Over a recent 12-month period, human-caused climate change added 26 days of exposure to extreme heat on average worldwide than would have occurred in the absence of climate change.1 Following ...

Locally advanced cervical cancer remains a substantial source of mortality, particularly in low-resource settings.1 ...

Discerning the motivation or intention behind people's actions is a fundamental part of much psychiatric investigation. When ...

Adolescents are spending increasing amounts of time immersed in a digital world—checking messages on X, counting likes on ...

There are huge studies of human genetics and health, but almost all are focused on people of European origin. The Genes & Health Study aims to be different. Talha Burki reports.

Self-harm is complicated. The term can encompass any number of different behaviours, carried out with varied, often opaque, ...

Self-harm is an understudied area, where there is huge scope to improve knowledge about how best to help people”, says Paul ...

Economic sanctions, a tool long used to influence national policies for global peace and security, now demand urgent attention due to their severe, unintended consequences on population health.

The postpartum period is a crucial time in any mother's life, but carries an increased risk for postnatal depression.1 Postnatal depression is globally prevalent (17·22% [95% CI 16·00–18·51]), and can ...

Patients with cancer treated by the UK's National Health Service (NHS) are set to benefit from a deal between the UK Government, the pharmaceutical industry, and universities to create and trial a ...

Helen Christensen, Scientia Professor, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, at the University of New South Wales (UNSW ...

No vaccines have yet received emergency use listing, but authorities hope to distribute doses as part of clinical trials. Paul Adepoju reports.