Just five extra minutes of brisk walking or other moderate intensity exercise each day could prevent up to 10% of premature ...

Foundation doctor Debbie Adekanmbi tells Erin Dean how her brother’s death led her to medicine and now shapes her teaching ...

US officials have confirmed that a government web page warning about the risks of unproved therapies claiming to treat autism ...

GLP-1 agonist injections, although originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes, have changed how we approach obesity.1 The two main types now in use—semaglutide (Wegovy), produced by Novo Nordisk, ...

There is no evidence that taking paracetamol—known in the US as acetaminophen and marketed as Tylenol—in pregnancy increases ...

John Holmes and colleagues argue for a precautionary approach that is guided by public health interests and considers both ...

Labour swept into power last year with bold promises to revitalise the NHS. Jane Feinmann examines its progress on key health ...

Strengthening primary care is central to the three shifts set out in the government’s 10 year health plan for England: from ...

Ministers have set out legislation to prioritise UK medical graduates for medical training places to help curb soaring ...

David Shaw, professor of neurology and former dean of medicine at the University of Newcastle, played a pivotal role in the ...

Human health will no longer be factored into US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cost-benefit calculations of air ...

Industrial action has become a regular part of NHS life. Since March 2023, repeated junior doctor strikes have affected how ...