Health

The best way for people with depression to stop taking antidepressants once their condition improves is to slowly taper off the medication while also receiving psychological support, new research suggested Thursday. More than five percent of the global population is estimated to suffer from depression, according to the World Health Organization, and a range of drugs to treat the condition ...

Corridor care is “endemic” in the UK, doctors have said, as a major study found one in five patients were treated in hallways, offices and cupboards. Millions of patients are enduring undignified and unsafe care, with almost every A&E department in the country deploying the approach routinely, contravening national guidance, research reveals. Amid mass overcrowding and long delays for treatment ...

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried the actions of the panel, whose current members were all appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – a leading anti-vaccine ...

A committee on MBBS admission test has temporarily closed all online and offline medical coaching centres in the country on the occasion of the MBBS and BDS admission test for the 2025-26 academic session. According to the decision, no online or offline coaching activities can operate their activities till December 12 next. On Monday, Additional Director General (Medical Education) of ...

One in seven people in England who need hospital care are not receiving it because their GP referral is lost, rejected or delayed, the NHS’s patient watchdog has found. Three-quarters (75%) of those trapped in this “referrals black hole” suffer harm to their physical or mental health as a result of not being added to the waiting list for tests ...

Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) has inaugurated psychiatry ward to treat mental health patients on Wednesday (3 December). It was establishedin the former ICU building under the initiative of outgoing director Brigadier General F M Shamim Ahmad alongside the new director, Brigadier General P K M Masud-ul-Islam. The new ward features 25 beds, including 10 for men, 7 for women, ...

Five-year-old Sumaiya should have been racing to school with children her age. Instead, she lies curled up in a small room in the Begunbari slum in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel, falling ill far more often than any child should. Her stunted height and frail frame tell the story her family struggles to hide: years of undernutrition, and a daily battle to afford ...

A doctor has been charged with sexually assaulting 38 patients while working at major hospitals in the West Midlands, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Nathaniel Spencer, 38, of Quinton, Birmingham, has been charged with 15 counts of sexual assault, 17 counts of assault by penetration and nine counts of sexual assault of a child under 13. Mr Spencer ...

The government is set to strengthen reproductive health and family planning services across the country with the introduction of a major new initiative titled “Climate Responsive Reproductive Health and Population Services Improvement and System Strengthening Project for Result.” The project, to be implemented by the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), aims to build a climate-resilient, equitable, and high-quality service ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is launching an independent review into rising demand for mental health, ADHD and autism services in England. It will look at both whether there is evidence of over-diagnosis and what gaps in support exist. The government said it was already investing in expanding services, but there are long waits for therapy in many areas. NHS figures ...