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Prescribing a drug for a condition it hasn’t been tested for may sound reckless, but off-label prescribing has a useful function in medicine.
Just 60 minutes a week can have a very positive effect.
Some social groups are falling through the gaps of fertility data. Men, ethnic minorities and the LGBT community have explicitly been excluded from surveys.
Current plans to eradicate polio mean keeping the virus alive – and risk restarting the epidemic.
New research offers insight into a thorny issue.
More than half of the global population do not have safe sanitation. What is the best way to go about changing this?
The internet can help answer patients’ lingering questions.
A panel of experts has ruled that Primodos did not cause birth defects. But what’s the science behind their decision?
… in fact, it can make you sick.
We need to ensure cancer research addresses what matters most.
The US and Canada began fortifying flour with folic acid in the late 90s. More than 70 countries followed suit, but not the UK.
A look behind the statistics that link government spending cuts with increases in death.
Already suffering debilitating side effects, chemotherapy patients could be made seriously ill by the food they eat.
…but we should focus on lifestyle factors we can change.
But Zimbabwe must act quickly.
Human heart transplantation is 50 years old.
Children with an irregular bedtime performed worse on cognitive tests, had worse behaviour and were more likely to be obese than others.
AML can kill with surprising rapidity. Luckily new treatments are on the horizon.
Talking to a friend about a problem can make matters worse, especially for women.
Many more women probably use drugs than official figures suggest. And they certainly face more harms.
At the moment there is too much left unsaid.
Women shouldn’t be disheartened by the latest finding that exercise doesn’t lead to weight loss in the first month or two. There are other reasons to persist.
A new analysis shows that coffee is associated with a host of positive health effects.
People in countries that value autonomy highly drink more alcohol than people in countries that value tradition.