Health

A leading surgeon behind a clinical trial of transplanting pig kidneys into living humans has said they could one day be superior to those from human donors. Dr Robert Montgomery, the director of NYU Langone’s Transplant Institute, said the first transplant of the trial had already been carried out, with another expected to take place in January. Six patients are ...

Is curing Alzheimer’s disease an impossible challenge or can we get there? To find out I’ve been invited to watch brain surgery at the cutting edge of dementia research. I’m wearing scrubs at the back of an operating theatre at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. The intense focus of the dozen people in the room radiates an aura of calm despite the ...

The midwife leading the biggest inquiry into maternity failures in the history of the NHS is charging NHS England up to £26,000 a month for her advice through her company, the Guardian can reveal. Donna Ockenden, who has been chairing a review into maternity failings at Nottingham university hospitals NHS trust since 2022, is paid an £850 daily rate for ...

What was the last thing you asked an AI chatbot to do for you? Maybe you asked it for an essay structure to help answer a tricky question, provide an insightful analysis of a chunky data set, or to check if your cover letter matches the job description. Some experts worry that outsourcing these kinds of tasks means your brain ...

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk announced Monday the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved its popular GLP-1 anti-obesity drug Wegovy to be administered in pill form for weight loss. “With today’s approval of the Wegovy pill, patients will have a convenient, once-daily pill that can help them lose as much weight as the original Wegovy injection,” Mike Doustdar, ...

Hospitals in England are working to get patients home for Christmas and recover from disruption caused by five days of doctor strikes. Resident doctors – previously called junior doctors – are returning to work after a walkout over ongoing pay disputes. Thousands of elective and outpatient appointments were cancelled as senior doctors were redeployed to cover emergency and urgent care. ...

A new type of eyeglass lens, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September, offers children a way to slow the progression of near-sightedness, potentially preventing serious vision problems later in life. Myopia, or near-sightedness, affects up to 40% of US children by the end of high school, with rates rising due to increased near work, such ...

Have you ever wondered why some people eat small meals to control their weight, still gain it, while others eat without any portion control and manage to stay lean? Dr Saurabh Sethi revealed the reason behind this phenomenon in a recent Instagram post. On 9 December, Dr Sethi, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist trained at AIIMS, Stanford, and Harvard Universities, highlighted ...

Bangladesh Health Watch, in collaboration with BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC University, organised a seminar titled “Addressing Inequality in Health Care in Bangladesh: Pathways to Inclusive UHC to Reduce Unaffordable Health Costs” on Tuesday afternoon at BRAC Tower in the capital’s Mohakhali. The event brought together leading policymakers, academics and public health experts to examine ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the latest five-day strike by doctors in England is “dangerous and utterly irresponsible” and warned them not to abandon patients. The walkout by resident doctors, the new name for junior doctors, began at 07:00 on Wednesday. The British Medical Association (BMA) is asking for a “genuinely long term plan” to increase pay and make ...