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Journals Medical Newsletter for Sunday April 26, 2026 ( 4 items )  

BMJ Group: Average Age of Young Fatal Stab Victims Now 14, National Data Indicate
LONDON, England, April 22 (TNSjou) -- BMJ Group issued the following news release about Emergency Medicine Journal: * * * Average age of young fatal stab victims now 14, national data indicate Those of Black ethnicity 13 times more likely to be stabbed than their White peers Children living in the most deprived areas 7 times more likely to die of their wounds Experience of domestic abuse, violence, and adversity before death is common * The average age of a young fatal stab victim is now   more

BMJ Group: Widely Used Food Preservative Implicated in Recent Uptick in UK Suicide Deaths
LONDON, England, April 22 (TNSjou) -- BMJ Group issued the following news release about BMJ Public Health: * * * Widely used food preservative implicated in recent uptick in UK suicide deaths Disproportionately high number of cases among Gen Z, Millennials, and males Urgent public health need to review unrestricted access to this source of preventable deaths * A chemical widely used in food preservation is implicated in an uptick in recent UK deaths by suicide, with a disproportionately hi  more

Cleveland Clinic-led Trial Shows Pulsed Field Ablation Procedure More Effective Than Medications for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 25 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Cleveland Clinic posted the following news release: * * * Cleveland Clinic-led Trial Shows Pulsed Field Ablation Procedure More Effective Than Medications for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation * A new Cleveland Clinic-led trial has found that patients with persistent atrial fibrillation who received pulsed field ablation (PFA) as a first-line treatment experienced significantly less recurrence of irregular heart rhythms compared to those   more

Leading Global Voices Call for Renewed Solidarity in Support of the Iranian People
WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Freedom House posted the following joint statement: * * * Leading Global Voices Call for Renewed Solidarity in Support of the Iranian People The people of Iran should be able to freely determine their country's future. * Leading democracy organizations and experts issued a joint statement, released today by Freedom House, to emphasize that the future of Iran should belong to its people. At a moment of heightened uncertainty, the statement underscores that the rights   more