I have a very strong intuition preference”, says Michele Heisler, “which may drive you crazy, because I tend to be non-linear ...

I first heard the word tokophobia, a pathological fear of childbirth, in consultation with a heavily pregnant woman who was ...

For the first time, the global prevalence of obesity has surpassed that of underweight among children and adolescents (aged 5–19 years). UNICEF's 2025 Nutrition report reveals how unhealthy food ...

China's rapidly declining fertility rate—reaching a record low of 1·0—marks a historic demographic turning point for the world's most populous country.1 Although much attention has been paid to the ...

In our continuing series on medicine in unusual circumstances, Talha Burki takes the temperature of health care in polar extremes.

In the Article on the COLONPREV study by Antoni Castells and colleagues, invitation to biennial faecal immunochemical testing was non-inferior to invitation to colonoscopy with regard to colorectal ...

The ECLIPSE trial by Ajay J Kirtane and colleagues1 represents the largest randomised investigation to date comparing orbital atherectomy with conventional balloon angioplasty in patients with ...

The Fourth UN High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) ...

Type 1 diabetes remains a persistent health-care burden despite substantial advances in care. Its preclinical disease course proceeds through well characterised stages,1,2 but, despite this knowledge, ...

Regular physical activity reduces the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)1 and improves the prognosis in affected patients.2 In contrast, ambient air pollution, is a substantial risk ...