The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted its first political declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health after Argentinian and US objections caused a delay of ...

Health researchers need to fully understand the underlying assumptions to uncover cause and effect. Timothy Feeney and Paul Zivich explain Physicians ask, answer, and interpret myriad causal questions ...

Philosophy can help remind doctors that some questions really do remain open, says Alex Broadbent Once a year I bake a Christmas cake. I use the same recipe each time. But the results vary. Why? One ...

Patients at high risk of myocardial infarction and stroke would significantly benefit from cutting down on saturated fats and replacing them with polyunsaturated fats, but those at low cardiovascular ...

With flu surging again, Stephen Reicher and colleagues draw on the experience of covid-19 to argue that predictable winter pressures demand more than individual responsibility, they also require ...

Jamie Hayes and colleagues describe the history and sometimes personal significance of a go-to reference point for healthcare professionals in the UK and beyond Everyone has a favourite edition of the ...

Can we take inspiration from Jonathan Swift’s hyperbolic solution to socioeconomic deprivation in the 18th century in tackling the public health challenges of our own time? Martin McKee considers ...

The insights into patients’ lives can help tailor treatment to their individual needs, says Jan Till Remote hospital clinics were brought in with little-to-no introduction, part way through the ...

The professionalisation of medicine has often excluded and erased women from its history. Becky Cridford , Marina Politis , and Jenna Chambers call for doctors to reclaim the wise women who came ...

NHS hospitals in England are facing “critical” pressures this winter because they are unable to discharge patients who are medically fit to leave, a report has warned. An analysis by the Health ...

T cell gene therapy shows promise in leukaemia A new treatment using gene edited immune cells, developed by scientists at Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London, has shown ...

This week’s five day strike by resident doctors in England will go ahead after BMA members overwhelmingly voted to reject the government’s proposed offer on training places. Resident doctors are due ...