Rates of obesity in adults and children may have levelled off in recent years, suggest the latest figures in England.

In the latest in our monthly series, Dr Nicolas Alexander asked readers to explain what was causing persistent diarrhoea in ...

On a population level, the effectiveness of the MMR vaccine decreases by 0.04% each year after immunisation, researchers found.

GP practices have been asked to lead on a national pertussis vaccination catch up campaign as part of this year’s contract.

NHS England has set out the contractual terms for hiring GPs under the ARRS, stipulating that they must have qualified under two years before employment.

GPs have raised concerns after finding their patients re-registered with a fast-growing practice, seemingly ‘without their ...

The GMC has put out new guidance for both patients and employers on sexual misconduct by GPs and other doctors.

More than 39 million people around the world could die from antibiotic-resistant infections over the next 25 years, ...

Marked differences between PSA testing and prostate cancer diagnosis are ‘indicative of overdiagnosis’, researchers have ...

After a brief month or two of respite for physician associates (PAs), this week the controversial profession is front and ...

NHS England has revealed more details about a controversial national PCN pilot to ‘further deliver’ on the Fuller stocktake.

Highly commended in ‘The patient that taught me’ category, Dr Amrit Kaur Khara writes about an encounter with a suicidal ...