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A history of eating disorders and body image concerns before or during pregnancy are associated with future depressive symptoms among mothers, according to a study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

GPs must be better-equipped to support patients prescribed long-term opioids for non-cancer pain to gradually reduce or 'taper' their doses, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

The number of people dying from heart and circulatory diseases before they reach their 75th birthday is on the rise for the first time in 50 years.

A new treatment aid that will allow surgeons to identify areas of the brain affected by cancer more accurately has been made available to every neurological centre in England.

GPs must be better-equipped to support patients to manage the psychological challenge of reducing their opioid use, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Artificial intelligence (AI) could predict sudden death in heart failure patients and help select them for expensive treatments, according to a study presented at the International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT (ICNC).

Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) will have routine access to a drug that can slow disability under a deal struck between NHS England and the manufacturer Roche, paving the way for its approval by NICE.

Care of patients with chronic lung conditions is improving but there are still significant deficiencies that need addressing, according to the world's largest clinical audit of chronic (COPD) obstructive pulmonary disease patients, run by the Royal College of Physicians.

Research led by the University of Birmingham suggests that giving progesterone to pregnant women with early pregnancy bleeding and a history of miscarriage could increase their chances of having a baby.

Obesity is increasing more rapidly in the world's rural areas than in cities, according to a new study of global trends in body-mass index (BMI). This is due to lower income and education, limited availability and higher price of healthy foods, and less leisure and sports facilities.

Sunscreens do not prevent vitamin D production according to a new study by the British Journal of Dermatology using a systematic review of 75 papers on sunscreen and vitamin D.

More than half of Britons don't feel confident when talking to deaf people, new research has revealed and this is contributing to the isolation and loneliness that so many deaf children and young people experience throughout their lives.

A group of researchers from King's College London have found that the level of fatty molecules that induce sleep are higher in people with amyloid in the brain, the peptide used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease.

An analysis from the Nuffield Trust and the BBC shows that GP workforce figures are falling due to a series of failures and accidents whose effects are likely to continue.

An analysis from the Nuffield Trust shows that GP figures are dropping due to untenable pressures on the workforce leading to fewer doctors seeing more patients with repeated Government pledges to boost numbers falling flat.