The EU has revised its air quality standards, merging two existing directives into one and bringing the limit on harmful ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has proposed more comprehensive falls assessments and management ...

The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee for the UK has voted in favour of stopping hiring physician associates (PAs) in ...

Governments worldwide owe an unprecedented $91 trillion, an amount almost equal to the size of the global economy and one ...

Over-reliance on symptom scales complicates the interpretation of research results for patients and clinicians. For future ...

It is widely acknowledged that a well trained and robust general practice workforce is the base of any cost effective ...

NHS medical chiefs have cleared doctors to voice their personal opinions on the assisted dying bill, saying that it’s what ...

China has made substantial progress in healthcare delivery to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases due to ...

Early, small abnormal changes should be defined as disease only if there are effective interventions that can make an ...

A BMJ collection highlights the need for an integrated population tailored approach Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as ...

One in 20 women across seven sub-Saharan African countries are at risk of death because of complications during pregnancy or ...

Felicity Reynolds, aged 17 and diagnosed with polio, found herself sharing a room with two girls in iron lungs. Fortunately, ...