Australia’s world-first attempt to ban social media for under-16s has shown little evidence of reducing use…
Health
Scientists find exact amount of walking needed to counter a sedentary day
Brief walking breaks lasting just five minutes each hour can neutralise the harmful health effects associated…
Millions of ‘ghost’ patients expose GP system ‘stuck in a bygone age’
The NHS must drag general practice out of the paper-records era and allow patients to see…
Banned doctors allowed to practise in Britain because of EU loophole
A doctor banned from practising in Poland has been able to work in Britain because of…
‘No evidence it causes any harm!’
Peter Tatchell has defended the NHS’s plans to include children as young as 11 in a…
NHS to hand puberty blockers to children as young as 11 years old despite ‘biological harm’ warning
The NHS will begin recruiting children as young as 11 for its puberty blocker trial from…
Doctor names symptoms missed by half of patients
Deep vein thrombosis often masquerades as everyday ailments, leading many Britons to dismiss potentially life-threatening warning…
‘I’m a doctor – swap these six foods in your diet if you want to double your weight loss’
Ultra-processed products now make up more than half the average diet in countries like the UK,…
NHS fined £300,000 after chemo patient’s death traced to contaminated water
The NHS has been fined £300,000 after the death of a chemotherapy patient was traced to…
Pandemic odds top 25% as UKHSA flags respiratory infections as biggest threat
The UK Health Security Agency has published its inaugural Health Security Risk Assessment, warning that respiratory…