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
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
Communication:
How does communication affect patient safety? Protocol for a systematic review and logic model27 May 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:
Ascertaining social worker contacts in routine mental healthcare and describing their distribution: a descriptive analysis of electronic records data from a large south London mental healthcare provider26 March 2025
Mental health:
While they wait: a cross-sectional survey on wait times for mental health treatment for anxiety and depression for adolescents in Australia24 March 2025
Mental health:
Mentalisation-based therapy for eating disorder treatment: protocol for a systematic review22 March 2025
Recent Articles
Ophthalmology:
Changes in peripapillary microvasculature and retinal nerve fibre layer in diabetes and diabetic retinopathy using optical coherence tomographic angiography: a community-based, cross-sectional study29 March 2025
Health services research:
Quality indicators for substance use disorder care: a scoping review protocol29 March 2025
Health services research:
Connecting patients with clinical trials using patient navigation: a scoping review protocol29 March 2025
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