Like compost nurturing an apple tree, or a library of autobiographies nurturing a historian, even "messy" data can yield ...

GPs should not prescribe tirzepatide for weight loss until advised to do so by their local ICB, NHS England has said. This was clarified by the commissioner during a webinar for GPs earlier this month ...

Ignaz Semmelweis Source: Mór Than/Wikimedia Commons The Origins of the Semmelweis Reflex The term "Semmelweis reflex" is derived from the story of Ignaz Semmelweis, a 19th-century Hungarian ...

It wasn't until 1847 when the Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis, supported by scientific evidence, proposed that hand washing was a hygienic measure with a direct impact on people's health.

Matilde Montoya was the first woman to practise medicine in Mexico, earning a doctorate in 1887 and specialising in surgery and obstetrics. Montoya’s legacy inspired the establishment of better ...

For Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician-scientist in the mid-19th century, failure to learn that being right is attended by certain responsibilities had a very high cost. Ironically it would ...