People with long-term conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease are at increased risk of developing depression, which can, in turn, lead to complications and early death, a report...
NICE has created three new quality standards to help tackle major public health problems such as smoking, alcohol use, and physical inactivity.
Health ministers Dr Dan Poulter and Norman Lamb, together with shadow health secretary Andy Burnham debated nurse pay, nursing workforce pressures and the future of the NHS at the RCN's general...
Global warming could cause the emergence of mosquito borne viruses such as dengue fever and chikungunya in the UK, leading public health officials have warned.
Diabetes has become one of most common long-term health conditions. In the UK, approximately 1 in 20 people have diabetes. Diabetes UK report the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK is...
An introduction to the effectiveness of the morning-after pill.
This talk reviews cow milk protein allergy in infants and its treatment. It also briefly looks at the treatment options for gastro-osophageal reflux and some general observations on infant cry, fuss...
With the support of family, carers and Alzheimer's Society, Rose has lived on her own since her husband died 30 years ago. In this film Rose, her daughter Sue, and her carer Elizabeth talk about how...
Nurse training and nursing per se has to fundamentally change, so that primary care nurses become enablers of health, not fixers when things go wrong, says Heather Henry.
The RCM have announced that they will ballot their members in Northern Ireland over the issue of pay, after a consultation gave a favourable response to industrial action.
Nurses must ensure that patients with diabetes are aware that to claim free prescriptions, they must have a valid medical exemption certificate, or they could face a fine.
Over 30,000 men in the UK are living with advanced, incurable prostate cancer according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer.
The number of children aged 12 and 15 with tooth decay has declined since 2003, figures released by the HSCIC have shown.
The NHS is failing to tap into practice nurses as a key resource in leadership and commissioning says leading GP.
Detail and debate on the anti-vaccine movement, discussed in this book review.
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