Researchers look into island’s health benefits
The team aims to find out what it is about the Isle of Wight that makes people feel better.
Health
‘Doctors thought my endometriosis was IBS’
Two Kent women share their experiences with endometriosis in hopes to raise awareness.
How Psychedelics Affect the Brain
An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of the brain.
What is vegan collagen?
What’s the latest on Collagen?
3D heart to let surgeons practise baby’s vital heart operation
A 3D model of a baby’s heart will help doctors prepare for open heart surgery.
Women in Northern Ireland welcome introduction of miscarriage leave
Northern Ireland has become the first part of the UK where a woman and her partner are entitled to two weeks of paid leave if they experience a miscarriage at any stage of pregnancy.
‘We will end up with an NHS without doctors’
Dr Melissa Ryan, who works at Lincoln County Hospital, is among dozens of doctors striking over pay.
Patients asked not to visit A&E during strike days
Resident doctors across England are striking for six days as part of an ongoing pay dispute.
Resident doctors ‘want pay we think we’re worth’
A West Midlands union committee co-chair says a narrative doctors are really well paid is not true.
Finasteride for Male Baldness is Rewriting the Rules of Male Beauty
A pill that lets men keep their hair is rewriting the rules of masculinity.
Why Am I Watching People Get Their Medical Results?
What was once discussed with a doctor is now frequently encountered first as decontextualized data on a screen.
Idaho Cut Services for People With Schizophrenia. Then the Deaths Began.
Eliminating outreach to people with severe mental illness set off such a cascade of bad outcomes that Idaho has scrambled to reverse the cuts.
Cancer patient furious as strike delays appointment
Stuart Sims says he feels let down after a cardiology appointment was cancelled due to the action.
Federal Agency Unveils Three Potential Osteoarthritis Treatments
With funding from ARPA-H, three teams of researchers have regrown bone and cartilage, even entire knees, in animal studies. Human trials are not far off.
Trump’s Foreign Aid Overhaul Sent Millions More Dollars to Big U.S.-Based Contractors
While organizations in the developing world were nearly shut out, the big aid agencies DOGE had called wasteful received huge infusions of cash, a new analysis found.
NASA Families Don’t Go to the Moon, but They’re on the Mission, Too
For the families of the Artemis II astronauts, the mission “begins at assignment.”
Don’t put off treatment during doctors’ strike, NHS tells patients
The strike comes at the end of the bank holiday weekend and NHS managers fear demand could be “challenging”.
‘Two weeks will make such a difference’: UK first as NI brings in miscarriage leave
Northern Ireland becomes first part of UK to bring in legal entitlement for parents affected by miscarriage at any stage of a pregnancy to have paid leave.
This common body shape could quietly raise heart failure risk
Researchers found that heart failure risk from belly fat may be driven by hidden inflammation, even in people with a normal BMI.
For Many Patients Leaving the I.C.U., the Struggle Has Only Just Begun
A long stay in intensive care can bring physical, cognitive and mental health challenges that can take months or longer to resolve.
AR tech prepares patients for endometriosis surgery
The images are used in consultations to show what happens to the womb, ovaries and fallopian tubes.