Treat eating disorders as an emergency, MPs urge
The alarming rise in disorders such as anorexia and bulimia is now an emergency, a cross-party group says.
Health
Hate needles? Lilly’s weight-loss pill could get FDA approval next year, CEO says
Compared to Lilly’s Zepbound (tirzepatide), the once-daily experimental drug would be simpler to produce.
Japan’s loneliness epidemic is so bad that elderly women are committing crimes to find friends and health care in prison
Japan’s largest women’s prison has become home to a growing number of seniors.
‘No dignity in this’, say staff on stretched A&E
While the number of patients with flu are declining, a cold snap has again placed nurses under extreme stress.
First drug consumption room user figures revealed
The Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow opened on 13 January, letting people take substances under supervision.
US exit from WHO could see fifth of budget disappear
Trump has long been critical of how the Geneva-based institution handled the Covid-19 pandemic.
Keyhole op used to remove head tumour in UK first
Experts in Leeds say new technology now allows them to reach previously "inoperable" tumours.
Weight-loss drugs may boost health in many ways
New weight-loss drugs have broad health benefits but also come with risks, researchers warn.
Host of hospital builds delayed by up to 14 years
Ministers say previous government promise for 40 new hospitals by 2030 was undeliverable.
