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Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, but overall satisfaction with the NHS was higher among people aged 65 years or older (61%) than among adults under 65 (51%). 

A group of British doctors have filed a legal challenge against the RCP after it held a recent poll on euthanasia that the group believe was conducted in a misleading way.

The quality of care homes has worsened in the last year in more than a third of local authorities and over 2.6 million people over-65 years are living in areas where an increasing number of care homes are rated 'inadequate'.

The chief executive of the NHS Confederation, Niall Dickson, has said that there is a real concern throughout the whole system that the government will not deliver on its social care funding promise.

Scientists have shown that the brain is involved in the development of the condition Takotsubo syndrome often known as 'broken heart' syndrome and regions of the brain responsible for processing emotions were affected.

A second person has experienced sustained remission from HIV-1 after ceasing treatment. The case report comes ten years after the first such case, known as the 'Berlin Patient.'

Positive mental wellbeing is related to better brain health among older adults and can even reduce the risk of dementia and cognitive decline later in life according to a new report launched by the Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH).

Women call an ambulance for husbands, fathers and brothers with heart attack symptoms but not for themselves, according to the results of two studies presented at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2019, a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress.

NICE has published an updated version of its evidence standards framework for digital health technologies (DHTs) that sets out the evidence requirements for different types of DHTs. 

Halitosis has a range of local oral and systemic causes and patients with intra- or extra-oral causes can be treated in primary care. This article is part two of a two-part series and looks at assessment and treatment options.

The 12th GM conference took place at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. Dr Clare Gerada, Medical Director, NHS Practitioner Health Programme, spoke about the ticking time bomb of the ageing population.

A leading GP and one of England's foremost health experts have been chosen to co-chair a new forum which will help oversee the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan.

In his first monthly column on everyday top tips for healthcare professionals, GP Harry Brown looks at how you can solve your consumer problems.

Studies of health effects of alcohol consumption may underestimate the risks of imbibing, particularly for younger people, according to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

In a recent study, 38% of patients discharged from the emergency department had at least one drug interaction resulting from newly prescribed medicine.