Children older than 10 can be prescribed weight loss jabs and similar drugs if changing lifestyle does not work, the first global guidelines on childhood obesit ...

Current trends indicate the possible signs of a second early flu season in a row, with epidemiologists urging patients to get ...

The US has said it is “closely monitoring” the case of a Russian laboratory worker who died last week after a reported ...

GPs should take a greater role in the long-term management of patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder under proposals for a major overhaul of services in England, a review has ...

Two doctors found to have helped international medical graduates cheat on their NHS entrance exams over nearly three years ...

More than a quarter of locally employed and specialty, associate specialist and specialist doctors experience or see bullying ...

The first set of national guidelines on the safe care of Parkinson’s patients before, during and after their surgery has been ...

Physician assistants can see undifferentiated patients under defined criteria but should not be responsible for final ...

The NHS is likely to fall “a long way short” of a waiting times target pledged by the Labour Government in 2024, a health ...

A technique to reduce the need for long-term immunosuppression in transplant patients has shown promising early results, researchers in Spain have reported. The method combines an organ transplant ...

Testing breast milk could lead to the earlier diagnosis of breast cancer, researchers believe. Scientists at the University ...