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Black doctors in England are four times less likely to be offered specialist training placements than white counterparts, according to NHS data analysis published in the BMJ.
Relationship OCD causes sufferers to experience persistent doubts about their romantic relationships, triggering compulsive behaviors and significant distress that extends beyond typical relationship concerns.
A clinical manager at an NHS mental health trust testified that he was instructed to process thousands of unresolved patient safety reports during a public inquiry, which he described as a cover-up attempt.
UK health experts recommend free meningitis B vaccination for all teenagers around age 15, following concerns about a deadly outbreak in Kent earlier this year and changing evidence about disease risk in young people.
England will ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 starting in April, prohibiting products with more than 150mg of caffeine per litre.
An author reflects on her father’s 12-day unconscious decline, examining how advance care directives and end-of-life planning can ease the dying process and prevent family conflict over medical treatment decisions.
A cyclosporiasis outbreak across five US states has become a major public health crisis, with Michigan reporting over 5,000 cases amid significant federal and state funding cuts that have strained response efforts.
A women’s health summit in Wales addressed how women’s pain is often dismissed as normal within healthcare, with patients sharing experiences of not being believed by medical professionals.
Fampridine, the first drug to help people with multiple sclerosis walk, is now available on the NHS in England. Clinical trials showed around four in 10 people taking the drug had improvements in walking speed and endurance.
Children in England’s poorest areas are 40% more likely to be hospitalized for respiratory infections, with 1,941 per 100,000 admitted versus 1,380 in wealthier regions, analysis shows.