Despite tremendous advances in breast cancer research and treatment over the past three decades many groups are systematically left behind, ignored, or even forgotten, an international group of ...

Ten out of 14 members of a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel that recommended the approval of a device designed to repair heart valves had received payments in recent years from its ...

It’s been one year since war broke out in Sudan. The country is facing a devastating humanitarian crisis, which is not attracting sufficient attention from the international community or media ...

As the 6th Planetary Health Annual Meeting begins in Kuala Lumpur, Sophie Gepp and colleagues commend progress in the field of planetary health but call for greater accountability of organisations to ...

Improving the evidence base for young people is an essential next step, writes Hilary Cass, as her independent review into ...

The number of children waiting for an outpatient appointment in Northern Ireland has increased by nearly 200% in just six years, according to a new report.1 In June 2016 there were 8170 ongoing waits ...

Developing a new NHS service for young people with gender dysphoria or incongruence has been a “phenomenal challenge,” says ...

Interventions that consider climate change, sustainability, and nature should be integral to health system functioning.

At the heart of Hilary Cass’s review of gender identity services in the NHS is a concern for the welfare of “children and young people” (doi:10.1136/bmj.q820).1 Her stated ambition is to ensure that ...

The ringfencing of alcohol and tobacco consumption taxes for spending on health promotion has coincided with reductions in ...

Health is going in the wrong direction in the UK, and reversing the trend requires political and societal commitment to deal with the underlying causes The UK is facing a prolonged and serious health ...

Sustainable healthcare is more important than ever given the escalating climate crisis. We must break out of silos and ...