The world’s wellness industry is worth trillions of dollars. The non-profit Global Wellness Institute claims that the wellness industry is worth four times as much as the drug industry.1 That’s a lot ...

Coca-Cola’s sponsorship of major sports tournaments has long raised eyebrows.1 The relationship between sport and junk food corporations continues to warrant scrutiny, not just on the global stage, ...

Among 900 women with epilepsy studied throughout their pregnancy in China, around half remained free of seizures, whereas a quarter experienced deterioration of seizure control ( J Neurol Neurosurg ...

A 9 month old girl presented to the emergency department with a two day history of a few episodes of non-bilious non-bloody vomiting, diarrhoea, and intermittent distress with curling up of the legs.

This man in his 70s presented with a four year history of progressive non-pitting, hypertrophic plaques on both legs (fig 1). He did not report any fatigue, palpitations, changes to his weight, or ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Cannabinol—aka CBD—is a modern day tonic for almost any ailment, available in all good vape shops and petrol stations. In 2023, the Food Standards Agency cut the ...

An NHS consultant vascular surgeon has appeared in court charged with fraud for allegedly trying to claim more than £460 000 from insurers for two below-the-knee amputations that were self-inflicted.

Trainees are “uncomfortable” about raising concerns More than a quarter of UK medical trainees in some specialties reported feeling apprehensive or hesitant about escalating a patient to the ...

Tests should be clinically useful and part of an evidence based pathway Rapid advances in diagnostic technology, coupled with persuasive advertising, have resulted in a surge of direct-to-consumer ...

Studies suggest that some commercially available health tests are inaccurate and unsuitable for public use. Rebecca Coombes , Hristio Boytchev , and Gareth Iacobucci ask if regulation is adequately ...

Resident doctors will take to the picket lines this Friday, after talks between the BMA and the government failed to resolve the ongoing pay dispute. The BMA confirmed that a five day strike would go ...

The biotechnology company Sarepta Therapeutics has decided to suspend entirely one of its treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) just days after it refused a request from the US Food and ...