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“Early detection blood testing” for ovarian cancer “is now available in Australia”, the online ads say, warning that “it’s not just women with a family history”…

Bristol has been formally declared a “city of harm reduction”, with local politicians pledging to focus on helping and treating users of illegal drugs rather than…

The health case for banning cigarettes is ironclad. As the then head of the World Health Organization, Gro Harlem Brundtland, put it in 2000, “a cigarette is the…

A newborn’s first hours in a US hospital used to carry a quiet set of guarantees. A vitamin K injection against catastrophic bleeding. A hepatitis B…

new video loaded: How Profit-Seeking Autism Clinics Can Harm KidsProfit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm…

NHS bosses have accused resident doctors of seeking to cause “maximum harm” to patients by striking for six days next month over pay and jobs.Wes Streeting…

Medical tests are marketed on social media as a way to empower people to take control of their health, but experts are warning to be wary…

Ecological harm from pesticides is growing globally, a study has found, with bugs, fish, pollinators and land-based plants among six species groups hit hardest.Insects suffered the…

1. The air we breatheA flare stack at a refinery in Linden, New Jersey. Photograph: Kena Betancur/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA range of recent EPA actions may…

Circumcision kits have been found on sale on Amazon UK, highlighting lax regulation as concerns grow about deaths and serious harm to baby boys.In December, a…