Deaths from colorectal (bowel) cancer are increasing in people under 50s in the US, the only one of five leading cancers to do so, an analysis suggests.1 Researchers from the American Cancer Society ...

The crisis in the UK’s medical workforce will be helped by new legislation that prioritises UK graduates for medical training ...

Wood burning stoves could carry health warnings like those on cigarettes or alcohol under new plans announced by the government. Ministers are also considering imposing stricter limits on the ...

A coalition of medical and public health groups have filed a legal motion to cancel changes to the childhood vaccine schedule ...

China’s non-monetary reward model may show promise > “Science, and the generosity of a blood products donation saved my life.

Foreign body ingestion is common in young children, most often involving coins, magnets, or button batteries. Coins usually ...

Médecins Sans Frontières is striving to meet the needs of displaced people in Sudan, who are injured, malnourished, and ...

The UK government has launched a consultation on banning under 16s from using social media, to protect them from harm.

A woman in her 20s presented to the emergency department with acute onset of shortness of breath and chest pain after removal of an acupuncture needle from the posteromedial aspect of her left scapula ...

Public health officials in Sheffield have successfully blocked plans for a new McDonald’s drive-through restaurant after ...

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

A treatment that restores normal kidney function in almost half of patients with lupus nephritis has been approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Obinutuzumab ...