BMJ

Application of complexity theory in health and social care research: a scoping review

Background Complexity theory has been chosen by many authors as a suitable lens through which to examine health and social care. Despite its potential value, many empirical investigations apply the ...
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Reducing the residue of retractions in evidence synthesis: ways to minimise inappropriate citation and use of retracted data

Correspondence to Dr Jodi Schneider, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA; jschneider{at}pobox.com; jodi{at}illinois.edu The incorporation ...
BMJ

Elevated plasma p-tau181 levels unrelated to Alzheimer’s disease pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Background Phosphorylated-tau181 (p-tau181), a specific marker of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology, was found elevated in plasma but not in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with amyotrophic ...
BMJ

What’s new in the management of neonatal early-onset sepsis?

Correspondence to Dr Richard A Polin, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; rap32{at}columbia.edu The expert guidelines highlighted in this review ...
BMJ

Misleading narrative of “healthy” ultraprocessed foods

1 Chronic Disease Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, ...
BMJ

PFD-SENTINEL: Development of a screening tool for pelvic floor dysfunction in female athletes through an international Delphi consensus

To develop a screening tool for pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) in female athletes for use by sports medicine clinicians (eg, musculoskeletal/sports physiotherapists, sports and exercise medicine ...