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
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
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
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
Mental Health
Mental health:
Does the ethnicity distribution of research participants reflect the eligible population? Survey of participants recruited through a UK mental health Trust19 March 2025
Mental health:
Factors associated with pregnancy-related anxiety among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health institutions in Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2023: an institution-based cross-sectional study18 March 2025
Mental health:
Effects of combining positive psychological intervention and lifestyle intervention on improving cardiovascular health for at-risk older adults: study protocol of a Chinese multicentric community-based randomised controlled trial (ACCOMPLI-CH)18 March 2025
Recent Articles
Mental health:
Does the ethnicity distribution of research participants reflect the eligible population? Survey of participants recruited through a UK mental health Trust19 March 2025
Public health:
Risk factors for non-communicable diseases among Bangladeshi adults: an application of generalised linear mixed model on multilevel demographic and health survey data19 March 2025
Cardiovascular medicine:
Different antithrombotic strategies after left atrial appendage closure with the LACbes occluder: protocol of the DAAL trial19 March 2025
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