Shortages of a radioactive isotope required for diagnostic imaging and procedures, as well as some surgeries, have led to patients facing appointment cancellations throughout the UK, the Royal College ...

Tackling the underlying drivers of healthcare costs in the US is both technically and politically difficult, writes Meredith B Rosenthal Unlike in previous US presidential elections, healthcare—aside ...

A surge in cases of tuberculosis means that it has surpassed covid-19 to be the world’s number one infectious killer disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. About 8.2 million people had ...

Doctors felt overwhelmed, frightened, undervalued, and disposable during the covid pandemic, the BMA’s chair of council has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Appearing before the inquiry on 28 October, ...

Therapist guided conversations with digital avatars may reduce the frequency of voices heard by patients diagnosed with ...

The NHS in England will get an additional £1.5bn for new surgical hubs and scanners, and another £70m for new radiotherapy ...

In the mid-1970s diabetes care and treatment were developing rapidly. Home blood glucose monitoring was first described in ...

The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1938, show figures from the ...

Regulation of healthcare and other services typically involves on-site assessments by teams of inspectors. The scrutinised ...

Medical students across Algeria have boycotted classes and demonstrated daily for two weeks, demanding more residency posts ...

The best way to reduce the cost of healthcare is to stop people being ill. This obvious fact has been stated many times, but ...

I am a general practitioner of 30 years’ standing, and I’ve mostly agreed with Salisbury’s opinions over the years, but I don ...