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People taking certain types of antidepressants can gain up to 2kg (4.5lbs) in weight within the first two months of treatment, while patients taking other drugs…

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An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential “new…

Millions of young people risk missing out on new treatments for health conditions and having to use medicines that are unsafe, ineffective or inappropriate because so…

The startling rise in the cost to the NHS in England of medical negligence cases, and a sharp increase in birth injuries to mothers, are the…

The NHS’s total liabilities for medical negligence have hit £60bn, driven by a jump in childbirth injury cases that cost more than £11m each on average…

The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare could create a legally complex blame game when it comes to establishing liability for medical failings, experts have warned.The…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.Being a doctor is challenging enough, but imagine having a patient whose health has direct implications for…

Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity Eric Topol Simon & Schuster (2025)Super Agers, by clinician Eric Topol, has just been published, but it was almost…

Scientists have linked the impact of living in an unequal society to structural changes in the brains of children – regardless of individual wealth – for…