Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Prostate cancer screening may be less controversial if we could reduce overdiagnosis of low risk disease. A new study suggests that magnetic resonance imaging ...

The BMA has offered financial support to a family that is pursuing a legal challenge against the General Medical Council over how it distinguishes between doctors and physician associates. In the ...

Sean Rayford/Getty The death toll from Hurricane Helene reached at least 230 people in the US last weekend as bodies continued to be found across six ...

Sarah Benn, a former GP, was suspended by the MPTS after an arrest for her involvement in climate protests, raising the question of when and whether doctors in such cases should be sanctioned First, ...

Growing evidence shows how climate change is negatively affecting children’s health and wellbeing throughout the life course. Children who were aged 10 or younger in 2020 will live in a much hotter ...

Health professionals and policy makers need to take action johnji@tsinghua.edu.cn Climate change involves progressively more extreme weather events, leading to an increase in risk of adverse health ...

The Italian government has moved to impose tougher measures against people who attack healthcare staff in hospitals in response to a recent surge in violent incidents. A decree passed on 3 October1 is ...

A doctor who became close friends with Lucy Letby when they worked together was “misled and maybe manipulated” by the nurse, he told the public inquiry into her crimes. Named only as Dr U, he was the ...

The UK government has announced £11m in funding for six projects aimed at increasing early cancer diagnosis, including a blood test that promises to detect 12 common cancers. Mionco is a multi-cancer ...

GPs in England are being urged to review their repeat prescribing systems to ensure that they are safe and efficient—the first such guidance issued for 20 years. The Royal College of General ...

For many of us working in health systems across the world, what connects us is the motivation to help—to care for and improve the health of individuals, communities, and wider society. Because a ...

Kirsty Brown shares her experience of undergoing surgery as a person with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and explains some of the ways that health professionals could help others ...