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Ulcerative colitis is a long-term condition where the colon and rectum become inflamed leading to abdominal pain, diarrhoea, fever, fatigue and weight loss. In this blog, David talks to BJFM about how a stoma changed his quality of life.

NHS mental health director Claire Murdoch has slammed the sporting industry for allowing gambling companies to to hijack sport in pursuit of profit leading to an increase in betting-related ill health.

Falls cost the NHS over £2.3 billion a year and are the commonest cause of death from injury in the over 65 years age group, yet treatment and rehabilitation for falls patients are often poorly integrated.

The treatment women receive following early pregnancy loss must change to reflect its psychological impact as one in six women experience long-term post-traumatic stress following miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy.

Vital exhaustion caused by prolonged and profound stress at work or home could be associated with a potentially deadly heart rhythm disturbance. 

The Government has announced an in-principle agreement with Novartis to introduce its investigational drug inclisiran as a preventative add-on treatment to statins.

Most older people do not seek help for mental health issues due to lack of awareness about the effective treatments that are available, beyond 'taking pills'.

Packed lunches of primary school children still remain poor in nutritional quality with lower levels of vitamins and minerals than decade ago, new research reveals.

NHS has announced a new collaboration to provide a twice-yearly cholesterol injection that has the potential to save up to 30,000 lives over the next 10 years.

Drinking tea at least three times a week is linked with a longer and healthier life, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

More than 100,000 patients have had appointments with expert pharmacists in the last 10 weeks, relieving pressure on GPs and A&E departments.

Air pollution could attribute to over 160,000 heart and circulatory disease deaths over the next decade in the UK which is the equivalent to over 40 deaths each day.  

A diabetes drug could also be used to prevent miscarriage by targeting the lining of the womb, according to a clinical trial led by Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research at the University of Warwick.

Children and adolescents who present to hospital following self-harm have an increased future risk of suicide compared to young people in the general population and the risk may persist for several years, according to a study.

The new Chair of the Royal College of GPs has warned that general practice has been running on empty for too long and GPs are working under intense pressure with a workload that is escalating and causing many to burn out and leave the profession.