Family Medicine

Low cholesterol may increase kidney cancer patients' risk of dying from their disease, according to new research.

Carers provide vital support to many people with mental ill health, saving the country billions per year. So why does the Carer's Allowance remain at such a pitiful rate?

Autism costs the UK an estimated £32 billion per year in treatment, lost earnings and care and support for children and adults €“ more than heart disease, cancer and stroke combined, according to new research.

UK children are at a higher risk of premature death than their Western European counterparts, according to a report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

Adults who are overweight or obese can improve their health by losing even a small amount of weight, according to health watchdog NICE.

GP Dr Harry Brown continues his exploration of the use of IT in general practice by mapping the trend away from print-on-paper prescribing support.

NHS hospitals in England dealt with 20,320 admissions for allergies in the 12 months to February, according to a report.

As the start of Ramadan nears, we look at the various health challenges that GPs need to consider in patients observing the annual Muslim fast.

Four experts on pain medicine answer readers' questions on this ubiquitous area of general practice (BJFM 2 (3) 2014)

Continuing our six-part series on the GP's role in cancer management, this first of two articles on cancer 'survivorship' explores the issues cancer patients may face after the acute treatment phase is over.

Nocturnal enuresis is a distressing and widespread problem, and upsetting for children and for their families. Despite a wealth of guidance about how to diagnose and manage the condition, it is still not widely understood by healthcare…

Test yourself with the BJFM 'before-and-after' self-audit. The information required to answer the following MCQs is covered by the articles in this issue. You may want to try these MCQs both before and after reading to gauge the…

In this guest blog Professor Raj Bhopal argues that increased consideration of health variations in ethnic minority groups will yield benefits to all patients.

NICE should widen its urgent referral pathway for people with suspected bowel cancer, according to Bowel Cancer UK.

Taking antipsychotic medication during pregnancy can increase the chances of babies being born prematurely or needing special care, according to an Australian study.