Deaths from colorectal (bowel) cancer are increasing in people under 50s in the US, the only one of five leading cancers to do so, an analysis suggests.1 Researchers from the American Cancer Society ...

Wood burning stoves could carry health warnings like those on cigarettes or alcohol under new plans announced by the government. Ministers are also considering imposing stricter limits on the ...

Foreign body ingestion is common in young children, most often involving coins, magnets, or button batteries. Coins usually ...

Médecins Sans Frontières is striving to meet the needs of displaced people in Sudan, who are injured, malnourished, and ...

Evidence takes a backseat to conflicting interests in the latest health mandates The new dietary guidelines1 and food pyramid2 issued by the US Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture ...

The crisis in the UK’s medical workforce will be helped by new legislation that prioritises UK graduates for medical training ...

A woman in her 20s presented to the emergency department with acute onset of shortness of breath and chest pain after removal of an acupuncture needle from the posteromedial aspect of her left scapula ...

A treatment that restores normal kidney function in almost half of patients with lupus nephritis has been approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Obinutuzumab ...

Healthcare professionals must reject flawed racial generalisations, writes Jasmeen Kanwal Institutional racism in healthcare has received increased coverage in recent years, including in The BMJ ’s ...

A coalition of medical and public health groups have filed a legal motion to cancel changes to the childhood vaccine schedule ...

China’s non-monetary reward model may show promise > “Science, and the generosity of a blood products donation saved my life.

Public health officials in Sheffield have successfully blocked plans for a new McDonald’s drive-through restaurant after ...