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A no-deal Brexit will be 'hugely damaging' to patient care and 'must be avoided', warns the Royal College of General Practitions in its General Election manifesto.

A non-invasive test to detect cervical pre-cancer by analysing urine and vaginal samples collected by women themselves is likely to improve participation in cervical cancer screening programmes.

A new blood test could help GPs diagnose more cases of ovarian cancer at an early stage that could have a big impact on survival and inform decisions about which tests patients need next.

This edition from Autumn 2019 includes articles on confusion in the older patient, management of anemia in patients with chronic heart failure, and alcohol and substance abuse in the older population.

Hip fractures account for one and a half million hospital bed days a year. Targeted nutrition for muscle health could play a critical role in preventing hip fractures and improving recovery rates in hip fracture patients. 

Women are half as likely to quit smoking as men and affordability of smoking cessation medications is one of the barriers to success. 

NHS England has announced it has secured an agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals to make available all three of their UK-licensed cystic fibrosis medicines.

The annual number of new cases of anorexia nervosa among 8 to 12 year olds in the UK and Ireland is around double that of a previous estimate in 2006. 

People with high blood pressure who take all their anti-hypertensive medication in one go at bedtime have better controlled blood pressure and a lower risk of death.

Nearly 30,000 people across the country with type 1 diabetes have received diabetes monitors so they do not have to carry out multiple painful finger-prick checks.

Results of a new phase 2 clinical trial using technology show it is possible to induce immune tolerance to gluten in individuals with coeliac disease. The findings may pave the way for treated coeliac patients to eventually tolerate gluten in their diet.

An admin role, described as 'critical' in helping to cut lung cancer waiting times and speeding up diagnoses, continues to face national funding challenges says a new report.

A new treatment for severe osteoporosis has received a positive opinion recommending marketing authorisation from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency.

Mild cognitive impairment has been defined as a syndrome of cognitive decline that is greater than would be expected for an individual's age and level of education. Cognitive deficits are common in Parkinson's disease, even early in the disease when there may be no cognitive complaints.

Patients should be given much greater choice over when and where they have health screening to accommodate people's increasingly busy lives.