The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has proposed more comprehensive falls assessments and management ...

The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee for the UK has voted in favour of stopping hiring physician associates (PAs) in ...

The EU has revised its air quality standards, merging two existing directives into one and bringing the limit on harmful ...

Over-reliance on symptom scales complicates the interpretation of research results for patients and clinicians. For future ...

It is widely acknowledged that a well trained and robust general practice workforce is the base of any cost effective ...

NHS medical chiefs have cleared doctors to voice their personal opinions on the assisted dying bill, saying that it’s what ...

A BMJ collection highlights the need for an integrated population tailored approach Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as ...

Early, small abnormal changes should be defined as disease only if there are effective interventions that can make an ...

China has made substantial progress in healthcare delivery to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases due to ...

Felicity Reynolds, aged 17 and diagnosed with polio, found herself sharing a room with two girls in iron lungs. Fortunately, ...

Are doctors good patients? Or are they a danger to themselves? Doctors, as legend has it, are apt to downplay or mistreat their own symptoms. Stories abound of cardiologists self-diagnosing heartburn ...

Ministers want to examine the impact of the weight loss drug tirzepatide on people’s health outcomes and employment status. Elisabeth Mahase looks at how the study will work A new partnership between ...