It's been a big year for medical research, with huge stories from weight loss medicines to AI regularly dominating the headlines. The Medical News team at JAMA have nominated their favourite studies ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has once again confirmed there is no link between vaccines and autism, with a new analysis of the evidence. The WHO's Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety ...

UK doctors report the case of a fit, healthy man in his 50s who had a stroke and extremely high blood pressure. Only later did the docs find out he drank 8 cans of energy drinks a day, roughly thrice ...

We may be more susceptible to disease if we have insomnia or anxiety because of a lower count of killer cells in our blood, according to a small Saudi Arabian study of female students. 60 students ...

Nature has released their list of the top 10 people who shaped science in 2025. The names include a deep sea explorer, a physicist responsible for a new space telescope, several health researchers who ...

Australia's social media ban comes into effect on December 10. From Wednesday, social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube will not be allowed to let Australians under 16 ...

Widespread famine in Europe as a result of volcanic activity may have paved the way for the Black Death to take hold in the region, according to international researchers. The Black Death may have ...

US researchers say that as we die, our brainwaves show up in the same way that they do during dreaming, recalling memories or meditating, and our brains remain active and coordinated during and even ...

A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand has undergone major surgery after eating 80–100 small neodymium magnets that were purchased on Temu. That's despite the magnets being banned for sale for personal or ...

The Australian Government is set to introduce tougher measures to restrict vaping in Australia, with the importation of non-prescription e-cigarettes set to be more tightly controlled as part of a ...

New bat viruses, including two that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, have been discovered among bats in orchards in China's southwest. The 20 new viruses, along with new ...

Autistic people are more likely to experience cardiovascular and metabolic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and high cholesterol than their non-autistic peers, according to international ...