Category: Health

A meta-analysis of 52 studies reveals insights into body composition and fitness in transgender athletes, challenging assumptions about competitive advantage.

Social media’s portrayal of low testosterone transforms masculinity into a marketable issue, linking health interventions to male identity and performance.

Urgent action is needed as climate change fuels antibiotic resistance in the Western Pacific, threatening health and highlighting socioeconomic vulnerabilities.

Global health burdens associated with plastic systems could double by 2040 without immediate and coordinated action.

Many trending foods contain a “small seed of truth” but are often oversold as miracle products.

A father-of-two reveals how a tumour in his tongue was caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).

The response to the pandemic led to “enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error”, a report says.

You might not have heard of it, but can training your vagus nerve give you a moment or two of peace?

The Mexican state of Jalisco has issued a health alert and mandated face masks in schools due to a measles outbreak in the state capital

A month since GPs in England started offering online appointment bookings, patients recount their experiences.

A cross-party group calls on the government to “align funding to need”, as ministers consider SEND reforms.

Many trending foods contain a “small seed of truth” but are often oversold as miracle products.

Florida is suing three major medical associations accusing them of pushing misinformation about gender-affirming care to drive demand for their members’ services.

The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.