Doctors groups are calling for urgent consideration of the rules for medical professionals who take peaceful direct action on the climate crisis, which they say…
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UK doctors involved in climate protests face threat of being struck off
Dr Sarah Benn has long been concerned about the climate crisis, diligently recycling until she was “blue in the face”. But the rise of the…
View More UK doctors involved in climate protests face threat of being struck offGPs ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, says UK oncology expert
GPs are ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, with too many referred for psychological therapy instead of screening, a leading oncology expert has warned.…
View More GPs ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, says UK oncology expertPatients have better outcomes with female surgeons, studies find
People who are operated on by female surgeons are less likely to experience complications and need follow-up care than when males wield the scalpel, according…
View More Patients have better outcomes with female surgeons, studies findParents report struggle to find antibiotics as UK strep A cases rise
Parents are reporting serious difficulties in obtaining antibiotics for their sick children, amid concerns over UK-wide shortages after rising strep A infections. While the government…
View More Parents report struggle to find antibiotics as UK strep A cases riseHow brain surgeon Henry Marsh went from doctor to patient: ‘I blurted out the question we all ask – how long have I got?’
It seemed a bit of a joke at the time – that I should have my own brain scanned. I should have known better. I…
View More How brain surgeon Henry Marsh went from doctor to patient: ‘I blurted out the question we all ask – how long have I got?’New HIV jabs taken two months apart hailed as huge step forward
Thousands of people living with HIV in Britain are to be freed from the burden of taking daily pills, after health chiefs gave the green…
View More New HIV jabs taken two months apart hailed as huge step forwardThe bias that blinds: why some people get dangerously different medical care
I met Chris in my first month at a small, hard-partying Catholic high school in north-eastern Wisconsin, where kids jammed cigarettes between the fingers of…
View More The bias that blinds: why some people get dangerously different medical careUK medical schools must teach about climate crisis, say students
Medical students are demanding their schools include the climate crisis as a core component of the curriculum, as the intensifying climate emergency highlights the corresponding…
View More UK medical schools must teach about climate crisis, say students