The number of young people admitted to general wards in English hospitals for mental health problems rose by 65% in 2012-22, researchers have found. In the study, published in Lancet Child and ...

GLP-1 agonists for weight loss are now commonly used for adults, but might they also be an effective treatment for younger people? Katharine Lang reports Obesity in children and adolescents is a ...

Just over one in 20 adults in England now smoke cigarettes and e-cigarettes (vapes), an increase from around one in 30 in 2016, a study has found.1 Researchers from University College London (UCL) ...

BRAC In 1967 newly qualified doctor Richard Cash was sent to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to respond to one of the many cholera epidemics that swept through the region. The treatment at the time was ...

Case against GMC is given High Court green light A UK judge has granted permission for a case against the General Medical Council’s regulation of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates ...

Sue Fletcher-Watson describes the pressures of constant monitoring in a pregnancy deemed high risk Earlier this year I gave birth to a bouncing baby girl, an 8 lb 4 oz bundle of joy. The euphoric ...

In December it emerged that the medical apprenticeship programme had been paused—a move that has implications for the institutions spearheading courses and for the future of medical education more ...

Eric was born in Dundee, first son to William and Annie Mackay and one of eight children. He was brought up in the city, attending Morgan Academy. At the tail end of the second world war Eric trained ...

It is right to highlight that NHS staff felt the “strain and trauma” of caring for patients with covid-19.1 Although the risks of this viral infection have lessened, it is still a hazard for ...

Eating disorder services have become worse rather than better over the past few years, MPs have said in a report that says some trusts are discharging patients with a body mass index (BMI) of less ...

Sanath graduated in 1997 and obtained a diploma in orthopaedics in 1999 from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangaluru, India. He trained and worked at St John’s Medical College, Bangaluru, from ...

Dawn P Richards challenges some of the common objections to patient engagement in research I have been in a lot of spaces over the years where people were not convinced about patient engagement in ...