Figures from Cancer Research UK show mouth cancer is one of the UK’s fastest increasing cancers, with cases up by a third in the last decade alone, writes Nigel Carter
The various options to consider when prescribing for women with epilepsy are outlined by Rebecca Cosgrave.
Infants exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke when they are four months old may be twice as likely to develop dental caries at three years of age as unexposed children, Japanese research suggests.
The number of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria has risen by nearly a fifth, according to PHE’s second English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance report.
Leicester City respiratory project was named a finalist at the East Midlands Innovation in Healthcare Awards for a project for patients with COPD.
The beard has gone and I’m growing a moustache, writes Mike Shallcross
Rule changes to professional sports can influence how school nurses treat head injuries writes Seeta Bhardwa.
New NICE guidance aims to encourage doctors and nurses to discuss prescriptions of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women experiencing the menopause.
Two UK companies are selling healthcare assistant Care Certificates online with the claims that they can be completed at home.
Nutrition during the childbearing process can have lasting benefits and significant consequences for maternal and fetal health.
Thirty per cent of delayed mental health hospital discharges are associated with the absence of well-resourced community services an inquiry by The King's Fund has found.
People with MS (multiple sclerosis) are more likely to be supported by specialist nurses than other healthcare professionals, including GPs and neurologists, according to a report by the MS Trust.
People aged 18 to 24 rely on acute emergency services to provide more medical and health advice than other age groups, research from healthcare company PAGB has found.
The Welsh public believes that the health of children should be a 'very important priority', a survey by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has found.
Cuts to the public health budget will ‘add to the score of human misery and inequality’ if they are not dropped from the chancellor’s spending review at the end of November, according to Janet Davies,...
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