Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Ondansetron is often given to vomiting children in emergency departments. But does giving parents or caregivers a supply of the anti-emetic at discharge from ...

Melatonin, the hormone that regulates sleep-wake cycles, is increasingly used as a sleep aid for children. But does it work, and is it safe? Katharine Lang reports “The use of melatonin in typically ...

Ray McMahon often lived up to the stereotype of the affable Irishman: he was a friendly, relaxed man who enjoyed a party and might knock out a song at the end of a convivial evening. But underneath ...

Ministers have vowed to “crack down on cowboy cosmetic procedures,” after a rise in unqualified and rogue operators left people “maimed, injured and in need of urgent NHS care.” Under the new rules, ...

On 25 June 1951, 9 year old Kenneth Calman’s 6 year old brother Norman was peering from the window of their family’s two bedroom council flat in Glasgow, watching for their 41 year old father to come ...

Most of world’s liver cancers “are preventable” Six in every 10 liver cancers diagnosed worldwide are preventable by reducing risk factors, concluded a “conservative calculation” of cases projected ...

Consider preparation method and replacement food when assessing health risks The potato is a carbohydrate rich tuberous vegetable that traditionally has been used as a staple in many food cultures.

Thousands of women with endometrial cancer are set to benefit from new immunotherapy treatment that has been approved by the UK medicine watchdog. From 6 August healthcare professionals can use ...

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has cancelled $500m (£375m; €430m) in funding for mRNA vaccines being developed to counter respiratory viruses such as covid-19 and flu. Kennedy’s ...

Numbers of general practice appointments in England rose by more than seven million in the past year, thanks largely to other members of the primary care team rather than GPs. Figures from NHS England ...

As delegates from more than 170 countries gathered in Geneva for this month’s UN treaty talks on plastic pollution, world leaders were warned that only decisive and urgent action could protect human ...

Early stage colorectal cancer diagnoses in 45-49 year olds in the United States have risen sharply after changes to national screening guidelines, a study has reported. In 2018 the American Cancer ...