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Parents are being urged to contact their GP to protect themselves and their families from flu over the coming week amid warnings that new cases may peak over Christmas.

Advance care planning may be linked to longer survival in terminally ill patients, suggests the first study of its kind, published online in the journal BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.

Labelling food and drink with the amount and type of exercise needed to burn off the calories in it might be a more effective way of encouraging people to make 'healthier' dietary choices indicates new research.

A prescription of short-term exercise for patients with advanced prostate cancer could help to reduce the side-effects of hormone therapy, according to new research.

Geriatric conditions such as frailty and cognitive impairments may inadvertently worsen when older patients are treated in intensive care units.

Wound dressings in the UK are changed on average every three days even though studies demonstrate that keeping wounds covered with a dressing for longer may be beneficial to promote optimal wound healing.

The NHS has called on the public to heed advice and stay at home if they have norovirus to avoid passing it on, as hospitals in England have been forced to close more than 1,100 hospital beds over the last week.

This article reviews the evidence supporting mechanical prophylaxis to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in elderly patients confined in hospital with acute medical illness. 

Severe hand pain may be caused by infection, nerve entrapment, acute inflammatory or degenerative joint disease. Careful history and a methodical examination of the painful hand will aid the physician in diagnosis. 

A critical shortage of lung specialists may leave the NHS struggling to cope with a 'winter surge' of people admitted to hospital with life-threatening complications of pneumonia and flu.

The unique care needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in residential care settings are addressed in new research by the University of Hertfordshire.

One million of the 11.5 million people in the UK aged 50-64 are economically inactive due to involuntary early labour market exits, largely resulting from health and care needs or caring responsibilities.

One in two people who are homeless may have experienced a traumatic brain injury in their lifetime. In addition, estimates also suggest that almost one in four may have experienced a traumatic brain injury that is moderate or severe.

Every day, 10 people in this country die waiting for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and this means some are dying in distressing financial circumstances because they have been denied the state benefits they are entitled to.

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