Nestle accused of double standards over added sugar in baby products sold in poorer countries
Baby food manufacturer Nestlé has been accused of “unjustifiable” double standards after an investigation found…
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Smacking: Paediatricians call for ban in England and Northern Ireland
The Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health (RCPCH) has called for the removal of…
Partha Kar: We need to level up all staff, not level down doctors
After years of underfunding, being undervalued, and issues around pay and working conditions, something finally…
Private GP provider is investigated for potential contract breaches
A private healthcare provider that runs nearly 60 NHS GP practices in England is being…
Duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and outcomes for adults with in-hospital cardiac arrest: retrospective cohort study
In the visual abstract of this research paper by Okubo and colleagues (BMJ 2024;384:e076019, doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-076019),…
Psychiatrist who claimed {pound}1000s for shifts he didn’t work is struck off
A psychiatrist who forged a colleague’s signature on his timesheets and claimed tens of thousands…
Mental health support for doctors—a vital yet fragile lifeline
Even as a doctor myself, it’s easy to take other doctors for granted. As a…
Health under the spotlight in India’s 2024 election
When Parth Sharma, a community medicine doctor at the Maulana Azad Medical College in New…
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A large oronasal defect
A man in his late 50s with a history of regular cocaine use reported dysphagia,…
A girl with circular erythema on the forearm
An 11 year old girl was referred to the dermatology clinic with circular urticarial lesions…
Can a worker cooperative model of social care improve the patient experience and reduce pressure on GPs?
For years, Kate Smyth found that getting help through private social care providers for basic…
Treating psychosis . . . and other stories
History of antipsychoticsThe calming properties of chlorpromazine, the first major tranquilliser, were noticed almost by…
AI is unlikely to revolutionise GP access
Mathew has great hopes for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in GP triage.1 The…
Study identifies new metric for diagnosing autism
Autism spectrum disorder has yet to be linked to a single cause, due to the…
Protecting brain cells with cannabinol
Scientists created four cannabis-derived CBN analogs (chemical look-a-likes) with enhanced neuroprotective properties and potential for…
First evidence of human occupation in lava tube cave in Saudi Arabia
New research has highlighted an area in Arabia that once acted as a key point…
Paleontologists unearth what may be the largest known marine reptile
The fossilized remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two meters long has…
New class of antimicrobials discovered in soil bacteria
Researchers have discovered toxic protein particles, shaped like umbrellas, that soil bacteria known as Streptomyces…
Understanding climate warming impacts on carbon release from the tundra
The warming climate shifts the dynamics of tundra environments and makes them release trapped carbon,…
Workings of working memory detailed
Investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory–the type required to remember a…
Substantial global cost of climate inaction
Pioneering study reveals that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could reduce the global…
Paradox of extreme cold events in a warming world
The Warm Arctic-Cold Continent (WACC) phenomenon is the puzzling combination of Arctic warming and extreme…
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Urgent action and legislation are needed to tackle overseas bariatric and cosmetic tourism
We were pleased to read the article highlighting the ongoing problem of complications from overseas…
Breaking free from the stigma of diabetes
Have you ever felt the cold prickle of eyes staring at you as they silently…
Almost a quarter more working adults will have major illness by 2040, experts predict
Rising levels of ill health will take a toll on people’s lives and the economy…
Paediatricians call for new cabinet level position of children’s minister
The next government should establish a senior cabinet level position of children’s minister to ensure…
Child health: UK must regain “lost ground,” Kingdon urges next government
“I am a very optimistic, glass half full person. But I think we’re in a…
Coral reef microbes point to new way to assess ecosystem health
A new study shows that ocean acidification is changing the mix of microbes in coral…
Researchers discover urine-based test to detect head and neck cancer
Researchers have created a urine-based test that detects pieces of DNA fragments released by head…
Researchers shine light on rapid changes in Arctic and boreal ecosystems
Arctic and boreal latitudes are warming faster than any other region on Earth. Read Original…
‘Nanostitches’ enable lighter and tougher composite materials
In an approach they call ‘nanostitching,’ engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered…
Trash to treasure — researchers turn metal waste into catalyst for hydrogen
Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to…
Nanoparticle delivery of FZD4 to lung endothelial cells inhibits lung cancer progression and metastases
A recent breakthrough study has shown potential to improve therapeutic outcomes for patients suffering from…
CO2 worsens wildfires by helping plants grow
By fueling the growth of plants that become kindling, carbon dioxide is driving an increase…
Huge database gives insight into salmon patterns at sea
A massive new analysis of high seas salmon surveys is enhancing the understanding of salmon…
Following cellular lineage
Researchers have advanced the understanding of how the cerebral cortex develops by tracing the lineage…
GP services in Lothian risk collapse amid “ruinous” rise in premises charges
Family doctors in Scotland’s second largest health board are drawing up plans to cut their…
Closing the gender health gap: a {pound}39bn boost to the economy, as well as lives
Closing the gender health gap by 2040 could add almost £39bn to the UK economy…
Dengue: Argentinians turn to homemade repellent amid surge in cases
Argentinians are making homemade mosquito repellent and scouring pharmacies for off-the-shelf products as the worst…
Helen Salisbury: With the NHS in crisis, why is Labour looking to private hospitals as the solution?
This week the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, promised to bring in the private sector…
John Launer: Learning from appraisals
I’ve been a GP appraiser for around 20 years, more or less since appraisals were…
Health literacy matters
“Sunshine, rest, exercise, diet, friends, and self-confidence” are the “six best doctors in the world,”…
Concerns over physician associates are missing the wood for the trees
Mafi, Oliver, and Salisbury identify myriad problems with the expanding workforce of physician associates (PAs).123“Form…
Real-time detection of infectious disease viruses by searching for molecular fingerprinting
Researchers develop breakthrough technology for wide-ranging and ultra-sensitive active nano-spectral sensor, surpassing current limitations. Read…
New treatment method using plasma irradiation promotes faster bone healing
Aiming to shorten fracture recovery times, a research group is focusing on plasma irradiation as…
Fires pose growing worldwide threat to wildland-urban interface
Fires that devastate wildland-urban interface areas are becoming more common around the globe, a trend…
New tagging method provides bioadhesive interface for marine sensors on diverse, soft, and fragile species
Tagging marine animals with sensors to track their movements and ocean conditions can provide important…
Cooler transformers could help electric grid
Simulations on the Stampede2 supercomputer of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) are helping scientists…
No gamma rays seen coming from nearby supernova
A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how…
Neutrons rule the roost for cage-free lithium ions
Scientists using neutrons set the first benchmark (one nanosecond) for a polymer-electrolyte and lithium-salt mixture….