Singapore’s smoke-free law may have warded off 20,000 heart attacks in over 65s 2013 extension of ban to communal areas of residential blocks + outdoor spaces linked to fall in monthly rate An extension of the smoking ban to communal areas of residential blocks and other outdoor spaces in Singapore ...
Peer reviewed? Yes Evidence type: Systematic review and meta-analysis Subjects: Close contact interventions and preterm infants Close contact intervention between a mother and her premature baby may reduce risk of mortality by almost a third ‘Kangaroo mother care’ seems to reduce the risk of infant mortality by 32% and severe ...
Certain types and applications pose “existential threat to humanity,” they warn An international group of doctors and public health experts have joined the clamour for a moratorium on AI research until the development and use of the technology are properly regulated. Despite its transformative potential for society, including in medicine ...
134 penalise abortion seekers; 181 abortion providers; and 159 people assisting Almost all countries around the globe criminalise abortion in some circumstances, despite the public health risks and impact on human rights, finds a review of the scope of penalties for the procedure in 182 nations, published in the open ...
Findings highlight potential risks of using social media for health information Health information on M(onkey)pox, posted on the social media platform TikTok, is often inaccurate, incomplete, and of poor quality, finds a recent analysis of relevant videos, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. The findings highlight the potential ...
Parents’ sexual orientation not important determinant of children’s development Sexual minority families—where parental sexual orientation or gender identity is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms—fare as well as, or better than, ‘traditional’ families with parents of the opposite sex, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published ...
Decades of conflict in Iraq have fuelled “catastrophic” rise in antibiotic resistance Serious implications for the entire region and the world, warn experts Destroyed healthcare infrastructure, medicine shortages, limited resources, heavy metal contamination, poor sanitation likely to blame Decades of wars and conflict in Iraq have led to a “catastrophic” ...
And is associated with serious illness in mothers and newborns Findings reinforce need for targeted interventions, including vaccination, say researchers COVID-19 infection at any time during pregnancy boosts the mother’s risk of death and is associated with serious illness in both mothers and their newborns, finds a pooled data analysis ...
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