‘A tough pill to swallow’ is more than just a metaphor.Four in ten adults struggle to swallow pills, which can…
Dozens of parents are coming forward online to warn others about a nasty infection dubbed ‘walking pneumonia’ that doctors are struggling…
Why does one person develop cancer and another does not?For some people, it’s sheer bad luck, caused by genes they’ve…
What does having a terminal diagnosis mean? As a doctor I use the term, but I know that predicting what…
Nearly a dozen children have died from a Victorian-era disease in the past year – marking the highest number of…
NHS spending on addictive opioid painkillers has doubled since the pandemic, new analysis shows.Doctors have dished out almost £1billion-worth of…
Savita Halappanavar, 31, was found to be miscarrying when she was admitted to Galway University HospitalThe dentist, who was 17…
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are among a pool of A-listers in the old dad club, both having had…
Reality TV star Vicky Pattinson has spoken of her experience of ‘medical misogyny’, after male doctors dismissed her ‘crippling’ gynaecological…
A super-healthy medic who ate junk food for a month has revealed the shocking the impact it had on both…