Family Medicine

More than 1.5 million babies are born prematurely worldwide with breathing problems because their lungs do not have a chance to fully develop, according to the World Health Organization. 

A million women who take a popular contraceptive pill are being warned they risk developing a potentially life-threatening blood clot.

A new assessment tool in the Journal of Hospital Medicine can help hospital medicine groups across the country improve their patient care and make their operations more effective.

Scientists have proven that sunlight protects the heart by helping to release natural stores of nitric oxide in our skin.

Regular alcohol drinking could increase your risk of developing melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, by up to 55 per cent, according to new research.

Both Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England and NHS Scotland have recently reported on women's experience of maternity care. This article considers some of the differences.

Patients could be given the facility to switch their GP practice online under new plans to expand online access to GP services from NHS England, according to Pulse.

People of African, Caribbean and Asian descent are up to 6 times more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, and they also develop these conditions at a younger age than the wider population, according to a report…

Exercise may improve the prognosis of prostate cancer patients by affecting blood vessels in their tumours, according to a US survey just published.

Over the last few days the news has been dominated by the sad story of Mikaeel Kular. However, as the media focused on the unfolding case in Edinburgh, CareKnowledge editor Jim Kennedy considers an important Serious Case Review was…

Two million people in England could be eligible for weight loss surgery according to new research published by JRSM Open, the open access companion publication of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

NHS England is launching a national publicity campaign to ease pressure on GPs by encouraging older patients to visit a pharmacist for minor ailments.

Two of the publications featured on our sister site CareKnowledge this week looked at the subject of integration. Here, CK editor Jim Kennedy reflects on where the integration agenda is going.

A pioneering programme that empowers stroke survivors to become more involved in their own rehabilitation has been officially launched as a social enterprise.

The International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) has published a 10-point action plan for governments to tackle obesity.