Family Medicine

Researchers in the US have identified a protein that may be causing asthma-like coughing and wheezing in children, without those children having any kind of allergy to trigger the disease.

A new study has found that lack of sleep among pregnant women may be a contributing factor to the development of gestational diabetes.

Local authorities and NHS bodies should provide specialist community care for people with learning disabilities who behave in a way that challenges to avoid admissions to psychiatric wards or residential homes, new draft guidance from NICE…

Pancreatic Cancer UK and Macmillan Cancer Support have teamed up with GPs and people affected by pancreatic cancer to develop 10 Top Tips for GPs, which aim to improve the rate of early diagnosis in pancreatic cancer.

NICE is advising healthcare professionals use dipstick urine tests to decide whether to give children antibiotics for suspected urinary tract infections.

Pharmacist Dr Rod Tucker describes his research study, which shows how community pharmacists can support patients with psoriasis, leading to significant improvements in disease severity and quality of life.

Dr Liz Angier looks at anaphylaxis and how it can be managed successfully in primary care.

This article looks at the diagnosis and management of hypertension in primary care, with particular emphasis on at risk groups.

Just one hour's exercise a week can help prevent future depression, regardless of the intensity, a new study led by the Black Dog Institute has revealed.

Dr George Kassianos looks at the seasonal drive to get people immunised against influenza, and considers those groups most at risk

Growing evidence supports the use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis in the intermediate risk category in the intermediate risk category, says Edwards Lifesciences.

Raltegravir (ISENTRESS) 600mg has been launched in the UK for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and paediatric patients (weighing at least 40 kg), who are treatment-naïve or whose virus has been virologically suppressed on an…

A nationwide study of 4,000 pregnant women is to determine if delivering bigger babies earlier will prevent serious complications during labour and beyond.

Almost one in five (18%) women currently taking the epilepsy medication sodium valproate do not know it can potentially harm the development and physical health of their unborn child should they become pregnant. 

People at the highest risk of type 2 diabetes should be given intensive exercise and weight loss help by the NHS, NICE has recommended.