print) The Daily Telegraph 17/11/2020 Where on earth is the common sense among the chaos? The Telegraph 17/11/2020 Behavioural scientist devoted to championing hygiene and sanitation The Guardian 18/11/2020 No wonder the nation's turning to drink, amid chaos The Daily Telegraph 18/11/2020 There will be no Boris reset until he breaks the endless lockdown cycle (print) The Daily Telegraph 20/11/2020
Sir Christopher Cope mentioned a news article published in The BMJ when suggesting that the people who have tested positive for covid-19 and had recovered should be exempt from regulations because their T cells give them immunity for at least six months - House of Commons, BBC Parliament (skip to 3:04:14) 18/11/2020 Also in: BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC News Channel Prime Minister's Questions (skip to 33:04), Politics Live, Business Fast, Newscabal, The Sun, Daily Star
Why has it taken 50 years for football to connect heading with brain injuries? The Guardian 18/11/2020 Number of COVID-19 'long haulers,' survivors experiencing lasting virus symptoms, is growing ABC News 19/11/2020 Operation Moonshot ignored screening experts. No wonder it's failing The Guardian 19/11/2020 Bengaluru: After clinic’s hard work during lockdown, doctors push for slum health Times of India 21/11/2020 When you have an all-male panel discussing women's health Times of India 21/11/2020 Two Covid tests a week could win people a 'freedom pass' The Sunday telegraph 22/11/2020
JOURNALS
J ournal of Medical Ethics
Feature article: Nothing to be ashamed of: sex robots for older adults with disabilities (PR)
Sex robot industry 'should cater to sexual needs of elderly and disabled' Daily Star 17/11/2020 Sex robot manufacturers ‘should consider the sexual needs of older, disabled people’ iNews 16/11/2020 Sex Robots Should Target the Elderly and the Disabled, Experts Say VICE 17/11/2020
Also in: Daily Mail, RecentnewsUK, The Sun + Scottish Sun + Sun IE, Mirage News Australia, Disney News IN, Russia Today, Amed Post, The Seattle Times, The Australian, USA Science News, Yahoo News Malaysia, Girl Sun (Turkey), iHeartRadio (US), Input, Daily Telegraph AU + several Australian regional news outlets, New Zealand Herald, Hellocaremail.au, Medicircle (IN), Winnipeg Free Press, Medical Xpress, Roosters News,
3 Bioindexes, Expressdigest, Ex Bulletin, Today Headline, Health beauty daily, Zenith News, News.nestia, News Colony, Health and science post, successdigest online, Internewscast, The World News, Mogaz News, Big World Tale, healthynewsinfo, Newswise, HealthNewsDigest.com, The Stranger.com, Study Finds. Geekwire, MedPage Today, Editorials360, Fast Company, Flipboard, SciMex, Futurism, Fast Company, ArcaMax, Univadis, ZBT News, Diazhub, Input Magazine, Yahoo Finance, Reddit.com, Archyworldys, Targeted News Service, BioEdge
Further coverage for mandating COVID vaccine (PR) The Case for Paying People to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine Bloomberg News 16/11/2020
Does the autonomy principle work for substance abusers? BioEdge 18/11/20
Why Covid-19 vaccines offer cause for hope and concern New Statesman 18/11/2020
Facebook Broke the Law by Censoring Anti-Biden Ad, Conservative Group Claims PJ Media 18/11/20
O ccupational & Environmental Medicine
Research: Changes in prolonged sedentary behaviour across the transition to retirement (PR)
Couch potato grannies: Retired women sit down for an extra 20 minutes a day – raising their risk of cardiovascular disease Daily Mail 16/11/2020 Couch potato time rises sharply after women retire US News & World Report 17/11/20 Also in: RecentnewsUK, MSN AU, Mirage News Australia, Vaaju, Medical Xpress, WS Buzz, remonews, NewsColony, Internewcast, MSN Health & Fitness, Bioindexes, Mogaz News, The World News, Newslookup, Ex Bulletin, 15minute News, 247newsaroundtheworld, Drugs.com, ScienceDaily, HealthDay, Newsbreak, Medicine.net, Targeted News Service
Further coverage for high rate of COVID-19 in grocery store workers (PR) COVID-19 pandemic: Grocery store workers face accelerated risk of infection, study finds Safety+Health Magazine 16/11/20 Also in: Axis of Logic, Common Dreams
Your Quest for Productivity Might Be Preventing You From Achieving More Mind Cafe 18/11/2020
T horax
Research: Night shift work is associated with an increased risk of asthma (PR)
Asthma risk increases by a third for night shift workers, study suggests The Daily Telegraph 16/11/2020 Night shift workers at high risk of severe asthma: Study Times of India 18/11/20 Working this way will put you at greater risk of asthma Ladders 20/11/20
Also in: Daily Mail, inews, MSN UK, RecentnewsUK, Daily UK News, The Irish Times
International
4 The News Amed, Mirage News Australia, Medical Dialogues India, Ozarksfirst, MedIndia, Instant.com (Pakistan), usnews, India TV, Orissa Post, India Tribune, webindia123.com, The Hawk India, The Hans India, Daijiworld, Prokerala.com, Andhravilas, Indileak, The Siasat Daily, Telangana Today, AustinIndian, KentuckyIndian, MENA FN, The Baltimore Post, Can-India News, Vishva Times, wltz.com, The Statesman (IN), U.S. News & World Report, IANS, NewKerala, KVOR-AM + numerous US local radio outlets, Indian Flash, Sentinel Assam, Daily Sun (Pakistan), Economic Times (IN), Cable News International Asia, Cosmos Magazine
Other Medical Xpress, Big World Tale, Internewscast, Newscabal, Social News XYZ, Healio, Healthynews hub, FirstLastnews.com, successdigest.com, Knowledia, Ex Bulletin, Newskarnataka, Clinical Connection, The Health Site, Window To News, HealthDay, Newsd, Social News XYZ, Medicine.net, Englemed Health News, mashupmd, Univadis, Everyday Health, News Nestia, Newsbreak, 247newsaroundtheworld.com, Daily Hunt, Newsmax, MSN.com, Newsbeezer, Drugs.com, NewsGram, Practice Update, Medscape, Physician’s Weekly, World Today News, Targeted News Service, RT Magazine
Matt Hancock warns that whole population is at risk of ‘long Covid’ ExpressDigest 17/11/2020 Covid second wave flatlines as daily cases rise 0.06% in a week Sound Health & Lasting Wealth 17/11/2020 Also in: FromPress, Mogaz News, The State India, NewsColony, Daily Mail, MSN UK, The State India, Mogaz News, NewsColony, Sound Health and Lasting Wealth, Health Medicine. Net, Internewscast
Further coverage for inhalers and osteoporosis risk (PR) Are Doctors Doing Enough to Manage Bone Risks for People With Asthma Who Take Steroids? Everyday Health 18/11/2020
A nnals of the Rheumatic Diseases Upadacitinib Safety Similar to Other Jakinibs for RA The Rheumatologist 16/11/2020
Study Supports Safety, Efficacy of Switching Between Upadacitinib and Adalimumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatology Advisor 16/11/2020 Also in: Monthly Prescribing Reference
6 Reasons People Quit Their Psoriatic Arthritis Medication — and Why You Shouldn’t Everyday Health 18/11/20
EULAR Consultation Service helps address rheumatic, musculoskeletal diseases News-Medical.net 20/11/20
B MJ Evidence-Based Medicine Further coverage for caffeine consumption in pregnancy (PR)
One cup of coffee a day could increase risk of stillbirth by a quarter, study suggests The Daily Telegraph (print + online) 17/11/2020 Also in: News & Star
Also in: Jersey Evening Post + UK local news outlets, The Sun + Scottish Sun, Best World
5 News, Express & Star, Daily Mail, Evening Express, The Sunday Post, Newscabal, Allusanewshub, MSN UK + IE, MSN South Africa, Yahoo Finance
Further coverage for honey for cough (PR) Not just some old remedy: Honey effectively reduces coughing in children, study finds Daily Sabah 17/11/2020 Also in: Novinite, Nigerian News Direct
Antibiotic overuse 'has caused 32% rise in superbug infections' From Press UK 18/11/2020
B MJ Global Health
Research: Spatial–temporal trends in forced migrant mortality, 2014–2018 (External PR)
Crossing international borders can be deadly for forced migrants Medical Xpress 16/11/2020
Vizag among India’s best in early handling of coronavirus, suggests study New Indian Express 18/11/2020
Opinion Pieces Address Topics Related To COVID-19, Including Managing TB Kaiser Family Foundation 17/11/20
Measles outbreak threat due to Covid (skip to 22.44) BBC World Service Health Check 18/11/2020 Prisoners should jump the coronavirus vaccine queue and get the jab AHEAD of 60-year-olds, scientists say Daily Mail 20/11/20 Also in: Mogaz News, The News Amed, News Colony, Big World Tale
B MJ Military Health Troops risk early dementia and psychiatric problems if they suffer heat stroke Mirror 21/11/2020
B MJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health Your Dietitian: Eat well with holiday superfoods The Gazette 17/11/2020 Also in: The Chronicle,
B MJ Open Further coverage for benefits of multivitamins in the minds of users (PR) Advantages of daily supplements may be all in the mind Stuff NZ 17/11/2020
Maine’s Rise in COVID-19 Cases Linked to Face Masks Before It’s News 16/11/2020
Further coverage for rise in ‘diseases of despair’ in US (PR) A New Study Found ‘Deaths Of Despair’ Soared Over The Past Decade Forbes 16/11/2020 Also in: HealthDay, Journey Line
Cynical people are more likely to get heart disease, study finds From Press 17/11/2020
If Your Face Mask Has One of These, Stop Using It Immediately Designer zcentral
6 17/11/2020
Challenges of Patient Engagement in Atopic Dermatitis Pharmaceutical Executive 17/11/20
Patient Access To Medical Records Is Set To Become Mandatory VeryWell Health 17/11/20
What Is Vaginal Steaming? VeryWell Health 18/11/20
Research: Occurrence, mortality, and cost of brain disorders in Denmark: A population based cohort study (External PR)
Training more doctors would help us and poorer countries (no link available) The Independent 20/11/2020
Watch This Guy Try to Eat and Burn 10,000 Calories in 24 Hours pressfrom Canada 21/11/20
Worn out and worn down? What to do about fatigue Texarkana Gazette (US) 21/11/20
B MJ Open Diabetes Research & Care Further coverage for tea and coffee consumption and diabetes (PR) Drinking Green Tea And Coffee Daily Improves Survival In People With Diabetes Medical Dialogues 17/11/20 Also in: Nation Africa, NewsMax
Study: use of daily foot-temperature sensing mat avoids amputation in patients with diabetes Health Leaders 19/11/2020
Substituting regular meals with total diet replacements could aid weight loss, control diabetes FirstPost 19/11/2020
What Happens to My Body if I Go Vegan for a Month? WTOP Online 20/11/20 Also in: US News & World Report, us.pressfrom, MSN Health & Fitness
Beating back Type 2 diabetes complications Telegraph Herald 20/11/20
Type-2 Diabetes Has Four Subtypes, Reveals Study; Expert Decodes Different Types Doctor NDTV 22/11/20
B MJ Sexual & Reproductive Health What having more than 10 sexual partners means The Standard Health (Kenya) 16/11/2020 Also in: The World News, East Africa Standard
B ritish Journal of Ophthalmology Istar Medical highlights positive one-year Miniject results BioWorld 18/11/20 Also in: New Kerala
Prediabetes linked to macular thinning MD Alert 19/11/20
7 Are Men’s Neckties Obsolete? (Style Battle: Tie vs No Tie) Real Men Real Style 21/11/20
Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injections vs Intravitreal Dexamethasone Injections for Central Retinal Vein Occlusion Practice Update 22/11/20
B ritish Journal of Sports Medicine 5 Morning Hack to Get You in the Right Mindset While Working From Home Thrive Global 16/11/2020
3,357 OLYMPIAN SPORT INJURIES SUBJECT OF NEW STUDY Orthopedics This Week 17/11/20
Return to sport: clinicians should seek inspiration from Barack Obama Physio Update 18/11/2020
Short bursts of exercise as beneficial as prolonged ones, claims study but not all are convinced FirstPost 19/11/20 What happens in the body when eating chicken daily Explica 20/11/20 E SMO Open
Research: Factors associated with the aggressiveness of care at the end of life for patients with cancer dying in hospital: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in mainland Portugal (External PR)
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G ut Blood test picks out cancers likely to benefit from targeted drugs Medical Xpress 17/11/2020 Also in: Technology Networks, PharmiWeb
H eart Further coverage for benefits of daytime naps (PR) Art of the Nap Virginia Living 18/11/2020 Further coverage for health benefits of a hot bath (PR) Take a soak for your health Harvard Newsletter November issue
I njury Prevention New York City's window guard policy tied to fewer falls and deaths Reuters 26/11/2020
J ournal of Epidemiology & Community Health SAVE THE GIRLS Campaign Life Coalition (Blog) 20/11/20 J ournal of Medical Genetics Adults With Rett Require Tailored Care Program to Manage Symptoms, Study Says Rett Syndrome News 18/11/20
J ournal of NeuroInterventional Surgery Implantable brain-computer allows severely paralyses patients to complete daily tasks Spinal
8 News 18/11/2020
J ournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry Guillain-Barre Severity, 1-Year Outcomes Seen in Serum NfL Physician’s Weekly 17/11/2020 Also in: Republic World, India.com,
Alzheimer’s hotspots, Human Time Cells; COVID-Related Encephalopathy MedPage Today 17/11/20
U.S. FDA approves adjunctive therapy & intravenous use of VIMPAT® News.MarketSizeForecasters 19/11/20
Hans Berger has a real brainstorm Cosmos Magazine 20/11/20
P ractical Neurology Spectrum Stage Theory Seeks a Better Understanding of Parkinson’s Parkinson’s News Today 20/11/20
R MD Open Effect of Denosumab on Joint Destruction in Subgroups of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatology Advisor 18/11/2020
S exually Transmitted Infections Sex and dating were hibernating in lockdown Sydney Morning Herald 21/11/20 Also in: Medical Xpress, Mirage News, WA Today.au, The Age Australia
Almost one in ten HIV PrEP users report buying antibiotics for STI prevention, raising concerns over potential antibiotic resistance AidsMap 20/11/20
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