Product information leaflets for statins should be changed, because they don’t cause the majority of the possible side effects currently listed, say researchers. The University of Oxford’s Cholesterol ...

A man in his 70s presented with a one month history of painless, non-pruritic nodules and plaques on the right side of his ...

Doctors should not engage with any aspect of the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) outside direct patient care because of its links to the controversial US tech giant Palantir, the BMA says. The union ...

NHS trust leaders need to be more “curious” about standards of care in their hospitals to rapidly identify rogue surgeons, the head of NHS England has said. The comments—from Jim Mackey, chief ...

Israel has reportedly acknowledged that at least 70 000 Gazans have been killed in Israeli attacks since 7 October 2023, but experts have warned that the true number of deaths is likely to be much ...

As England’s housing crisis deepens, local authorities are relocating homeless families out of area, affecting their mental health, continuity of care, medication access, and safeguarding—and leaving ...

A wireless sensor that can help people with chronic heart failure to monitor their own health has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).1 The CardioMEMS HF ...

The greatest flaw in clinical medicine might be our desire to banish uncertainty. We should of course do our utmost to be thorough, while being judicious in performing examinations and ordering ...

For adults who have recovered from depression with the help of antidepressant drugs, a combination of slow tapering and psychological support prevents relapse as effectively as remaining on medication ...

A teenage boy presented to the orthopaedic clinic with bilateral knee pain after playing football earlier that day. He reported no trauma or fever, no history of any other joint involvement, or low ...

Objective To compare the diagnostic accuracy of minipad collected menstrual blood versus clinician collected cervical samples to test for human papillomavirus (HPV) in the detection of cervical ...

Diagnosis rates between the sexes may be more equal than previously thought Autism has long been regarded as a condition that predominantly affects the male sex, with even the DSM-5 ( Diagnostic and ...