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, ...

Racism in the NHS continues to be a problem, towards patients and also colleagues.1 Training courses in equality, diversity, and inclusion are mandatory everywhere, but the evidence that they make a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What you need to know Adrenal insufficiency is the inadequate production of the hormone cortisol from the adrenal glands. Global prevalence ranges from 0.4/100 000 (South Korea) to 15-22/100 000 ...

The UK’s drug representative body may expel the drug company Moderna over its handling of a case in which children were offered £1500 to participate in a clinical trial. The Prescription Medicines ...

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, ...