The war in Gaza continues to claim lives at an alarming rate, and doctors on the ground need support to stem the tide. Jane Feinmann speaks to one doctor who joined the International Rescue ...

Doctors on the Isle of Man have voted to take industrial action for the first time because of real terms pay cuts they have faced over the past decade and a half. An overwhelming 121 of 127 (95%) ...

A man in his 30s presented with right anterior elbow pain after colliding with an opponent with his elbow in flexed position while playing basketball eight days previously. At the time of the ...

Since 2007 there have been moves towards stricter regulations on smoking in public spaces across the world. But have any of these had noticeable health impacts? Sally Howard and Geetanjali Krishna ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Between 2000 and 2022 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) appraised 332 pharmaceuticals (with 83% getting positive recommendations). Had ...

Big majority of GPs vote against proposed contract GPs in Wales rejected the general medical services (GMS) contract for 2024-25 proposed by the Welsh government, with 98.7% of doctors (1079) voting ...

Ruth White was a woman of many passions; from antique textiles to singing opera to Aston Villa Football Club she threw herself into everything she committed to. This also translated into her ...

Consuming an extra 300 mg of calcium a day, roughly the amount in a large glass of milk, could be linked to a decreased risk of bowel cancer, a large study has found.1 Researchers from Oxford ...

Predicting need for nursing home care remains complex For clinicians it is an important and demanding task to inform patients with dementia and their relatives about the prognosis. As with malignant ...

The latest revision of the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki on ethical principles for medical research involving human participants is likely to be viewed as its most significant ...

A Nottinghamshire general practice has announced that it will stop providing hormone treatment for adult transgender patients, partly owing to a lack of funding, throwing the issue of commissioning ...

The covid-19 pandemic was associated with an unprecedented increase in alcohol consumption and associated morbidity, including hospitalizations for alcohol withdrawal. Clinicians based in hospitals ...