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
Public health:
Health impact of urban green spaces: a systematic review of heat-related morbidity and mortality22 October 2024
General practice / Family practice:
The changing shape of English general practice: a retrospective longitudinal study using national datasets describing trends in organisational structure, workforce and recorded appointments3 September 2024
Occupational and environmental medicine:
Investigating sustainability in work after participating in a welfare-to-work initiative using a 2-year cohort study of Work Programme participants in Scotland22 August 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
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:
Identifying priorities for future research on reducing and stopping psychiatric medication: results of a James Lind Alliance priority-setting partnership5 November 2024
Mental health:
The efficacy of valproate in acute mania, bipolar depression and maintenance therapy for bipolar disorder: an overview of systematic reviews with meta-analyses5 November 2024
Mental health:
Augmentation of cognitive-behavioural therapy for obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis1 November 2024
Recent Articles
Sports and exercise medicine:
Efficacy of a computer vision-based system for exercise management in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a study protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial5 November 2024
Health economics:
Risk-stratified hepatocellular carcinoma screening according to the degree of obesity and progression to cirrhosis for diabetic patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in Japan: a cost-effectiveness study5 November 2024
Public health:
Patient-reported harm following cancellation of planned surgery at a Danish university hospital: a cross-sectional study5 November 2024
Evidence based practice:
Quality appraisal of clinical guidelines for peripherally inserted central catheter-related thrombosis prophylaxis in patients: a systematic review5 November 2024
Qualitative research:
Perceptions, attitudes and beliefs on antenatal exercises among primiparous pregnant women: a qualitative study in Sri Lanka5 November 2024
Blog Posts
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