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Plitidepsin (Aplidin®), a new medicine for the treatment of relapsed and refractory myeloma, has received a second negative recommendation from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). This decision means that plitidepsin is very unlikely to be made available to patients across Europe.

Following the landmark SPRINT trial, there is a growing body of evidence for reducing systolic blood pressure targets, resulting in the development of new US guidelines. However, this has led to many questions about the impact of such fundamental changes in blood pressure management, and whether they should be implemented in other constituencies.

Better public health interventions that would help improve a new mother's health before and during pregnancy could improve childhood mortality rates, researchers behind a new report published in The Lancet have said.

Later this month, GDPR will come into effect. The biggest change to data and data storage since the Data Protection Act, its impact will be profound and wide-reaching. Data specialist Andrew Chilvers explains what it means for you€¦

Around 450,000 women in England missed out on a routine breast screening appointment due to an NHS failure to send invitations. 

NICE has issued final draft guidance that recommends guselkumab (Tremfya, Janssen) as a treatment option for adults who have severe plaque psoriasis.

GPs and clinicians working in an out of hours primary care setting could benefit from a new one day masterclass, which aims to emphasise the 'golden' rules of out of hours practice.

Aggressive breast cancers carrying a faulty BRCA gene responded better to a certain type of chemotherapy than standard treatment, according to a clinical trial.

In the first UK study examining the relationship between diet and the start of the menopause, researchers have found certain food groups could affect the age at which the menopause begins.

A new online interactive map by the International Osteoporosis Foundation shows wide global variation in calcium intake, with very low intakes throughout Asia and Latin America.

Mental health diagnosis should be a collaborative and useful process, not a meaningless label €“ according to new research from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) and the University of East Anglia.

Men suffering with symptoms from an enlarged prostate could be offered a new type of nonsurgical treatment thanks to changes in NICE guidance.

People who survive a heart attack but who are divorced or have low socioeconomic status have a higher risk of a second attack, new research from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, has revealed.

In chronic kidney disease, diabetic patients need diligent consideration of glycaemic targets; the risks versus benefits of glucose lowering treatment need to be assessed carefully.

Age UK recently hosted a series of listening events where older people receiving social care and their family carers told leading politicians about the problems they face and how to fund a better system. The charity hopes that the views and experiences of people for whom a better care system cannot come too soon will help to inform the Social Care Green Paper, which the Government has said it will publish 'by the summer'.