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Nicola DavisJournalist

The Guardian

Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs

34 articles

Across 10 topics, first on 5 Mar 2025, most recently 27 Sept 2026.

This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.

Biography

Nicola Davis is the Guardian's science correspondent and presenter of the Science Weekly podcast . She has a MChem and DPhil in organic chemistry from the University of Oxford

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Recent articles

  1. Drones could speed up getting defibrillators to people having cardiac arrests, study suggests

    The GuardianHeart disease & stroke27 Sept 2026

  2. Cravings ‘like heroin withdrawal’: what happens when weight-loss drugs don’t work?

    The GuardianPublic health & prevention7 Sept 2026

  3. ‘Ozempic face’ and hair loss: what evidence is there for weight-loss drug side-effects?

    The GuardianPublic health & prevention25 Jul 2026

  4. Muscle growth drug ‘could reduce loss of lean tissue’ when using slimming jabs

    The GuardianDiabetes8 Jun 2026

  5. Most UK men should not be offered prostate cancer screening, experts say

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking28 May 2026

  6. Scientists create wearable ultrasound to continuously monitor babies in womb

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal26 May 2026

  7. Misinformation about perimenopause on social media ‘putting women at risk’

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology25 May 2026

  8. Key facts to counter online misinformation about perimenopause

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology25 May 2026

  9. NHS urged to update website after renaming of polycystic ovary syndrome

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking18 May 2026

  10. Obesity rates in some countries levelling off or potentially falling, study finds

    The GuardianPublic health & prevention13 May 2026

  11. New name for PCOS gives new hope to millions of women

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology12 May 2026

  12. What is PCOS, what are the symptoms and treatment, and why is it being renamed PMOS?

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology12 May 2026

  13. UK researchers develop tool to identify people most at risk of obesity-related diseases

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking30 Apr 2026

  14. No new meningitis cases linked to Kent outbreak found, health agency says

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking23 Mar 2026

  15. AI software for smart glasses wins £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia

    The GuardianDementia18 Mar 2026

  16. Researchers praise ‘stunning’ results of new prostate cancer treatment

    The GuardianCancer28 Feb 2026

  17. ‘Part of our biological toolkit’: newborn babies can anticipate rhythm in music, researchers find

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal5 Feb 2026

  18. UK study to examine effects of restricting social media for children

    The GuardianMental health20 Jan 2026

  19. People put off giving CPR by unrealistic TV depictions, researchers say

    The GuardianHeart disease & stroke12 Jan 2026

  20. UK medical regulator warns against buying weight-loss jabs from social media channels

    The GuardianPublic health & prevention29 Dec 2025

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