A chatbot might know what’s wrong with you, but when people try to use them to understand symptoms, they may end up no closer to the answer.
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Talking therapies and other treatments may not address the underlying issues that are causing men to harm themselves.
Banning social media bans won’t fix the problem. The issue is the smartphone.
A MenB vaccine may also help curb drug-resistant gonorrhoea, linking two growing health threats and raising new questions about how vaccines are used.
A first human H9N2 bird flu case in Europe has been detected in Italy. A virologist explains why the current risk is low and what to watch next.
Medicine is steadily improving its evidence base, but in children, careful research and ethical limits mean progress takes time.
For many women, a lifetime of putting others first quietly damages their health – and midlife is often when the cost finally becomes clear.
We think the human body is fully mapped. In reality, anatomy is still incomplete, and shaped by who was studied, and who wasn’t.
NHS satisfaction has jumped at its fastest rate since 1998, but the evidence suggests politics and media narratives may matter more than actual care.
Improperly stored leftovers can be a key cause of food poisoning.
Women’s HRT patches control prostate cancer as well as standard hormone injections, but with fewer hot flushes and less bone loss, a major UK trial finds.
It’s estimated there are more than 100 types of dementia.
Women report experiencing pressure to birth naturally. This is often overlooked, but can be just as harmful as pressure to have birth interventions.
Growing evidence shows that men’s health also plays a vitally important role in pregnancy and child development.
Interest in lithium’s effects on the brain is growing, but the science behind low-dose use and supplements is far from settled.
A meningitis outbreak in Kent linked to a genetically unusual strain has raised urgent questions about why it is spreading among young people.
In a clinical trial, this small-molecule drug was found to be superior to semaglutide for lowering blood sugar.
Scotland showed the world how to go smoke-free. Finishing the job is proving harder.
New research suggests that the longer sperm are stored before ejaculation, the lower their quality – with implications for men trying to conceive and IVF treatment.
A major review suggests collagen supplements may genuinely work, but the science is messier than the wellness industry would have you believe.
Scientists have been quietly building a case that what you eat in midlife shapes your brain decades later. Here’s what the evidence actually shows.
The US is determined to starve Cuba of the revenues it raises from exporting healthcare workers.
Your workplace wellbeing app may be doing more than tracking your mood. It could be analysing your voice, your words and your behaviour – and you may never have been told.
Scotland is now screening every newborn for a condition that can kill within two years. Here is what parents across the UK need to know.
Former coal communities face higher death rates from suicide, drugs and alcohol revealing lasting effects of industrial decline.