Mental health: one step forward and two steps back? | Letters
Dr Kate Martin is encouraged by the new network of community clinics, while Prof Dr John R Ashton says the forthcoming m...
Breast cancer screening guidelines discriminate against families like mine | Brief letters
Health concerns | Rubbish decisions | In sympathy | Funeral songs | Short illnessesCalls for changes to breast cancer gu...
‘Safe, quick and painless’: what is a DXA scan, and do you need one for bone health?
The imaging test is most often used to help determine a person’s risk of osteoporosis and bone fracturesDXA – or sometim...
New weight loss pill approved for use in UK
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Louisiana warns beachgoers amid surge in flesh-eating bacteria infections
State confirms nine cases, including five deaths, from Vibrio vulnificus organism, which thrives in seawaterHealth offic...
What happens when medical students rely on AI – and never develop their own judgment? | Simar Bajaj and Joseph Sakran
AI’s danger isn’t just in experts losing the ability to reason. It’s that trainees may never learn how to do so in the f...
Some disabled people want to advance their careers. They say Medicaid rules stop them
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Who really needs testosterone?
The military plans to start screening service members for low testosterone, and social media is overflowing with claims ...
‘Babies will be born in laybys’: maternity cuts leave women with stark choices in Devon
Expectant mothers in the region face having to travel for at least an hour and a half to give birth in a maternity unit...
‘I’ve sat at the very precipice of life’: Clarke Carlisle on gambling, depression – and survival
The former professional footballer has struggled with his mental health for most of his life. But it took five suicide a...
It's been a record summer for foodborne illness
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The culture surrounding ‘ideal’ childbirth has to evolve | Letters
Molly O’Brien responds to an article by Natalie Morris about her five-day labour, while an NHS doctor shares her persona...