Lara Tang was 16 when she was first prescribed the drug fluoxetine About 70,000 under-18s are prescribed antidepressants each year, BBC analysis of NHS England figures shows. According to clinical ...

Doctors from private hospitals and nursing homes staged a protest in Adilabad after paediatrician Dr Santosh Raj was allegedly assaulted by a patient’s relative over medical charges. Police deployed ...

The boss of an NHS mental health trust that is the focus of a landmark public inquiry has been appointed as the new chief ...

Patients in Massachusetts continue to languish in hospital emergency departments for hours before receiving appropriate care, with the issue particularly acute for the state’s most vulnerable ...

Before a child goes into an operating room, a large screen displays a risk score. This score predicts potential complications ...

Emergency and urgent care services at a hospital in Wolverhampton have been downgraded from 'good' to 'inadequate', the Care ...

An air ambulance charity is appealing for support to raise £1m to help kit out a second critical care helicopter to provide lifesaving care. Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance has one AW169 helicopter - ...

NEW ULM — Allina Health is joining California-based Sutter Health. On March 17, the two health organizations signed a letter of intent that will designate Allina as the “Upper Midwest Division” of a ...

A new study reveals metformin acts directly on the brain, raising fresh concerns about its wider effects. While effective for ...

As winter finally gives way to warmer weather, many of us look forward to fresh air, blooming trees and more time outdoors. However, for thousands of people in our region, spring also marks the start ...

The Tennessee House passed a bill Thursday to improve access to eye care in the state, strengthen rural eye care and better reflect the Doctors of Optometry current education.