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Prof Gina Rippon dismisses too easily the genuine concerns about overdiagnosis of conditions such as autism and the medicalisation of normal behaviour (Why the antagonism over…

Good morning. Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, working in the NHS have begun their five-day strike.At the heart of this dispute is the government’s…

A strike by resident doctors “enormously undermines the entire trade union movement”, Wes Streeting has argued, urging them not to join industrial action on Friday morning.In…

On 14 July, actor and singer Suki Waterhouse shared a tweet explaining her recent absence from X: “‘suki you never tweet anymore’ have you ever considered…

Many DIY health tests available on the high street are unfit for purpose and need better regulation, according to two new studies.Self-tests for high cholesterol, vitamin…

Pay for resident doctors has fallen by 4% to 10% since 2010-11, independent analysis finds, as staff prepare to strike on Friday.The analysis by the health…

Walking more could reduce your risk of dementia, depression and dying from cancer, as well as being good for your heart, according to research. And you…

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, will formally require vaccine makers to remove thimerosal from vaccines.The ingredient has been the target of anti-vaccine campaigns…

Resident doctors in England are set to go on strike on Friday demanding a 29% pay rise that they say would restore salaries that have been…

Doctors and medical staff in Gaza say their increasing hunger and the lack of available food is beginning to leave them too weak to provide urgent…