A recent study by the University of Exeter and Maastricht University published in JAMA Neurology has identified some of the factors that can lead to early cases of dementia ― some of which may surprise you. The data analyzed the behaviors of over 350,000 participants younger than 65 across the United Kingdom to evaluate young-onset…

Decisions were “finely balanced” and, with hindsight, might have been different, Fiona Scolding KC says.

A planned six-day junior doctors’ strike will have a big impact on routine care, a health chief says.

The coronavirus pandemic resulted in a lot of loss — and to this day people may be losing out because of it. A mental health phenomenon dubbed the “pandemic skip” has caught viral attention on social media. The hosts of the podcast “Between Us Girlies” revealed their understanding of the concept in a TikTok video,…

Meanwhile, a matron running a post-surgery recovery ward told me her nurses were having to take on emergency cases during the strike. This, she said, was a “whole different kettle of fish” which required different skills and experience. Her already overstretched staff were worried about doing their best for patients, she said, which was “frustrating”.

An exterior view of Moderna’s clinical manufacturing facility.  David L. Ryan | Boston Globe | Getty Images Moderna and Merck‘s experimental cancer vaccine, when used in combination with Merck’s blockbuster therapy Keytruda, reduced the risk of death or relapse in patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer by half after roughly three years,…