GPs are missing an opportunity to champion brain health, writes David Ensor Dementia is a condition that is widely misunderstood by many people.1 Admittedly, my knowledge of dementia was limited until ...

The NHS in England has delivered four times as many measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to 5 to 25 year olds in the first 12 weeks of 2024 (75 499) as it did in the same period in 2023 (18 433), the ...

The more that female foundation doctors see of senior female doctors during placements, the more likely they are to choose to train in that specialty, research has found.1 Researchers from the ...

Plans to expand one of the world’s most permissive assisted dying laws have been postponed by the Canadian government, reigniting debate about the country’s stance. Sammy Chown reports On 29 February, ...

Disability advocates and the family of a tetraplegic patient in Quebec are calling for an independent inquiry after a four day stay on an emergency department stretcher left him with a pressure ulcer ...

Henry Miller, the witty and now dead neurologist from Newcastle, said that one of the great challenges for 21st century medical historians would be to explain the obsession with psychoanalysis in the ...

With a record number of UK deaths from alcohol and drinking rates high among children, Bryan Christie examines the data and what is being done to reverse the trends Campaigners are calling for action ...

Diabetes UK is to go ahead with its partnership with the weight loss company Slimming World, despite concern expressed by its advisory groups and others representing people with diabetes. The charity ...

Approved names of medicines, later known as British Approved Names, were introduced in the UK in the 1940s, as part of wartime efforts to ensure the supply of important medicines, including ...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on 24 April that emergency abortions should be allowed in states with strict abortion bans. An emergency abortion is a rare procedure carried out to save a ...

A “culture of blame shifting and unaccountability” in the NHS has led to the service continuing to use systems that criminalise people in distress during mental health crises, a report by the charity ...

Badly needed support for children’s mental health in England should be focused on schools with the creation of “one stop shop” information hubs, according to experts. A new report1 calls for a radical ...