Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), used to treat diabetes and for weight loss, may be linked with a reduced risk of substance use and neurocognitive disorders, a US study in people ...

The longest running study to date of the effects of diet on cognition appears to support widespread suspicions that processed red meats, such as bacon, hot dogs, sausages and salami, are associated ...

Children are facing the consequences of the conflict in Gaza. Ulrike Julia Wendt explains the IRC’s role in supporting children and families, and delivering life saving aid and essential services The ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a rule to restrict the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and other tobacco products to non-addictive levels. If the rule is approved the US would ...

Patients who spent more than 12 hours in hospital accident and emergency departments were more than twice as likely to die within 30 days than those who were seen within two hours, even after a wide ...

Corporate interests threaten the scope of the global plastics treaty Plastics are exacerbating pressures on all Earth’s planetary boundaries, compromising the foundations of healthy human life.1 ...

The fourth module of the UK covid-19 inquiry is examining vaccines and therapeutics. Jacqui Wise summarises the latest evidence Giving evidence to the inquiry on 15 January, Jean Rossiter, who set up ...

All US women over 65 should be screened for osteoporosis to identify those needing treatment to prevent fractures, the US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended.1 The task force also ...

Medical organisations have welcomed an initial six week ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip that should end 15 months of war and allow the territory’s broken health system to be rebuilt. On 15 ...

Jemima Sneddon and Alexander Mafi argue that last minute changes to specialty training recruitment criteria are creating unfair and inappropriate assessments of doctors applying for training posts As ...

Plans to reform elective care must avoid the trappings of over-investigation and fragmented and inappropriate care, writes Ella Hubbard “We need more activity, and less waste,” says Wes Streeting in ...

Adriel Chen and Devi Sridhar discuss the outbreak of Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome in 2020 and consider what lessons we can learn In mid-March 2020 and into April 2020, paediatric wards ...