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‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18

The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homeworkA 16-year-old boy and his mum went to see their GP, Dr Rangan Chatterjee, on a busy Monday afternoon. That

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The Guardian view on antibiotics: recent breakthroughs are great news, but humanity is losing the bigger race | Editorial

Our magic bullets are increasingly rare and ineffective. The golden age of discovery is over and the way we develop and use drugs needs to changeDuring her tenure as director general of the World Health Organization, Dr Margaret Chan used to say that all of the “easy” antibiotics had already been found. Her point was that

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‘From taboo to tool’: 30% of GPs in UK use AI tools in patient consultations, study finds

Study shows rise in GPs using tools such as ChatGPT to produce patient appointment summaries and assist with patient diagnosesAlmost three in ten GPs in the UK are using AI tools such as Chat GPT in consultations with patients, even though it could lead to them making mistakes and being sued, a study reveals.Family doctors’

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