Water scarcity seldom starts wars, but wars increasingly degrade vital water systems on which health and recovery depend, ...

Investing more in the military is not a solution to climate change, and may cost us our security, warn experts in The BMJ’s ...

Diverse and sustained social activities may boost cognitive performance and slow the decline in brain health associated with ageing, suggest the findings of a large international study, published ...

Utah has become the first state in the US to allow artificial intelligence to issue new prescriptions and will soon do so without any initial medical involvement.US healthcare startup Nolla Health was ...

Experts call for national data on private prescriptions to close the evidence gap The rapid expansion of private testosterone ...

Bulk summary reports often fail to promptly spot potential safety signals Improvements needed to safeguard patients and meet ...

October 2026 Congratulations to Kamran Abbasi, editor-in-chief of The BMJ, and former BMJ Group non-executive director Kiran ...

Health professionals must be protected from attacks in times of conflict, the World Medical Association (WMA) has reaffirmed in a declaration1 adopted at its general assembly on 10 October.Known as ...

Three out of England’s seven NHS genetics laboratories are failing to routinely share vital information about genetic variants in public databases that helps patients with rare diseases access ...

Greater risk reduction seen among women vaccinated at earlier ages Findings extend benefits of HPV vaccination beyond cancer prevention Having received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine before ...