BMJ Open
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Press Releases
Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology:
Association of 15 common dietary factors with tinnitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies18 March 2025
Sports and exercise medicine:
Effects of water aerobics on body composition in obesity and overweight people: a systematic review and meta-analysis11 March 2025
Medical education and training:
UK medical students’ mental health and their intention to drop out: a longitudinal study5 February 2025
Most Read Articles
Communication:
How does communication affect patient safety? Protocol for a systematic review and logic model27 May 2024
General practice / Family practice:
ChatGPT (GPT-4) versus doctors on complex cases of the Swedish family medicine specialist examination: an observational comparative study26 December 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
Patient-centred medicine:
Trajectories of functional limitations, health-related quality of life and societal costs in individuals with long COVID: a population-based longitudinal cohort study13 November 2024
Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology:
Association of 15 common dietary factors with tinnitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies18 March 2025
Mental Health
Mental health:
Psilocybin-Assisted suppoRtive psychoTherapy IN the treatment of prolonged Grief (PARTING) trial: protocol for an open-label pilot trial for cancer-related bereavement15 April 2025
Mental health:
ReNeuWell mental well-being app: protocol for a randomised controlled trial15 April 2025
Recent Articles
Health services research:
Implementation of an electronic medication management support system in hospitalised polypharmacy patients: study protocol of a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial (TOP study)15 April 2025
Gastroenterology and hepatology:
Phase I safety and tolerability dose escalation study of microencapsulated hepatocyte intraperitoneal transplantation therapy in adult patients with liver failure: a study protocol15 April 2025
Respiratory medicine:
Knowledge, attitude and practice among parents of children and teenagers towards myopia prevention and control during the COVID-19 epidemic15 April 2025
General practice / Family practice:
Determinants of reliability of self-reported height and weight and their impact on medication dosing: a cross-sectional study15 April 2025
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