Padinharath Krishnakumar was born on 15 May 1961 in the village of Kodolipram in Kerala, India, to parents who were schoolteachers. He graduated from Calicut Medical College in 1987 and went on to ...

Children who develop addictive use of digital technology have up to twice the risk of developing suicidal behaviour within four years compared with those who may spend longer on their phones but don’t ...

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the state of Tennessee can continue to ban transgender care for young people. Although Tennessee is the only state to have brought the issue to court, the ruling ...

Regulation of managers now seems inevitable, but must be accompanied by wider changes focused on professionalising and supporting NHS leaders Calls to regulate NHS managers have been made for over 25 ...

China’s health policy makers are seeking to expand access to epidurals, spinal blocks, and other forms of labour analgesia in a country where officials say that seven in 10 vaginal deliveries take ...

A United Nations agency has urged the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to lower the price of the long acting antiviral treatment lenacapavir following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s ...

One method of classifying pharmaceutical products in the UK is according to the ways in which patients can obtain them. There are three types: prescription-only medicines (PoMs), pharmacy-only ...

John was born in Chingford, east London, but was evacuated to Wales during the second world war. He played rugby for the Welsh schoolboys and Pontypool, scoring a try at Twickenham. After completing ...

Three NHS workers are taking legal action against Barts Health NHS Trust in London over its new uniform and dress code policy and ban on displaying political symbols. They include a British ...

Salisbury discusses the structural tensions in general practice around the outsourced diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),1 but the issue demands a deeper historical and ...

Defining responsibilities for clinical information Over 100 AI scribe products are being marketed to healthcare services internationally.1234 Industry predictions speculate that up to 30% of ...

A retired GP and climate activist has been suspended for a second time from the UK medical register, this time for the maximum period of 12 months. Sarah Benn was suspended for five months in April ...