Rapid weight loss may improve advanced fatty liver disease – new research
Participants followed the ‘soups and shakes’ diet to help them lose weight. New Africa/ Shutterstock Around 2% of adults worldwide
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COVID: how incorrect assumptions and poor foresight hampered the UK’s pandemic preparedness
Loveandrock/Shutterstock Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, has told the recently opened COVID-19 Inquiry that the UK’s pandemic planning was
How do we know health screening programmes work?
Egor Kulinich/Shutterstock The UK is set to roll out a national lung cancer screening programme for people aged 55 to
Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate – 5 questions answered
Some evidence suggests that malaria mosquitoes are becoming resistant to insecticides. Paul Starosta/Stone via Getty Images The Centers for Disease
GP crisis: how did things go so wrong, and what needs to change?
For many GPs, having fewer opportunities to engage directly with patients has led to a loss of professional satisfaction. A.B.
Can you really ‘address’ annoying eye floaters with a supplement?
triocean/Shutterstock If you look up at the sky on a clear day, you might notice little cobweb-like structures drifting across
Why our voices change as we get older
Sir Elton John set a record at this year’s Glastonbury, becoming the most-watched headliner in the festival’s history, with more
Ringworm fungal infections are common in the US and are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment – 6 questions answered
Ringworm is often easy to spot with its characteristic red rings on the skin. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty
Adolescent drinking rates remain high in China despite ban
Improved efforts are needed to prevent underage drinking and challenge lenient attitudes toward alcohol. (Shutterstock) There are plenty of health
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder have an imbalance of brain chemicals – our discovery could mean a treatment breakthrough
MRI brain scan. SpeedKingz/Shutterstock People often jokingly say they’ve “got a bit of OCD” (obsessive-compulsive disorder) if they are overly