Microsoft claims its tool can outperform doctors The technology giant Microsoft is claiming that it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can solve complex diagnostic challenges ...

Medicines shortages in England are no longer isolated incidents but a persistent, systemic threat to patients and healthcare delivery, MPs have warned. A report1 by the All-Party Parliamentary Group ...

A BMJ investigation finds more than 90 deals between brands of food or drink that is high in fat, salt, or sugar and sporting entities, amid concerns over such sponsorship’s impact on the UK’s obesity ...

Most people do not experience severe withdrawal when discontinuing antidepressants, and clinical guidelines should be updated to reflect this, say the UK authors of the largest review of the evidence ...

International studies that risked imminent shutdown because of cuts imposed earlier in the Trump administration may have won a reprieve after an apparent change in policy at the US National Institutes ...

The BMA has announced a strike by resident doctors in England for five days later this month, from 7 am on 25 July to 7 am on 30 July. The announcement follows a ballot of resident doctor BMA members ...

The French parliament has passed a controversial bill to reintroduce a neonicotinoid pesticide that is believed to kill bees and cause cancer and other diseases in humans. In the National Assembly, or ...

India’s medical regulatory authority has eased faculty recruitment rules to expand the pool of eligible teachers for medical colleges. But the move has drawn criticism from some, who warn that it ...