The term “placebo” can be dated back to at least the 1770s, the earliest recorded instances having occurred in the published ...

US President Donald Trump’s long obsession with pharmaceuticals and tariffs forced the UK into a controversial drug deal, ...

Price shocks in the global energy market, like the ones we are currently experiencing, are nothing new. In 1973, oil prices ...

Patients are “generally positive” about the care pathways formerly known as virtual wards but say there are issues of ...

The value of female doctors shouldn’t be a subject of debate in 2026, writes Stephanie Santos Paulo Primary care in the NHS ...

England Athletics’ promotion of a knee pain procedure not recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care ...

Eleven people have died of mpox since January in an outbreak in Pakistan, the country’s National Institute of Health has said ...

An estimated one in 10 planned NHS operations in England are cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice, a study has found.

Caring for more people at home is a key priority for the UK government, but with many homes damp, cold, and lacking ...

In 2021, aged 99, Howard Tucker sneaked out of the home he shared with his psychiatrist wife Sara to assist with the medical ...

A former senior manager at the hospital where the former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby worked has been arrested on suspicion of ...

England’s 10 year national cancer plan pledges to improve survival, which is welcome given the UK’s longstanding ...