Nach der Legalisierung von Cannabis ist es in den USA zu einem Anstieg von Krankenhausbehandlungen wegen Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen gekommen. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111050
October 30, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Nach der Legalisierung von Cannabis ist es in den USA zu einem Anstieg von Krankenhausbehandlungen wegen Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen gekommen. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111050
Quellen (2/3):
-8 g Zucker je Haushalt/Woche: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077059 (BMJ Open)
Gewichtseffekt nur bei Mädchen 10/11 J.: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004160 (PLOS Medicine)
-8 g Zucker je Haushalt/Woche: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077059 (BMJ Open)
Gewichtseffekt nur bei Mädchen 10/11 J.: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004160 (PLOS Medicine)
October 26, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Quellen (2/3):
-8 g Zucker je Haushalt/Woche: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077059 (BMJ Open)
Gewichtseffekt nur bei Mädchen 10/11 J.: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004160 (PLOS Medicine)
-8 g Zucker je Haushalt/Woche: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077059 (BMJ Open)
Gewichtseffekt nur bei Mädchen 10/11 J.: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004160 (PLOS Medicine)
📚 The research behind this post:
Chiavaroli et al., BMJ Open (2018): pasta in a low-glycemic diet, no weight gain; small drop (0.63 kg) vs higher-GI diets
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019438
Educational only. Not medical advice.
Chiavaroli et al., BMJ Open (2018): pasta in a low-glycemic diet, no weight gain; small drop (0.63 kg) vs higher-GI diets
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019438
Educational only. Not medical advice.
October 25, 2026 at 9:31 PM
📚 The research behind this post:
Chiavaroli et al., BMJ Open (2018): pasta in a low-glycemic diet, no weight gain; small drop (0.63 kg) vs higher-GI diets
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019438
Educational only. Not medical advice.
Chiavaroli et al., BMJ Open (2018): pasta in a low-glycemic diet, no weight gain; small drop (0.63 kg) vs higher-GI diets
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019438
Educational only. Not medical advice.
This Simple Once-a-Week Exercise Could Help Keep Blood Pressure Lower #Science #HealthandMedicine #wallsquat #bloodpressure #isometricexercise #bmjopen #fitnessresearch
https://purescience.news/read?id=234801557151940608
https://purescience.news/read?id=234801557151940608
This Simple Once-a-Week Exercise Could Help Keep Blood Pressure Lower
A weekly wall-squat session may help keep blood pressure gains from slipping away.
purescience.news
October 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This Simple Once-a-Week Exercise Could Help Keep Blood Pressure Lower #Science #HealthandMedicine #wallsquat #bloodpressure #isometricexercise #bmjopen #fitnessresearch
https://purescience.news/read?id=234801557151940608
https://purescience.news/read?id=234801557151940608
In Ontario primary care, 94% of virtual visits used secure messaging; prescriptions and follow-up were most common, and 99% of patients would use virtual care again. #VirtualCare #SecureMessaging #PrimaryCare doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037064
doi.org
October 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
In Ontario primary care, 94% of virtual visits used secure messaging; prescriptions and follow-up were most common, and 99% of patients would use virtual care again. #VirtualCare #SecureMessaging #PrimaryCare doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
"Use of a primary care online consultation system, by whom, when and why" Use was low; admin requests were most common, and e-consults often led to face-to-face or phone follow-up, with possible workload and cost increases. #OnlineConsultations #GeneralPractice #Workload doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016901
doi.org
October 10, 2026 at 7:51 AM
"Use of a primary care online consultation system, by whom, when and why" Use was low; admin requests were most common, and e-consults often led to face-to-face or phone follow-up, with possible workload and cost increases. #OnlineConsultations #GeneralPractice #Workload doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
At @penninecarenhs.bsky.social Knowledge Service we're getting ready for .. #WorldMentalHealthDay on 10th October. @bmj.com Open is bringing together best practice in #LivedExperience @laurajeffreys.bsky.social @sfstringwell.bsky.social
blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2026...
blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2026...
Editor’s Picks - World Mental Health Day - BMJ Open
The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change. The campaign calls for people with lived experience (PWLE) of mental health conditions to recogni...
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October 9, 2026 at 7:02 AM
At @penninecarenhs.bsky.social Knowledge Service we're getting ready for .. #WorldMentalHealthDay on 10th October. @bmj.com Open is bringing together best practice in #LivedExperience @laurajeffreys.bsky.social @sfstringwell.bsky.social
blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2026...
blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2026...
Latest project is moving over to an epidemiological perspective, with a massively multidisciplinary team. Give a read? doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116726
Effect of local versus global risk and normative information on voluntary quarantine adoption: protocol for a 2×2 randomised controlled trial leveraging app-based epigames across diverse congregate se...
Introduction We describe the protocol for the EpiGame-Quarantine (Epi-Q) Study, which will apply an experimental epidemic game (‘epigame’) to investigate quarantine-related attitudes and behaviours. E...
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October 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Latest project is moving over to an epidemiological perspective, with a massively multidisciplinary team. Give a read? doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116726
NEUE Studie zum Zusammenhang der Verfügbarkeit von Naturflächen und Morbidität in Deutschland
➡️In Regionen mit mehr Naturflächen war die Morbidität in der Bevölkerung geringer
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
➡️In Regionen mit mehr Naturflächen war die Morbidität in der Bevölkerung geringer
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
October 1, 2026 at 8:40 AM
NEUE Studie zum Zusammenhang der Verfügbarkeit von Naturflächen und Morbidität in Deutschland
➡️In Regionen mit mehr Naturflächen war die Morbidität in der Bevölkerung geringer
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
➡️In Regionen mit mehr Naturflächen war die Morbidität in der Bevölkerung geringer
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
1 in 7 adults aged 45-64 in England are prescribed medication that could be inappropriate for them. Our analysis of 1.2m health records, in #BMJOpen, suggests meds safety initiatives should extend beyond older adults and target high-risk middle-aged populations too: www.qmul.ac.uk/ceg/news/ite...
1 in 7 middle-aged adults are prescribed inappropriate medication
www.qmul.ac.uk
September 21, 2026 at 3:25 PM
1 in 7 adults aged 45-64 in England are prescribed medication that could be inappropriate for them. Our analysis of 1.2m health records, in #BMJOpen, suggests meds safety initiatives should extend beyond older adults and target high-risk middle-aged populations too: www.qmul.ac.uk/ceg/news/ite...
Digital health was described as shifting care toward partnership: empowered patients valued communication, questions, and shared use of technology, but stressed that cultural change matters more than technology alone. #DigitalHealth #EmpoweredPatients #PatientPartnership doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025267
doi.org
September 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Digital health was described as shifting care toward partnership: empowered patients valued communication, questions, and shared use of technology, but stressed that cultural change matters more than technology alone. #DigitalHealth #EmpoweredPatients #PatientPartnership doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
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🔓 Norton, M. J., Walsh, K., Bridges, G., Ryan, M., Carthy, A., Daly, J., & Kearns, H. (2026). Sleep and mental illness: An umbrella review protocol. BMJ Open, 16, Article e119851. doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
🔓 Norton, M. J., Walsh, K., Bridges, G., Ryan, M., Carthy, A., Daly, J., & Kearns, H. (2026). Sleep and mental illness: An umbrella review protocol. BMJ Open, 16, Article e119851. doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119851
doi.org
September 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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🔓 Norton, M. J., Walsh, K., Bridges, G., Ryan, M., Carthy, A., Daly, J., & Kearns, H. (2026). Sleep and mental illness: An umbrella review protocol. BMJ Open, 16, Article e119851. doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
🔓 Norton, M. J., Walsh, K., Bridges, G., Ryan, M., Carthy, A., Daly, J., & Kearns, H. (2026). Sleep and mental illness: An umbrella review protocol. BMJ Open, 16, Article e119851. doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
Shift the focus from fatal construction injuries to cumulative ones.
Carpenters' risk for knee replacements run 40% higher than avg!
Now imagine having NEITHER a health insurance plan NOR workers' comp coverage (the latter should be the vehicle, but usually it's the former)
Carpenters' risk for knee replacements run 40% higher than avg!
Now imagine having NEITHER a health insurance plan NOR workers' comp coverage (the latter should be the vehicle, but usually it's the former)
August 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Shift the focus from fatal construction injuries to cumulative ones.
Carpenters' risk for knee replacements run 40% higher than avg!
Now imagine having NEITHER a health insurance plan NOR workers' comp coverage (the latter should be the vehicle, but usually it's the former)
Carpenters' risk for knee replacements run 40% higher than avg!
Now imagine having NEITHER a health insurance plan NOR workers' comp coverage (the latter should be the vehicle, but usually it's the former)
Heald et al. (2022), "The Risk Factors Potentially Influ..." was replicated by Williams et al. (2025). According to the replication authors, the replication attempt yielded mixed results.
Original: doi.org/10.1007/s13300-022-01230-2
Replication: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093080
Original: doi.org/10.1007/s13300-022-01230-2
Replication: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093080
August 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Heald et al. (2022), "The Risk Factors Potentially Influ..." was replicated by Williams et al. (2025). According to the replication authors, the replication attempt yielded mixed results.
Original: doi.org/10.1007/s13300-022-01230-2
Replication: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093080
Original: doi.org/10.1007/s13300-022-01230-2
Replication: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093080
Have a read of our deputy HOD Prof Coziana Ciurtin important new systemic review in @bmj.com #BMJopen showing that sex bias are not currently accounted for in the majority of ML studies in rheumatic disease research bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/3...
Sex bias consideration in healthcare machine-learning research: a systematic review in rheumatoid arthritis
Objective To assess the acknowledgement and mitigation of sex bias within studies using supervised machine learning (ML) for improving clinical outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Design A systema...
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March 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Have a read of our deputy HOD Prof Coziana Ciurtin important new systemic review in @bmj.com #BMJopen showing that sex bias are not currently accounted for in the majority of ML studies in rheumatic disease research bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/3...
Bringing old trials to light in BMJ Open <a href="http://blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2014/05/14/bringing-old-trials-to-light-in-bmj-open/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2014/05/14/bringing-old-trials-to-light-in-bmj-open/ via @BMJ_Open
Bringing old trials to light in BMJ Open - BMJ Open
Today we have published the first trial prompted by the Restoring Invisible and Abandoned Trials (RIAT) initiative. Dr Tom Treasure from UCL, with colleagues from University of Sussex and Imperial College, have brought back from obscurity the results of the ‘CEA Second-Look’ trial. The study asked the question: in patients who have undergone a [...]Read More...
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November 8, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Bringing old trials to light in BMJ Open <a href="http://blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2014/05/14/bringing-old-trials-to-light-in-bmj-open/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2014/05/14/bringing-old-trials-to-light-in-bmj-open/ via @BMJ_Open
"Having come to the conclusion that merely chronicling the demise of the planetary life-support system is not having the desired response, I vowed to attempt to pose hypotheses regarding how environmental damage can make human lives more miserable" http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029968
November 19, 2024 at 3:31 AM
"Having come to the conclusion that merely chronicling the demise of the planetary life-support system is not having the desired response, I vowed to attempt to pose hypotheses regarding how environmental damage can make human lives more miserable" http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029968
May 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Why are authors still submitting simultaneously to >1 journal?
I have received invitations to review from #BMJOpen and #ScientificReports @springernature.com within 4 days of each other - identical abstract, authors different order.
#ScientificMisconduct #RedundnantPublication #AcademicBluesky
I have received invitations to review from #BMJOpen and #ScientificReports @springernature.com within 4 days of each other - identical abstract, authors different order.
#ScientificMisconduct #RedundnantPublication #AcademicBluesky
January 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Why are authors still submitting simultaneously to >1 journal?
I have received invitations to review from #BMJOpen and #ScientificReports @springernature.com within 4 days of each other - identical abstract, authors different order.
#ScientificMisconduct #RedundnantPublication #AcademicBluesky
I have received invitations to review from #BMJOpen and #ScientificReports @springernature.com within 4 days of each other - identical abstract, authors different order.
#ScientificMisconduct #RedundnantPublication #AcademicBluesky
Congratulations to our PhD candidate Karen Gainey (@karenmgainey.bsky.social) on having her paper ranked in the Top 10 Most Read Papers in BMJ Open!
Read about the top BMJ Open papers here:
blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2025...
Read about the top BMJ Open papers here:
blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2025...
Top 10 most read in December: ChatGPT vs doctors, prenatal psychology, and transportability of lung cancer data from US to UK - BMJ Open
In December, five new articles entered our top ten most read list. The Top 10 is compiled based on full text views, including downloads of the full article PDFs. ChatGPT (GPT-4) versus doctors on comp...
blogs.bmj.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Congratulations to our PhD candidate Karen Gainey (@karenmgainey.bsky.social) on having her paper ranked in the Top 10 Most Read Papers in BMJ Open!
Read about the top BMJ Open papers here:
blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2025...
Read about the top BMJ Open papers here:
blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2025...
Here's the correction in which Ioannidis had to list his statistical tests, for the curious.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9...
Correction: Citation impact and social media visibility of Great Barrington and John Snow signatories for COVID-19 strategy
Ioannidis JP. Citation impact and social media visibility of Great Barrington and John Snow signatories for COVID-19 strategy. BMJ Open 2022;12:e052891. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052891.
1. The meth...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Here's the correction in which Ioannidis had to list his statistical tests, for the curious.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9...
Like the “leader of metascience”out here reporting p values with no name for the test in a fraught design using a joke metric to attack people he disagrees with.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9...
Correction: Citation impact and social media visibility of Great Barrington and John Snow signatories for COVID-19 strategy
Ioannidis JP. Citation impact and social media visibility of Great Barrington and John Snow signatories for COVID-19 strategy. BMJ Open 2022;12:e052891. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052891.
1. The meth...
bmjopen.bmj.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Like the “leader of metascience”out here reporting p values with no name for the test in a fraught design using a joke metric to attack people he disagrees with.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9...
New on BMJOpen: KID investigates whether using CO₂ as a contrast medium instead of iodinated contrast can reduce the risk of AKI in patients with PAD and CKD @vascularsvs.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
Read the full publication: 👇 bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/...
Read the full publication: 👇 bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
New on BMJOpen: KID investigates whether using CO₂ as a contrast medium instead of iodinated contrast can reduce the risk of AKI in patients with PAD and CKD @vascularsvs.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
Read the full publication: 👇 bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/...
Read the full publication: 👇 bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/...
Robinson L, et al. Time-varying effects of COVID-19 vaccination on symptomatic and asymptomatic infections in a prospective university cohort in the USA. BMJ Open. 2025 Feb 22;15(2):e084408. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084408. PMID: 39987006; PMCID: PMC11848656.
March 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Robinson L, et al. Time-varying effects of COVID-19 vaccination on symptomatic and asymptomatic infections in a prospective university cohort in the USA. BMJ Open. 2025 Feb 22;15(2):e084408. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084408. PMID: 39987006; PMCID: PMC11848656.
"...even experienced and trained airway
providers delay cricothyrotomy during ...CPR... even though cricothyrotomy is the most crucial treatment in... a CICO ('can't intubate/can't oxygenate') situation..."
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/9/11/e030430.full.pdf
providers delay cricothyrotomy during ...CPR... even though cricothyrotomy is the most crucial treatment in... a CICO ('can't intubate/can't oxygenate') situation..."
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/9/11/e030430.full.pdf
December 1, 2024 at 7:04 PM
"...even experienced and trained airway
providers delay cricothyrotomy during ...CPR... even though cricothyrotomy is the most crucial treatment in... a CICO ('can't intubate/can't oxygenate') situation..."
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/9/11/e030430.full.pdf
providers delay cricothyrotomy during ...CPR... even though cricothyrotomy is the most crucial treatment in... a CICO ('can't intubate/can't oxygenate') situation..."
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/9/11/e030430.full.pdf