Browsing: Health

Good morning. You may have heard a saying along the lines that “when the US sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold”. So when…

The Tennessee attorney general’s office has subpoenaed four medical groups in the state for records of abortions performed over the last several years as part of…

Sir Kenneth Calman was a doctor, public servant and academic leader whose identity as a proud Scot underpinned his values of compassion, ethics and hard work.…

There are few breakfasts that feel as healthy and refreshing as the ever-mutable smoothie. You can make them virtuous, with lots of greens and nut milk,…

My friend Len Doyal, who has died aged 80, was for many years a senior lecturer in medical ethics at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London…

A decision by the US government to incinerate more than $9.7m (£7.3m) of contraceptives is projected to result in 174,000 unintended pregnancies and 56,000 unsafe abortions…

Ham and bacon sold by supermarkets including Tesco, and Marks and Spencer still contain cancer-causing chemicals almost 10 years after the World Health Organization warned about…

Ministers have announced a clampdown on “cowboy” cosmetic procedures, including liquid Brazilian butt lifts, with stricter rules on who is allowed to perform the procedures in…

New research looking at the aftermath of some of the deadliest wildfires to have struck the US in recent years has shed light on the devastating…

The US Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a technology…