Objective To analyze mortality attributed to Alzheimer’s disease among taxi drivers and ambulance drivers, occupations that demand frequent spatial and navigational processing, compared with other ...

The selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor atomoxetine and stimulants (amphetamines and methylphenidate) are the “most effective treatments” for managing the symptoms of attention ...

What price experience? I have been working across several safety critical industries for years and in terms of the approaches that these industries take to workforce issues there are some stark ...

Peter was born in Bradford, where his father was a carpenter, and he had one sister, Anne. He attended school in Bradford, proceeding to medical school in Edinburgh, where he was a keen athlete. This ...

A top selling antiplatelet drug has never quite shaken off doubts about its advantage over cheaper rivals. With generic versions of ticagrelor about to launch, Peter Doshi takes a fresh look at the ...

Increasing production does not necessarily translate to better social outcomes We face a bleak reality. We are in the middle of a mass extinction event driven by human economic activity crossing ...

Objective To quantify changes in inequalities in uptake of childhood vaccination during a period of steadily declining overall childhood vaccination rates in England. Design Longitudinal study.

The number of people seeking medically assisted dying in Canada continued to rise last year, but the rate of growth slowed, government data show.1 Figures for 2023 show that 19 660 Canadians requested ...

The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has sued a New York State doctor for allegedly prescribing medication abortion pills to a Texas woman.1 Margaret Daley Carpenter, a board certified family ...

New guidance aims to improve consistency, reporting, and respect for people who have died before publication of their work Preparing academic work for publication can be a lengthy process.

The Royal College of Physicians has been at the centre of the UK row over physician associates. Adele Waters explores what happened and where it leaves the college now In March 2024 the Royal College ...

Physician associates (PAs) must “never function as a senior decision maker,” and resident doctors should never be made responsible for supervising them, says interim guidance from the Royal College of ...