Martyn Drake was educated at Sedbergh School in Cumbria, read medicine at Christ Church, Oxford, and completed his clinical studies at the Radcliffe Infirmary. Lifelong self-discipline and a wiry ...

The deaths of 14 children have been connected to contaminated cough syrup in a scandal that has brought new scrutiny to India’s drug regulations. The syrup, Coldrif, was found to contain diethylene ...

Hoppy, as he was known to all, studied natural sciences at Cambridge, followed by clinical training at the London Hospital. Inspired by biochemistry in Cambridge he moved to lecturing and research ...

A ban on multibuy promotions on unhealthy food and drink, such as “buy one, get one free” deals, has come into place in England. Campaigners welcomed the long delayed ban, which was originally ...

Further industrial action by NHS doctors could be on the horizon after foundation year 1 (FY1) doctors voted overwhelmingly to take strike action. The BMA announced on 6 October that a vast majority ...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has paid tribute to two of its aid workers, Abed El Hameed Qaradaya and Omar Hayek, who were among the latest health workers to be killed in Gaza. Qaradaya (fig 1), a ...

One in five adults are still consuming tobacco and more than 100 million people are vaping as the industry targets young people to offset falling numbers of smokers, the World Health Organization has ...

Plans are based on credibility the Trump administration does not have Just before the 2025 UN General Assembly, US secretary of state Marco Rubio released the America First Global Health Strategy .1 ...

Two hours into the beautiful drive through mid-Wales to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival, my friend James and I got onto a serious topic of conversation—diaries. While James has stuck to his faithful ...

We need to put humans and the environment before corporate profits, writes Bethanie Carney Almroth Plastics have become a concern at the forefront of public environmental awareness campaigns and in ...

The row about online access to GP services continues.1 In April it was agreed that GPs would keep online portals open in their core hours, but a six month delay was put in place. This was so that NHS ...

Jeremy was born a wartime London evacuee in Arundel, West Sussex. After Tonbridge School he studied medicine at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex Hospital, London. After graduating he did ...