BMJ in the News 22-28 March

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 (22-28 March) - our highlights include:

● A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine revealing that distinct chemical ‘signatures’ for concussion have been identified in the spit of elite male rugby players was covered internationally, including Forbes, The Washington Post, and The Scientist.

● Research in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health suggesting that insomnia, disrupted sleep, and burnout are linked to higher odds of severe COVID-19 was covered widely, including Forbes, The Telegraph, and The Jerusalem Post.

● A study in The BMJ suggesting that women who experience a miscarriage appear to be more likely to die prematurely made headlines in Sky News, the Daily Mail, and The Telegraph.

PRESS RELEASES

The BMJ | BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health British Journal of Sports Medicine Gut | Journal of Medical Ethics

EXTERNAL PRESS RELEASES

British Journal of Sports Medicine

OTHER COVERAGE

The BMJ press release coverage

1 Research: Short term associations of ambient nitrogen dioxide with daily total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: multilocation analysis in 398 cities (PR)

Even small hikes in air pollution from diesel vehicles can lead to a spike in deaths from lung and heart diseases, study warns Daily Mail 25/03/21

Also in: MSN UK, The Amed Post, Gibraltar Chronicle, Times of News India, Medical Xpress, MedPage Today, HealthDay, NewsColony, Mogaz News, Drugs.com, Air Quality News, Health Medici Net, AJMC

Research: Association of spontaneous abortion with all cause and cause specific premature mortality: prospective cohort study (PR)

Miscarriage linked to higher risk of early death, study suggests Sky News 25/03/21 Miscarriages 'could raise risk of early death The Daily Telegraph 25/03/21 Miscarriage associated with higher risk of women’s early death The Independent 25/03/21

Also in: Isle of Wight Radio +UK local radio, Belfast City Beat, The Times, Island FM, Journal Watch, Medical Xpress, News on the Flipside, Drugs.com, The Punch, Physician’s Weekly

Research: Comparative efficacy of interventions for reducing symptoms of depression in people with dementia: systematic review and network meta-analysis (PR)

Talk beats pills to ease dementia ills The Times 25/03/21 Exercise could be better than medication for dementia patients with depression, report claims inews.co.uk 26/03/21

Also in: Belfast Telegraph, The Sunday Post, Daily Mail + Scottish Daily Mail, Evening Express, UK local news outlets, Evening Standard, MSN UK, Daily Express, Asian Image, Medical Xpress, Mogaz News, HealthDay, WhatsNews2Day, The Health Cast, Weekly Sauce, My Healthy Click, Times of News India, ScienceDaily

Other notable coverage It's not 'greed' behind the Covid vaccine success. It's state finance and the NHS The Guardian 25/03/21 Ad Agencies Step Away From Oil and Gas in Echo of Cigarette Exodus The New York Times 25/03/21 Designing the hospital of the future The Times 25/03/21 Dazed & Confused: Reporting on Europe’s troubled vaccine rollout | The Listening Post (Mun-Keat Looi interviewed, skip to 6:07 mins) Al Jazeera 27/03/21 Covid-19 may cause relapse of rare blood disorder in kids Times of India 27/03/21 WITCH HUNT IS 'SILENCING SCIENCE' (Kamran Abbasi quoted) The Sunday Express 28/03/21

JOURNALS

BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health

Research: COVID-19 illness in relation to sleep and burnout (PR)

2 Extra hour of sleep at night cuts Covid risk by more than 10 per cent The Telegraph 22/03/21 Lack Of Sleep Might Increase Your Chances Of Getting Covid-19, Study Finds Forbes 22/03/21 Burnout, poor or not enough sleep associated with COVID infection risk The Jerusalem Post 27/03/21

Also in: Daily Mail, inews, HuffPost UK, MSN UK, Reuters, Daily UK News, London News Live, MSN AU, MSN MY, MSN Philippines, New York Daily News, Mirage News Australia, Vaaju, Ottawa Citizen, Gulf Times, MSN India, ABS-CBN, Yahoo Singapore, OzarksFirst, TV NZ, US News.com, Medsci.cn, KCTV Kansas City, Fox News, Hindu Business Line, En24, WCSI, Saudi24 News, WFLD-TV

Other Medical Xpress, Mogaz News, NewsColony, Medscape, MedPage, HealthDay, Newsfeeds, Clinical Connection, Physician’s Briefing, Sleep Review, Drugs.com, Sound Health & Lasting Wealth, Weekly Sauce, Archyde, Netscape, Health Medici Net, WebMD, Physician’s Weekly, Contagion Live, Monthly Prescribing Reference, ArchyNewsy, Archyde, Top Ten Reviews, GMA News, Science Daily, AJMC, OnMedica, Science Daily, Yahoo Finance, Everyday Health, masupmd, Vereityinfo.com, Smartbrief.com, Yahoo Lifestyle, Drugs.com, W3LiveNews, The World News, Namex, Ex Bulletin, New Express News, Neurology Advisor, Diesel Gasoil, Integrative Practitioner, Doctors Lounge, Moms.com

Journal of Medical Ethics

Research: Should higher-income countries pay their citizens to move to foreign care homes? (PR)

Pay for elderly to live in care homes in lower income countries, rich nations advised Medical Xpress 22/03/21

Arkansas gov. signs law protecting women’s sports from transgender intrusion Life Insider 26/03/21

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Research: Unique diagnostic signatures of concussion in the saliva of male athletes: the Study of Concussion in Rugby Union through MicroRNAs (SCRUM) (PR)

New Saliva Test Can Quickly Diagnose Concussions Forbes 25/03/21 Concussions can be diagnosed through a saliva test, British researchers find The Washington Post 23/03/21 Simple Spit Test Could Diagnose Concussions The Scientist 24/03/21

Also in: The Irish Times, Daily Express, The Guardian, i newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, The Evening Standard, BBC Radio 4- The World Tonight, Sky Sports, The Times, BBC Sport, The Independent, RTE.ie, Irish Examiner, The Week, Isle of Wight Radio, Yahoo News

International Mirage News Australia, The Fiji Times, Toronto News, Jakarta News, Canada Standard, The

3 Courier Mail, Gulf News, COSMOS, Health Europa Russia Today, Philly Voice, Bangkok Post, Stuff.co.nz, Yahoo Eurosport, France24, Straits Times, Hong Kong Standard, Channel News Asia, Singapore News Live, Newstalkzb.nz, Fundingnews Asia, Seattle Times, Indianapolis Business Journal, Xinhua, China.org, California Healthline, China Daily, Alarabiya.net, The Star Malaysia, Innovation Toronto.com, Eminetra.com. Au, Gulf News

Other + Sport The World News, Inside Science, Premiership Rugby, Sport Industry biz, Scienmag, Healio, News Summed Up, Medscape, Kaiser Health News, ESPN, NeuroRehab Times, Medical Xpress, Healio, Genome Web, BioSpace, WebMD, Online FirstAid, Biotechniques, Practical Neurology, AP News, Med-Tech News, Mashupmd, Headtopics, Knowledia, Big World Tale, Newsbeezer, Newschant, Diazhub, whatsnew2day, Phys.org, Jioforme, 247 Sports, News24, Earth News, Rugby365, Road2info, The Rugby Player, Men’s Health, Science Daily, AZFamily, 15minute News, Clinicalomics.com, Big News Network, Athletics Business.com, Training Conditioning.com, Yahoo Finance, Everyday Health, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Sportsmole.com, Combatsportslaw.com, Sportsbeezer, Gizmoh News, Flipboard, Internewscast, News Colony, Hospital Health

Review: Anterior cruciate ligament injury: towards a gendered environmental approach (External PR)

Social, not just biological factors, key in increased knee injuries among girls and women Mirage News Australia 26/03/21 Social Factors are Key in Increased Knee Injuries Among Girls and Women MedIndia 27/03/21 Also in: 15MinuteNews, Scienmag, Medical Xpress, Health Medici Net, MyScience UK,

Kansas and Alabama Could Be Next States to Ban Trans Athletes From School Sports them. 22/03/21 North Carolina Lawmakers Introduce Bill Prohibiting Biological Males From Competing With Women In Sports Christianity Daily 25/03/21

What Are The Best Exercises For Weight Loss? South Florida Reporter 22/03/21

Further coverage for fitness trackers may help overweight/obese people lose weight (PR) Can Fitbits, Apple Watch Be a Dieter’s Best Friend? Doctors Lounge 22/03/21 Also in: Medical Xpress, Clinical Connection, Drugs.com, U.S. News & World Report, HealthDay, Gadgets and Wearables, Weekly Sauce

South Africa: Sportspeople Not Immune to Mental Health Effects of Covid-19 All Africa 22/03/21 Sportspeople not immune to mental health effects of Covid-19 MSN News 22/03/21 Also in: Daily Maverick, Modern Diplomacy,

8 Ways You Can Prevent Colon Cancer MSN Lifestyle 23/03/21

Does exercise lower cholesterol? Medical News Today 24/03/21

North Carolina Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Ban Biological Males from Women’s Sports Faithwire 24/03/21 Also in: Christianity Daily, Christian Headlines

4 22 science-backed ways to lose belly fat, according to experts MSN Lifestyle 25/03/21

Can exercising boost your creativity? Mint Lounge 25/03/21

The importance of data as we move out of lockdown IT ProPortal 25/03/21

Coffee before a workout: should you have caffeine before you exercise? Stylist 26/03/21

Beware the rate of data decay! Customer Think 27/03/21

Gut

Research: Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses are attenuated in patients with IBD treated with infliximab (PR)

Common drug makes COVID worse Cosmos Magazine 24/03/21 Inflammatory bowel disease drug linked to reduced COVID-19 antibody response Sky News 23/03/21

Also in: Yahoo UK, UK local news outlets, iNews, The National Scot, Evening Standard, MSN UK, Manchester Evening News, Jersey Evening Post, Wales Online, Yahoo! Canada News, Asian Image, Mirage News Australia, Medical Dialogues India, PublicNews India, Medical Xpress, Archyde, Out News, Technology Times, TIMES NOW, OnMedica, Kaiser Health News, Yahoo Finance, Science Daily, HealthDay, Medscape, Healio, Jioforme, ScienMag, MDLinx, Phys.org, Vereityinfo.com, pressfrom, Newschain Online, techandsciencepost.com

Device that can sniff out cancer in seconds Mail Plus 23/03/21 (Previous PR) Electronic 'nose' that detects chemicals in breath may help spot early signs of oesophageal tumour Daily Mail 23/03/21 Also in: Amed Post, Internewscast, Newsfeeds, Health Medici Net, Business Fast

Stomach bloating: Friendly bacteria can relieve symptoms Sound Health & Lasting Wealth 23/03/21 Also in: Daily Express, MSN South Africa

The benefits of the Mediterranean diet, staple of Turkish cuisine Daily Sabah 25/03/21

Certain foods and drugs may lower risk of colon cancer, finds Harvard study Times Now News 25/03/21

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Lupus ‘may impact’ COVID-19 prognosis Medwire News 23/03/21 Also in: Medscape, The Hospitalist

‘Reassuring’ early findings on COVID-19 vaccine safety in RMD patients Medwire News 24/03/21 Research shows mRNA vaccination is safe and effective, even with chronic inflammatory diseases Medical Xpress 25/03/21

5 How Inflammatory Disease Patients Respond to the COVID-19 Vaccine: What a Small Study Shows About Antibody Levels and Disease Flares CreakyJoints 26/03/21

COVID-19 vaccines immunogenic in people with rheumatic diseases Medwire News 26/03/21

Ethiopia: Tapping Natural Resources for Hydrotherapy Treatment All Africa 27/03/21

Archives of Disease in Childhood If Your Cough Lasts This Long, Get Your Lungs Checked, New Study Says Best Life 25/03/21 Also in: MSN Health & Fitness, MSN Arabia

BMJ Case Reports Paradox of choice: insomnia drug improves nocturnal enuresis Medical Dialogues 22/03/21

Coronavirus may cause deafness, tinnitus and vertigo, study says (previous PR, misattributed to the BMJ) The Daily Telegraph 22/03/21 Can covid make your ears ring? What we know about its possible connection to tinnitus. The Washington Post 23/03/21 Also in: Sound Health & Lasting Wealth

Rare diagnosis sees woman crying tears of blood Yahoo News Australia 23/03/21 Woman cries blood tears during menstruation in 'rare and unusual clinical case' Live Science 22/03/21 Also in: The Sun + Scottish Sun, Health.com

Wild swimming makes a splash during lockdown with searches for wetsuits in the UK up by 495 per cent, sales soaring and Tik Tok videos of people taking cold water dips going viral (misattributed to The BMJ) MailOnline 22/03/21 (Previous PR) Also in: MSN AU, Diazhub, inews, MSN UK

This COVID Side Effect Drove Texas Roadhouse CEO to Suicide Eat This, Not That! 22/03/21 Also in: Yahoo Lifestyle

BMJ Global Health Child development plan targets gamut of risks Medical Xpress 26/03/21 Children in low- and middle-income countries face an increased risk of delayed development News-Medical.Net 26/03/21 Also in: Australian Online

Race to contain Brisbane Covid outbreak as cluster grows to three The Guardian 28/03/21

Rural doctors miss out on COVID vaccine Great Southern Herald 27/03/21 Also in: South Western Times, SBS Australia

BMJ Innovations Point of care testing comes of age (print) The Times 25/03/21

BMJ Open

6 Further coverage for preschoolers’ screen time and emotional issues (PR) Does Too Much ‘Screen Time’ Have Your Preschooler Acting Out? KVOR-AM 23/03/21 Also widely covered by US radio

How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed us? New habits, good and bad MSN Lifestyle 22/03/21

London-schooled AI is flawless at detecting COVID in lung ultrasounds The Sudbury Star 22/03/21

Women report more economic abuse, controlling behaviour by partners - research Voxy 25/03/21 Also in: Scoop.co.nz

I Tried Journaling Every Day to Feel Happier and *Wow* Did It Not Work Yahoo! Style 28/03/21 Also in: PureWow

BMJ Open Gastroenterology STX’s ferric maltol demonstrates potential to treat inflammatory bowel disease Vox Markets 26/03/21

BMJ Open Ophthalmology Q&A: Visual hallucinations may have worsened during pandemic Healio 24/03/21

Improving Lives for Those with Low Vision liherald.com 25/03/21 Also in: Yucaipa/Calimesa News Mirror + US local news outlets

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine Hidden toll on NRL players in spotlight after spate of head knocks The Guardian 22/03/21

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care Former CMS Chief Berwick: Hospice, Health Care Needs to Reorient Systems Around Patient Needs Hospice News 25/03/21

British Journal of Ophthalmology Further coverage for air pollution link to AMD (PR) Q&A: Air pollution increases risk for AMD Healio 25/03/21

Heart Stop Doing This or You Could Get a Heart Attack, Experts Warn MSN Lifestyle 22/03/21

Injury Prevention Navigation app features pose a road safety threat: QUT CARRS-Q Mirage News 24/03/21

Have fun and stay safe on an electric bike San Francisco Examiner 25/03/21 (previous PR)

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer More Ways to Treat Advanced Kidney Cancer Cancer Today 24/03/21

Open Heart

7 When a‘Normal’ Resting Heart Rate Might Actually Signal Trouble Runner’s World 22/03/21

RMD Open ‘Inconclusive’ trial results on statins for rheumatoid arthritis prevention MedWire News 22/03/21

Thorax GP practice visits for asthma fall by a fifth in Covid Nursing in Practice 22/03/21