In the first of two special reports on brave campaigners who have had to literally fight at great risk to their own health and lives for the right to health, Lloyd Mudiwa reports on Tanzanian doctor Stephen Ulimboka.

The winter season is not only a time for vomiting bug outbreaks in our hospitals, but also for the National Hunt Racing season, reflects Dr Ruairi Hanley.

Catherine Reilly reports on an engaging and clinically comprehensive presentation on the diagnosis and treatment of premature ejaculation, delivered by expert Dr George Lee.

By Gary Culliton.

Johns Hopkins heart researchers are unravelling the mystery of how a modified pacemaker used to treat many patients with heart failure, known as cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT), is able to strengthen the heart muscle while making it beat in a co-ordinated fashion.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

Women who are members of families with BRCA2 mutations but who test negative for the family-specific BRCA2 mutations are still at greater risk of developing breast cancer compared with women in the general population, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Millions of patients taking effervescent, dispersible and soluble medicines containing sodium are at greater risk of cardiovascular events compared with patients taking non-effervescent, dispersible and soluble versions of the same drugs, according to a study published on bmj.

The perception that doctors who are based in hospitals burn out faster than doctors in outpatient settings is just wrong — doctor burnout happens equally, according to a new Mayo Clinic study, published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

When your team keeps leaking that many own goals, then you should know it’s going to be a long, hard season, writes Lloyd Mudiwa.