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The Nottingham maternity review shows why women need better assessment and support at the very start of labour.
The inequality, stigma and eugenic thinking that led to their acquisition is often obscured or erased.
The condition is more than merely being bad with directions.
New data shows obesity rising fastest among the young and the poor, while it’s mainly the better off who are seeing the benefit of weight-loss drugs.
Scarred lungs make it harder for the body to cope with extreme heat, dehydration and air pollution.
Most autistic people support genetic research but fear how the findings might be used. Their concerns are becoming harder to dismiss.
Medicine may slow decline for some, but dementia care must also protect dignity, identity and story when speech begins to fade.
How to place disabled people, who are some of the most vulnerable, at the centre of climate change negotiations.
New study of older adults in Sweden suggests healthier diets may still be linked to lower dementia risk even after early biological changes are detected.
Research shows acute psychological stress can rapidly alter blood clotting in healthy people.
Ibuprofen targets the key cause of period pain and cramps.
Reviews have named the failures in maternity care. The urgent question is why the same problems keep returning.
Research shows that praise can guide people with dementia through difficult tasks on busy wards, but unclear or poorly timed praise may cause confusion.
A decade of injury data shows lowering rugby’s tackle height cut adult concussions by more than a third – but not for schoolboy players.
TikTokers are promoting ‘pinky time’, a finger exercise they claim can help keep the brain sharp.
The key reason why the simple act of eating becomes so unappealing in the heat is because the body is working to avoid overheating.
AI can produce the language of care, but therapy depends on a trained human presence that listens, responds and remains accountable.
A major review of 69 trials finds calcium and vitamin D supplements do little to prevent fractures or falls.
Heatwaves can damage hearts, kidneys, lungs and infrastructure.
People who did around 90 to 120 minutes of strength training each week have a 13% lower risk of dying from any cause.
Researchers need more than memory tests to assess whether supplements affect the brain.
With added climate pressures, ending the abusive practice of female genital mutilation becomes more challenging.
Fathers are more involved than ever. So why do so many still feel overlooked and unsupported?
No vaccinated young woman in England has died of cervical cancer in years. Japan’s vaccine scare shows how easily that progress can unravel.