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Air pollution in India

Ambient air pollution and clinical dementia

Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is linked to a heightened risk of dementia, even at levels below current US, UK, and European air quality standards, finds this study

Editorial Air pollution and dementia

Nirmatrelvir antiviral tablets

Nirmatrelvir and risk of hospital admission or death in adults with covid-19

New type 2 diabetes drug

Benefits and harms of drug treatment for type 2 diabetes

Group of people eating doughnuts

Dietary sugar consumption and health

A patient is shown an information leaflet

Communication of anticancer drug benefits and related uncertainties to patients and clinicians

Editorial Communicating the benefits and harms of anticancer drugs

Research papers

Comparison of seven popular structured dietary programmes and risk of mortality and major cardiovascular events

Update to living systematic review on prophylaxis against covid-19

Comparative effectiveness and safety of analgesic medicines for adults with acute non-specific low back pain

Estimated impact from the withdrawal of primary care financial incentives on selected indicators of quality of care

Editorial Quality improvement in primary care

Maternal opioid treatment after delivery and risk of adverse infant outcomes: population based cohort study

Editorial Opioid analgesia for breastfeeding mothers

Comparative effectiveness of BNT162b2 versus mRNA-1273 covid-19 vaccine boosting in England

Comparison of mental health symptoms before and during the covid-19 pandemic

Editorial Mental health and the covid-19 pandemic

BMJ opinion A patient’s perspective on mental health and the pandemic

Ionising radiation and cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

Editorial Increased cardiovascular disease risk after exposure to low dose radiation

Molnupiravir and risk of hospital admission or death in adults with covid-19

Inequities in surgical outcomes by race and sex in the United State

US public investment in development of mRNA covid-19 vaccines

Editorial Financing covid-19 mRNA vaccines

Analysis High drug prices are not justified by industry’s spending on research and development

Effect of an antibiotic stewardship intervention to improve antibiotic prescribing for suspected UTIs in frail older adults

Health and nutrition claims for infant formula

Editorial Poorly substantiated health claims on infant formula

BMJ opinion Harnessing local jurist networks across South Asia to protect breastfeeding

Evaluation of effectiveness and safety of pharmacist independent prescribers in care homes

BMJ opinion Pharmacists improve prescribing quality in care homes—so what?

Maternal covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospital admission in infants

Editorial Protecting infants through covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy

Medial retropharyngeal nodal region sparing radiotherapy versus standard radiotherapy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Adverse pregnancy outcomes and long term risk of ischemic heart disease in mothers

Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antidepressants for pain in adults

Editorial Rethinking use of medicines for chronic pain

Association between healthy lifestyle and memory decline in older adults

Cerebral regional tissue Oxygen Saturation to Guide Oxygen Delivery in preterm neonates during immediate transition after birth

Gestational age at birth and cognitive outcomes in adolescence

Editorial Gestational age at birth and school performance

Research news

Covid-19: Nearly 20% of patients receive psychiatric diagnosis within three months of covid

Antibiotics are as good as surgery for appendicitis, study reports

Black babies are less likely to die when cared for by black doctors, US study finds

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