With global poliovirus eradication hinging on just Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is concern about lack of progress in both ...

Elevated blood pressure is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Numerous clinical practice guidelines ...

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published its Commission on the definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.

Despite evidence that some people with excess adiposity have ill health due to obesity, obesity is generally considered a ...

A nutritional intervention for tuberculosis-affected households could avert a substantial amount of tuberculosis disease and ...

The higher number of hospitalisations among women with endometriosis, compared to those without, highlights the substantial burden of the condition on healthcare utilisation. The persistent frequent ...

The UK's COVID-19 Inquiry is undertaking the biggest public engagement exercise in a public inquiry, hearing from more than 53 000 people. Jacqui Thornton reports.

The current approach to global vaccine research and development (R&D), manufacturing, and distribution has greatly expanded routine immunisation, achieving substantial reductions in disease burden ...

The consequences of primary aldosteronism mainly result from the activation of the mineralocorticoid receptor. Two of these ...

A 62-year-old man with a parastomal hernia at the site of a urinary conduit and symptoms of urinary obstruction lasting ...

The illness memoir is now a well-established literary genre. This phenomenon gives the subliminal impression that as a ...

RSV infections in children younger than 5 years in primary care are associated with substantial symptomatology, health-care ...