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In 2017, NICE issued new guidance for the diagnosis and monitoring of asthma into an already complicated arena. This article looks at the implications for general practice.

Current mental health spending would likely need to double to take the number of people with mental health problems receiving NHS treatment from 40% to 70%, according to a new funding report.

People who have suffered trauma and are at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) should be offered therapy within one month, NICE says in new draft guidance.

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), has published advice accepting six new medicines for use by NHSScotland.

Too many women are unable to access any decent menopause care or support suggesting there is a desperate and urgent need for more evidence-based menopause care to occur in the UK.

In this article, a patient recounts her experiences of being diagnosed with the menopause, and considers the processes she had to go through to receive the diagnosis.

Stress urinary incontinence is a common condition, where prevalence increases with age. This article provides an overview of risk factors, diagnosis and management in a primary care setting.

Dry and itchy skin can be a challenging presentation for GPs, and is often symptomatic of other conditions. What are the common causes and other skin conditions associated with pruritus.

A new study in Cardiovascular Research, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that patients with high blood pressure are at a higher risk of developing dementia. This research also shows that an MRI can be used to detect very early signatures of neurological damage in people with high blood pressure before any symptoms of dementia occur.

Highlights of the American Geriatrics Society included a presentation looking at antihypertensive drug de-intensification and recurrent falls in long-term care. This was presented by Kenneth Boockvar.

The Henderson State-of-the-Art Lecture at the American Geriatrics Society was given by Bruce Leff, a Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The 2018 Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Investigation was awarded to Heather E. Whitson, Associate Professor of Medicine and Ophthalmology at the Duke University School of Medicine and Deputy Director at Duke's Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development.

Highlights at the American Geriatrics Society included a talk looking at the age threshold for primary osteoporosis screening in men, which was presented by Cathleen S Colon-Emeric.

A first of its kind treatment vaccine has moved into a phase I clinical trial for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), under a collaboration agreement between Cancer Research UK and Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc.

A doctor received the annual Jeffrey H. Silverstein Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in the Surgical and Related Medical Specialties at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting for his work preventing the mistreatment of older adults.