After investing decades and billions of yuan in becoming a scientific superpower, China is well placed to benefit from the plight of the US medical research sector. But geopolitical ructions and local ...

Men must avoid letting “stigma and embarrassment” put their health at risk, the UK drugs regulator has said in a warning about fake erectile dysfunction pills. The Medicines and Healthcare Products ...

Disruption and uncertainty in the US are leading many clinical trials to consider other countries for participation. Jennifer Lutz , Neha Bhatt , and Flynn Murphy report on the changing landscape—and ...

India’s vast patient population and growing healthcare infrastructure has seen it overtake the US as a go-to for clinical trials. But unethical practices worry doctors as the sector expands, writes ...

An upcoming UK review1 into the possible “overdiagnosis” of mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions in children risks overshadowing another crisis: a generation being made ill by deprivation.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has written to the maker of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist weight loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide), saying that its first direct to ...

Emojis are being increasingly used as shorthand in medical records, according to a recent study from the USA. The 50 most frequently used emojis included 12 different varieties of smiley, most ...

James Doty was a directionless 12 year old from an impoverished family when one hot summer’s day he walked into a magic shop in his hometown of Lancaster, California. The owner’s mother was minding ...

In 1951, in an influential letter to the Lancet about the arms race, seven leading physicians expressed concern about the impact of arms spending on healthcare, and the growing fear that the Korean ...

In 1977 Pam Zinkin, a single parent with two sons, went to newly independent Mozambique to work as a consultant paediatrician. The family was meant to be there for six months but ended up staying for ...

Four in 10 children and young people have seen content promoting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist weight loss drugs online, a report by England’s Children’s Commissioner warns.1 The report also ...

Resident doctors in Scotland have voted to accept a government pay offer that the BMA says will equate to a pay uplift of almost 10% a year for the next two years. The deal includes an 8.16% pay ...