Deaths from colorectal (bowel) cancer are increasing in people under 50s in the US, the only one of five leading cancers to do so, an analysis suggests.1 Researchers from the American Cancer Society ...

Wood burning stoves could carry health warnings like those on cigarettes or alcohol under new plans announced by the government. Ministers are also considering imposing stricter limits on the ...

The crisis in the UK’s medical workforce will be helped by new legislation that prioritises UK graduates for medical training ...

Healthcare professionals must reject flawed racial generalisations, writes Jasmeen Kanwal Institutional racism in healthcare has received increased coverage in recent years, including in The BMJ ’s ...

Evidence takes a backseat to conflicting interests in the latest health mandates The new dietary guidelines1 and food pyramid2 issued by the US Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture ...

On 22 January 2025, in one of his first acts as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signed an executive order to pull the country out of the World Health Organization.1 That gave the ...

The UK government is under growing pressure to release delayed guidance on implementing a Supreme Court ruling on trans people’s access to single sex spaces, after two cases brought against NHS ...

The UK government’s recent announcement of emergency legislation designed to prioritise UK medical graduates and doctors with substantial NHS experience was a welcome one for many medical students and ...