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Professor of Ageing and Geriatric Medicine, Queen’s University Belfast Peter Passmore is Professor of Ageing […]

Measuring ageing in terms of remaining life expectancy, instead of years lived, may provide a better indicator of the health of our ageing population according to a new report from ONS.

Policies based on the notion that undergoing an abortion causes or increases women's risk of suicide attempts are misinformed, according to the results of a 17-year-long observational study including more than half a million women.

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment is a hospital service model led by geriatricians for older patients. This is a multidisciplinary approach that covers holistically all aspects of care of frail older people.

The two-week-wait urgent referral policy in the UK has sought to improve cancer outcomes by accelerating diagnosis and treatment. However, around 5-7% of symptomatic referred patients cancel or do not attend their hospital appointment. 

On International Men's Day, Alison Bloomer looks at the stigma of eating disorders in men and reviews the warning signs that can be spotted in primary care.

Women are most affected by the vascular complications of diabetes according to a paper published on World Diabetes Day in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

A new discovery has the potential to slow the progression of kidney disease in people with diabetes and prevent renal failure by supporting the normal function of the mitochondria within the kidney.

Women with diabetes are five times more likely to get heart failure than women without diabetes. Whereas men with diabetes are two times more likely to get heart failure.

Everyone needs to be aware that diabetes is a serious condition with serious consequences, which is becoming more common. On World Diabetes Day, Dr Simon Croxson reviews the educational resources available to help manage the disease.

A severe shortage of GPs means practices have to make difficult decisions about where best to allocate their time and resources and that includes home visits, according to the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Ethnic minority women in England are more likely to feel embarrassed to talk to a GP than white women and are more scared that a symptom was a sign of something serious.

NICE has published new guidance on cannabis-based medicinal products for people with intractable nausea and vomiting, chronic pain, spasticity and severe treatment-resistant epilepsy.

Meningitis is a disease feared by parents and health professionals alike. The rapid onset and progression of the disease and potentially lethal outcome makes it vital to diagnose the disease early, but this can be difficult. Early symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia often resemble viral illnesses such as influenza, making the condition difficult to diagnose. 

NHS England and Health Education England have launched a new tool for health service and care staff to help them reduce hospital delays for patients.