Objective Boys born with posterior urethral valves (PUV) often experience bladder development issues due to urethral ...

Child and adolescent gender medicine is currently one of the most heatedly debated fields in medicine. The recent Cass Review ...

After a flurry of resignations by NHS England’s (NHSE) top brass in the past few weeks—and while commentators and staff were still busy digesting the announcement of a 50% reduction in head count at ...

Background Given the emphasis on promoting inclusive policies, we investigated the relationship between US hospitals’ ...

Background Effective management of coexisting heart failure (HF), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus ...

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has shifted its stance of opposing a change in the UK’s law on assisted dying to a position of neither supporting nor opposing change. At a meeting on ...

Measles cases are at a 25 year high in Europe, while North America and Afghanistan are also dealing with major outbreaks and children dying from the preventable disease. Over 127 000 cases were ...

Iatrogenesis is a recognised aspect of healthcare. But could kindness, a prized ingredient in such work, be implicated in ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—was withdrawn from the process about an hour before he was set to appear at a hearing to confirm him ...

Government plans to halve the running costs of England’s integrated care boards (ICBs) by December this year have prompted warnings and calls for clarity among GPs, health leaders, and MPs. The cuts ...

Patients are more unwell than in the past when admitted to hospital for detention under the Mental Health Act, services have told Care Quality Commission inspectors.1 In its report monitoring the ...

Medical students are always performing, whether it’s in an OSCE station, or being evaluated on their performance during clinical placements. In this article, Noreen Mansuri discusses medical ...