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Breast cancer: Smoking wipes out radiotherapy benefit

Modern radiotherapy is an invaluable cancer treatment and can target tumours with unprecedented accuracy

Anxiety linked to migraine

Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is strongly associated with migraine, according to new Canadian research. Indeed, a wide range of possible factors link the conditions

RCM human rights i-learn module

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched an online i-learn module on human rights as changes to supervision come into force

App to track patients at risk of suicide among 'trail-blazing' mental health projects

NHS England is set to fund a series of ‘trail-blazing’ projects aimed at innovating mental health treatment, including an app which tracks patients at risk of self-harm or suicide

Common bonds bring nurses together

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them and it will change your life

Most cancers are 'bad luck'

When a dividing cell copies DNA, enzymes ‘proof read’ the new strands to make sure they carry the same genetic code as the original

Parkinson's disease linked to hepatitis

​Hepatitis B and C infections increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to researchers who used data from England collected between 1999 and 2011

General practice nurses are the key to empowering patients

You, the practice nurse, have fabulous opportunities to improve health. You are often the clinician with the most continuity and expertise in caring for people with long term conditions (LTCs)

Consultation open on prescription of gluten-free foods

The Department of Health is running a consultation that proposes options for restricting the availability of Gluten-free (GF) products on NHS prescription

Primary care 'no longer fit for purpose' as House of Lords calls for overhaul

Primary care as it stands is ‘no longer fit for purpose’ and needs an extensive rethink, according to a comprehensive report on NHS sustainability by the House of Lords

New prisoners 'should be tested for blood infections'

New prisoners could be tested for hepatitis and HIV as they enter jail, according to newly drafted guidance from NICE

'Game-changing' HIV drug now available in Scotland

People at risk of HIV in Scotland will be given a ‘game-changing’ preventative drug following an announcement from the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)

NHS screening programmes e-learning launched

​Health Education England has been working in partnership with Public Health England to transfer the NHS Screening Programmes’ e-learning modules on to e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH)

Woundclub Live

​Woundclub Live is a CPD-certified series of study days centred around how nurses can improve their approach to wound care in all its facets

Over 900 social care workers quit each day as services 'set to collapse'

More than 900 adult social care workers quit their jobs each day last year, BBC analysis has shown

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