Access to the UK’s rich and vast banks of health data should be streamlined and simplified, to capitalise on the unique opportunity it offers to boost biomedical research and improve lives, a major ...

Toxicologists have warned of a sharp rise in drug overdose deaths in England involving a group of potent synthetic opioids called nitazenes. Nitazenes have been found as contaminants in street heroin ...

NICE has said it expects to evaluate dozens of potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease over the next few years. Elisabeth Mahase examines what we know about these drugs This year the National ...

The Medical Protection Society has called for all NHS trust staff who deal with disciplinary investigations to have specialised training, to ensure that doctors are treated fairly and compassionately, ...

The narrative on universal health coverage should be centred around four core elements: universality, equity, adequate financing, and preparedness in public health emergencies, write Katri Bertram and ...

In this episode of Sharp Scratch, the panel got together to discuss the many reasons why someone might take time out of medical school. They reflected on how decisions to take time out are often ...

Over 100 governments at a United Nations event in Colombia have committed to ending violence against children, including through banning corporal punishment, improving services for the children ...

The UK is making progress in developing cancer vaccines, but there are still challenges ahead, Chris Baraniuk reports The UK is on its way to becoming a hotbed of cancer vaccine trials. In May this ...

Almost a third of children who live in the most deprived areas of England have obesity by the time they leave primary school—twice as many as those who live in the least deprived areas, an analysis ...

Abortion bans or restrictions in US states are endangering all women, including those with pregnancies that are not viable or are actively harming their health, writes Maryl Sackeim On 24 June 2022, ...

Therapist guided conversations with digital avatars may reduce the frequency of voices heard by patients diagnosed with ...

Long awaited reforms to outdated mental health laws in England and Wales, giving patients more autonomy, have been introduced in the UK parliament.1 The first major overhaul of mental health ...