The government is still considering banning company branding on cigarette packets even though it omitted proposals from the Queen's Speech last week Wednesday.
NHS England is poised to roll out plans to train 100,000 members of the public in basic online skills by 2014, in order to 'reduce health inequalities'.
Living close to a major road may impair kidney function - increasing the risk of heart disease and stroke - suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Prednisolone has been over-used for viral-
induced preschool wheeze and should be used in only severely ill children, write Laura Crosby, Abigail Mee and Siba Prosad Paul
Postmenopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are at increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to a new analysis from the Women's Health Initiative.
Sleep disturbances may undermine semen quality. In a study of 953 Danish men who completed a four-question survey about sleep patterns during the previous four weeks, researchers categorised responses...
Gout and serum uric acid levels independently predict total and cardiovascular mortality, according to a study of 15,773 people aged 20 years or older followed for approximately 10 years.
Smoking may increase the intensity of chronic pain experienced by older people, in light of a postal questionnaire completed by 1,141 people aged between 65 and 103 years in Sweden. Of these, 38.5 per...
Julia Steers, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses
Health and social care go hand-in-hand, so if the government cuts social funding, people's health will suffer, writes Bernadette Higgins
Nurses' leaders and health ministers are at odds over changes to nurse training and education, writes David Woods
An informative debate about nurse education took place at last month's RCN Congress, in Liverpool. No, I don't mean the mud-slinging between the RCN and ministers over 'really stupid' plans to 'force'...
I have written previously about the importance of the professional regulation of healthcare assistants (HCAs). The government has made it clear that while educational standards for HCAs will be...
Imagine being arrested for not smiling at an event. Mark Worsfold who attended the recent London Olympics, last year was. Mr Worsfold, who has Parkinson's, was arrested while watching a cycling event...
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