A former consultant colorectal surgeon has been struck off the UK medical register for concocting multiple fake medical ...

Consider preparation method and replacement food when assessing health risks The potato is a carbohydrate rich tuberous ...

A new report has catalogued hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in US immigration detention centres, including physical ...

The NHS hospital where the neonatal nurse Lucy Letby worked has been censured by England’s healthcare regulator over failings ...

Nearly 8000 people in southern China have fallen ill with chikungunya since mid-June, officials have said, although the ...

World Athletics has said that all athletes wishing to compete in the female category will have to take an SRY gene test, but ...

Melatonin, the hormone that regulates sleep-wake cycles, is increasingly used as a sleep aid for children. But does it work, ...

One third of doctors are looking to leave the UK medical profession, and nearly half of those are taking serious steps ...

Modernisation without equity risks deepening health inequalities The NHS 10 year plan promises radical and aspirational ...

Early stage colorectal cancer diagnoses in 45-49 year olds in the United States have risen sharply after changes to national ...

In my 30 years as an orthopaedic surgeon, the types of broken bones we see in hospitals have changed remarkably. We used to ...

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has cancelled $500m (£375m; €430m) in funding for mRNA vaccines being developed to counter respiratory viruses such as covid-19 and flu. Kennedy’s ...