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This article discusses the crisis in paediatric vaccination, which has resulted in the re-emergence of vaccine preventable diseases.

All children have times when their behaviour is a problem, but when this becomes persistent it might be time to consider a psychoeducational parenting programme to help improve the parent-child relationship. One such evidence-based programme is 1-2-3 Magic, which is already used successfully in the NHS and community. 

The 90 years and over population continues to increase despite a decline in births in England and Wales 90 years ago; this reflects improvements in mortality going back many decades, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Investigators have assessed the prevalence of treatable traits in severe asthma and have determined which specific traits are predictive of future asthma attacks. Their findings, which are published in Respirology, are the result of an extensive national collaborative study in Australia.

Only 3% of NHS histopathology departments have enough staff to meet clinical demand, a workforce census by the Royal College of Pathologists shows. The census, Meeting pathology demand, focuses on the histopathology workforce €“ the specialty vital to cancer management from initial diagnosis to guide patients' treatment.

Hundreds of patients with a type of advanced skin cancer are set to benefit from a new treatment, dabrafenib plus trametinib.

In a large clinical trial to determine the risks and benefits of daily low-dose aspirin in healthy older adults without previous cardiovascular events, aspirin did not prolong healthy, independent living. Risk of dying from a range of causes, including cancer and heart disease, varied and will require further analysis and additional follow-up of study participants.

A new winter flu vaccine will be available to over 65s, while the nasal spray vaccine will be extended to cover an additional 650,000 children, Public Health England has said.

A nurse with a lifelong career in surgical care has been honoured by the UK's oldest surgical Royal College.

A team of UCLA biologists has discovered thousands of four- and five-drug combinations of antibiotics that are more effective at killing harmful bacteria than prevailing views suggest.

Fewer women have died from breast cancer in recent years but the decline is just as large in the age groups that are not screened, according to a major Danish-Norwegian study published in the International Journal of Cancer.

A nurse with a lifelong career in surgical care has been singled out for a rare honour by the UK's oldest surgical Royal College.

The British Geriatrics Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have published a new report on effective interdisciplinary collaboration and practice in treating depression in older people living in care homes.

Healthcare professionals should consider the risk of antimicrobial resistance when deciding whether antibiotics are needed for treating or preventing a flare up of symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Men and women with high blood pressure reduced the need for antihypertensive medications within 16 weeks after making lifestyle changes, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Joint Hypertension 2018 Scientific Sessions, an annual conference focused on recent advances in hypertension research.