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
Paediatrics:
Childhood neurodivergent traits, inflammation and chronic disabling fatigue in adolescence: a longitudinal case–control study22 July 2024
Health policy:
Trends and determinants of clinical staff retention in the English NHS: a double retrospective cohort study16 April 2024
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
Complementary medicine:
Effect of acupuncture on ischaemic stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide propensity score-matched study13 February 2024
Health policy:
Assessment of quality of data submitted for NICE technology appraisals over two decades13 February 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
Epidemiology:
Association between kimchi consumption and obesity based on BMI and abdominal obesity in Korean adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Examinees study30 January 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
Mental Health
Mental health:
#BeSeen: understanding young people’s views of the motivation and impacts of sharing self-harm imagery online and use of their social media data for research—a UK participatory arts-led qualitative study23 July 2024
Mental health:
Evaluation of the Friendship Bench’ Circle Kubatana Tose (CKT): an add-on support group intervention – a mixed-methods pilot interventional cohort study protocol22 July 2024
Mental health:
Characteristics of quality improvement interventions to improve physical healthcare in mental health settings: a scoping review protocol22 July 2024
Recent Articles
Global health:
Global evaluation and outcomes of cholecystectomy: protocol for a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study (GlobalSurg 4)26 July 2024
Nutrition and metabolism:
Methodological quality of research on perioperative immunomodulatory supplementation in oncological gastrointestinal tract surgery: a meta-research protocol26 July 2024
Health services research:
Health system responsiveness and its associated factors for intrapartum care in conflict affected areas in Amhara region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study26 July 2024
Health services research:
How should non-emergency EMS presentations be managed? A thematic analysis of politicians, policymakers, clinicians and consumers viewpoints26 July 2024
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