US states that severely restricted abortion after the 2022 Dobbs decision had significantly fewer women’s healthcare clinicians two years later than states whose abortion laws did not change.1 In the ...

In its 80 year history, the United Nations has been exclusively ruled by men. A growing movement is calling for women’s leadership of the international body to help bring about reform and strengthen ...

England’s health ombudsman has made a renewed call for doctors to communicate “do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation” (DNACPR) decisions better to patients and families, following a case where ...

The BMA has accused NHS trusts in London of “colluding” to keep pay rates offered to doctors for extra shifts “universally low” and “worse than those offered outside of the capital.” The claim comes ...

Guidelines focus on the individual, while industry escapes scrutiny Harmful gambling is a global public health issue that is attributable to the rapid expansion of commercial gambling industries,1 ...

What you need to know About 15% of adults living in Great Britain are estimated to participate in “problem gambling” or in gambling with an elevated risk of harm, as reported by the 2023 Gambling ...

Seize this opportunity to reframe aid and centre local health needs The Trump administration’s shocking decision to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) overnight ...

Sue Acton describes the harms she experienced from gambling, and how she was able to get help I developed a severe gambling problem in 2006. Before then, it was just the odd lottery ticket or a small ...

A row has broken out between the Conseil National de l’Ordre des Médecins (CNOM), France’s equivalent of the UK General Medical Council, and local councils over how the paedophile surgeon Joël Le ...

Donald Trump, President of the United States, issued executive order (EO) 14151, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferences.” The executive order directed federal agencies to ...

Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men discusses the importance of including women in research “When I was researching my book Invisible Women , I looked really hard to find someone in the UK ...

Consultant perinatal psychiatrist Helen Alderson tells Kathy Oxtoby how sewing and making her own clothes helps her relax After the initial acute phase of the pandemic Helen Alderson found that sewing ...