A 14-year old British schoolgirl died on Monday shortly after receiving a vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV), the most common cause of cervical cancer.

The girl was a pupil at…

This week The Lancet publishes a landmark series on the current state of surgical research and its problems. The series is part of The Lancet Surgery Special Issue. There is serious…

Prisoners at Her Majesty’s Prison The Verne, Portland, Dorset, England had their swine flu gel withdrawn after officers discovered they were drinking it and getting drunk. Instead of rubbing the…

Two papers published on bmj.com today report that there is unsatisfactory evidence to support population-wide screening for prostate cancer using the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test.

The PSA test cannot differentiate lethal…

A phase III efficacy trial organized by the U.S. Military HIV Research Program and the Thai Ministry of Public Health, involving 16,000 volunteers in Thailand has revealed that volunteers who received…

US researchers have confirmed that binge drinking undermines the immune system and weakens the body’s ability to fight off infection for at least 24 hours afterwards by inhibiting certain signalling molecules…

Older men whose localized prostated cancer is not aggressively treated with surgery or radiation but follows a conservative management regime also known as “watchful waiting” are surviving longer, according to a…

Most of us have a daily shower to keep us clean, not to infect our faces with potentially pathogenic bacteria. According to a study carried out by scientists at the…

A peptic ulcer is a hole in the lining of the stomach, duodenum, or esophagus. An ulcer is a sore or erosion that forms when the lining of the digestive…

The NPA has responded to the Scottish Government’s Better Diabetes Care by calling for the inclusion of community pharmacists in the Diabetes Managed Clinical Network as well as adding diabetes to…