Climate change is shaping health in the 21st century. In the past few weeks alone, Nepal has faced unprecedented flash floods, and multiple countries have experienced deadly heatwaves and catastrophic...

If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.

Can a modest increase in radiotherapy dose make a difference for a patient with high-risk prostate cancer? In The Lancet Oncology, Christophe Hennequin and colleagues present results from the GETUG-AF...

A person’s wish to die can be shaped by whether they have access to proper palliative care – and too many do not, says Labour MP and transplant surgeon Zubir Ahmed

On a panel show last week, everyone in the audience wanted to talk about the climate emergency, but the lines rolled out by a Tory MP simply dissolved on contact with reality, writes Zoe Williams

Approaches to early detection of cancer often seem contentious, but the big-picture view is actually one of remarkable consensus. All major guideline groups recommend the Papanicolaou smear, mammog...

Delve into some of today's most urgent challenges and explore the latest research around biodiversity loss, nature recovery, the future of food and environmental justice. Living with the Planet will e...

After some delay, Gillian Leng’s report on physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) in the NHS was published on 16 July.1 Her remit was to look at the safety and effectiveness of th...

The government’s 10 year plan for England’s NHS, Fit for the Future , was published on 3 July.1 But can it deliver the goal set in its title? Is it an actual plan or more a set of ambitions, and what ...

For urban cyclists navigating city streets every day, the benefits of bike commuting often speak for themselves

The waiting list for NHS hospital appointments currently sits at 7.4 million, with three million patients waiting more than 18 weeks.1 Reducing unnecessary hospital visits is clearly one way of helpin...

Calling all oncology SpRs and their trainers!!The FRCR part 2 exam is a rite of passage every clinical oncology trainee in the UK has to complete to become a consultant.We talk to Dr Paul Hatfield (le...

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 t...

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Bone health is central to the management of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). International guidelines recommend …

Nature Medicine - Studies from wearables show that even small doses of physical activity provide health benefits; guidelines should be updated to reflect this.

During 2000–20, NHS coverage of new drugs displaced more population health than it generated. Our results highlight the inherent trade-offs between individuals who directly benefit from new drugs and those who forgo health due to the reallocation of resources towards new drugs.

To evaluate the efficacy of 25Gy/5# prophylactic pelvic nodal irradiation for regional control during stereotactic radiotherapy (SBRT) for high risk p…