A study by Brazilian researchers has found that the national wealth redistribution programme, Bolsa Familia, reduces mortality rates in people with mental health disorders, adding to growing evidence ...

The number of young people admitted to general wards in English hospitals for mental health problems rose by 65% in 2012-22, researchers have found. In the study, published in Lancet Child and ...

The UK government’s Eatwell Guide advises that people drink six to eight glasses of water or sugar free liquids per day ( Given the wide individual variation in size, weight, activity, and health—not ...

Just over one in 20 adults in England now smoke cigarettes and e-cigarettes (vapes), an increase from around one in 30 in 2016, a study has found.1 Researchers from University College London (UCL) ...

This middle aged woman presented with a 40 year history of a gradually expanding itchy rash on her left leg. She had no relevant personal or family history and took no regular medications. On ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Exercise for 30 minutes three times a week on an exercise bike for a month; then make the sessions an hour long and add resistance training with two sets of ...

It’s been a tough start to the year for the NHS. This month, 24 NHS trusts in England declared a critical incident owing to overwhelming demand in emergency departments. Pressures were exacerbated by ...

GLP-1 agonists for weight loss are now commonly used for adults, but might they also be an effective treatment for younger people? Katharine Lang reports Obesity in children and adolescents is a ...

BRAC In 1967 newly qualified doctor Richard Cash was sent to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to respond to one of the many cholera epidemics that swept through the region. The treatment at the time was ...

Case against GMC is given High Court green light A UK judge has granted permission for a case against the General Medical Council’s regulation of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates ...

Combined strategy is effective but questions remain The view that the hyperglycaemia associated with type 2 diabetes is inexorably progressive was challenged by the publication of the DiRECT study in ...

Sue Fletcher-Watson describes the pressures of constant monitoring in a pregnancy deemed high risk Earlier this year I gave birth to a bouncing baby girl, an 8 lb 4 oz bundle of joy. The euphoric ...