1 Research Department of Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, UK 2 Centre for Medicines Optimisation Research and Education, University College London Hospitals ...

Women living in US states that have abortion bans, such as Louisiana or Texas, are almost at twice the risk of dying during pregnancy, childbirth, or shortly after giving birth than women in states ...

Two years after the start of civil war that has displaced 14 million people and taken tens of thousands of lives,1 Sudan continues to suffer under the complex effects of a humanitarian crisis, ...

Despite initiatives to reverse the trend, UK trained doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds and international medical graduates still have poorer academic outcomes than their white peers. Aisha ...

Consider routine follow-up, especially after medication has been stopped Gabapentinoids, including gabapentin and pregabalin, are a class of drugs that have anticonvulsant, analgesic, and anxiolytic ...

Being a doctor is a huge privilege. We’re present and trusted at the major points in life: births, deaths, medical interventions and decisions, and navigating long term conditions. Many of these ...

Ruth Segovia y Mayoral describes her experience of living with immune thrombocytopenia and why she wishes health professionals were able to prescribe rest I have always resisted defining myself by my ...

Risk from doctor fatigue is often misunderstood The Health Services Safety Investigations Body said that fatigue among healthcare staff contributed directly and indirectly to patient harm but was not ...

We need to challenge racialised bias and myths to eliminate inequities in pain management, writes Anna Hood In healthcare systems such as the NHS, founded on the principles of equity and universality, ...

A coroner has demanded specialist medical care for women going through the menopause after a teacher aged 54 killed herself by driving into the path of a heavy goods vehicle. The senior coroner for ...

Deaths from avoidable causes remain higher in England and Wales than before the covid-19 pandemic, with rates highest in areas of deprivation, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.1 ...

Patients in Wales face a high risk of increased harm if the NHS does not urgently improve performance and productivity in core services, independent experts have warned. The Ministerial Advisory Group ...