Investment in school-age children’s health is an investment in the NHS’s future
Sarah Kipps examines the evidence on advising women with weight issues on the best choice of contraception
Margaret Perry details the challenges of diagnosis and complications of this viral infection
Aine Kothari looks at the success of the vaccination programme for HPV, and where it goes next
Ian Peate looks at paternal depression, an often overlooked condition, and how it can be spotted
Nicola Davies explains what nurses can do to support colleagues who might be at risk
A shortage of contraceptives and HRT is ‘causing chaos’, healthcare organisations have warned
An electronic system which enables pharmacies to immediately check if a patient is eligible for free prescriptions is to be rolled out nationally, the NHS has announced
Describing medication to relieve pain as ‘painkillers’ is unhelpful, and may cause ‘unrealistic expectations’, according to a government advisor
Around 15 million people in the UK live in areas where average levels of tiny toxic particles in the air exceed guidelines set out by the World Health Organization, analysis by the British Heart...
Around 1.3 million people were admitted to hospital because of alcohol in 2018, 7.4% of all hospital admissions across the country, new data released by the NHS has shown
The proliferation of inaccurate and often deliberately misleading health information available online, often through the booming ‘wellness industry’, is leading to people taking risks with their...
The spread of the novel coronavirus that has emerged from Wuhan, China, has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization
The NHS will step up action to combat the climate emergency, chief executive Simon Stevens has announced
Errol Graham is dead. He starved to death, an absolute human catastrophe that has occurred in 21st century Britain
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