A case highlighting key areas in managing allergic rhinitis and asthma is discussed by Steve Holmes and Jane Scullion.
Women with type 2 diabetes need additional care and support both before conception and during pregnancy, explain Julie Abayomi and Lorna Wood.
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a highly infectious disease which commonly affects young children, says Suneeta Kochhar.
Paracetamol does not hasten recovery from low-back pain compared with placebo, according to a randomised trial that involved 235 primary care centres in Australia. The authors suggest that healthcare...
Nurses should ask about and help manage constipation in people discharged into the community following surgery for hip fractures, Danish researchers have suggested.
Breastfeeding protects against asthma and wheezing, according to a meta-analysis of 117 studies published between 1983 and 2012.The authors, from Ipswich, grouped outcomes into 'asthma ever' - in...
Reduced salt intake made an important contribution to the decline in blood pressure between 2003 and 2011, according to a new analysis of the Health Survey for England.
Previous studies showed that exenatide, used to treat type 2 diabetes, improves motor and non-motor function in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Now a new study has raised the prospect that...
NHS Trust HR director Graham White provides an insight into people and workplace issues.
Advanced nurse practitioner, Mathew Sidebottom from Huddersfield features in our Career profile this month.
Caring is a nurse's business, whatever the setting, says Claire O'Connor. She provides a personal account of what being a Care Maker means to her.
The report by the National Review of Asthma Deaths supported findings from previous enquiries by providing further evidence that most asthma deaths are preventable and thus remedial. So are we failing...
Primary care has been been the focus of national media attention, following the leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband's pledge to ensure everyone has the right to an appointment at their surgery...
One of the many challenges for community nurses is supporting the groups who have difficulty accessing mainstream health services.
Evaluation of the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) General Practice Nursing Programme pilot has found that the role of new practice nurses in providing patient care was enhanced by the programme.
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