Some 1200 patients a year in England are set to benefit from a “breakthrough” life extending treatment for bladder cancer after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved it ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the weight loss drug semaglutide, marketed as Wegovy, for the treatment of patients with a severe form of liver disease called metabolic associated ...

The New York City Health Department has reported five deaths and 108 confirmed cases of legionnaires’ disease, a type of pneumonia, since the outbreak in Harlem was identified on 25 July. It seems to ...

I agree with Smith and colleagues’ key recommendations about NHS management reform.1 But three additional systemic changes are needed. Firstly, the framework used for investigating doctors and ...

Medicaid cuts mean worse care for patients, less money for hospitals, and greater harm for everyone, writes Mitchell H Katz Until the US passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, being on a low income ...

A right-hand dominant man in his 50s who, six weeks previously, had undergone washout of a volar thumb wound, presented to the plastic surgery clinic with a one week history of erythematous cutaneous ...

Health interventions can help remedy many of the hazards around us, whether disease, discomfort, uncertainty, or instability. Drugs for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder have proved useful to ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research The Eatwell Guide follows recommendations by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), and focuses on macronutrients such as carbohydrates and fat, ...