My report on the NHS diagnosed its dire condition. Now here’s the cure Making healthy life expectancy central to all government policy is the surest way of stemming demand on the health service, says surgeon and former health minister Lord Darzi
The Guardian view on children and smartphones: setting some limits is a good idea Editorial: Mobile phone use is not the biggest issue facing schools – or society. But device-free time is important
Scans capture sweeping reorganisation of brain in pregnancy MRIs taken from before conception until two years after birth show some short-lived changes and some lasting years
New screening trial could save thousands from prostate cancer The £42m Transform project aims to find the best way to catch the disease in men in its early stages
The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke review – a doctor’s remarkable account of an organ transplant The remarkable journey of a young girl’s heart to a young boy’s body is told in an accessible, humane way
Push to improve syphilis testing in US as disease makes dramatic comeback Cases have risen 80% in the last five years, and the US now has the highest syphilis rates since 1950
Tory health reforms left UK open to Covid calamity, says top doctor’s report Britain’s pandemic response was among the worst and the NHS had been ‘seriously weakened’, says leading surgeon
If only other cancer patients could wish it all away, just like heroic Elle Macpherson Like other celebrity wellness entrepreneurs, the former model seems to peddle nonsense
YouTube to restrict teenagers’ exposure to videos about weight and fitness Platform will ensure algorithms do not keep pushing similar content to young viewers, even though it does not breach guidelines
Air pollution harms male fertility while women face similar risk from noise, study finds Environmental pollutants may have different effects on male and female reproduction, research in BMJ suggests