New treatment option for patients with kidney disease and itch Chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated pruritus, known by some as kidney itch, is common in patients with advanced CKD.1 About one in ...

Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports ...

The government has enlisted the help of social media platform TikTok to raise awareness of the serious risks people face when travelling overseas for cosmetic procedures. The Department of Health and ...

UK must step up its preparedness plans The adoption of the pandemic agreement at the World Health Assembly in May 2025 marks a welcome commitment to global solidarity in anticipation of the next ...

Many ingredients are needed to make a good doctor. Knowledge is a primary building block: anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology are all essential to understanding illness and knowing how we ...

United Medical Associate Professionals (UMAPs) has lost its High Court bid to temporarily prevent NHS England from carrying out the recommendations outlined in the Leng review last week (15 August) ...

Giebel and colleagues call for a national strategy for dementia care.1 This call should be extended beyond care to all of dementia through a biopsychosocial approach to care, cure, and prevention to ...

The Trump administration’s moves to stop people claiming asylum in the US has pushed the Americas’ migration crisis south to Mexico, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said. The medical ...

The Annals of Internal Medicine has refused US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s demand to retract a study that found that vaccines containing the adjuvant aluminium hydroxide did not increase ...

Jeraj’s summary of the government’s options for regulation of NHS managers is helpful.1 But given the recent history of management failures by both general and medical managers, a consensus is ...

Efforts to prevent and ultimately end FGM need more funding and the support of health professionals, writes Nimco Ali Many health professionals know about the dire medical and psychological ...

Innovation may fall short of delivering improvement The UK government’s 10 year health plan for England1 was published against concerns of ailing productivity within the NHS2 and the wider UK economy.