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NICE has issued new advice to help doctors quickly spot Lyme disease, so they can offer people NHS treatment as soon as possible.

There continues to be a great deal of confusion among patients and healthcare professionals about whether 100% fruit juice has a place in a healthy diet. Watch this webinar and receive CME accreditation for ongoing learning.

People with Parkinson's disease who show signs of depression may actually have a condition called demoralisation, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. 

In April 2018, the way that impotence and erectile dysfunction (ED) is treated in the UK is set to change for good €” and for the better.

A free web-based resource providing information about mental health for older people has been launched. MindEd for Older People is supported by NHS England in partnership with Health Education England.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is widespread in China with 8.6% of the country's adult population - almost 100 million people -suffering from the chronic lung disease, according to a new Tulane University study published in The Lancet.

Daily muscle stretching could bring health benefits to elderly people with reduced mobility, according to new research published in The Journal of Physiology.

NICE and Public Health England have published updated smoking cessation guidelines, which recommend prioritising high risk groups, such as women who are pregnant and people with mental health problems.

New 'one-stop shops' designed to speed-up cancer diagnosis and help save lives are being rolled out across the country.

Elderly Australian women who ate more vegetables showed less carotid artery wall thickness, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

In many publically funded health systems cataract surgery is subject to rationing. Delaying time to surgery or neglecting the second eye cataract in elderly patients may result in poorer health. We analyse the degree of visual impairment, visual dysfunction, depression, and rate of falls in patients before and after age-related cataract surgery.

Adults with osteoporosis who received care from a fracture liaison service programme were more likely to undergo bone mineral density testing and initiate and adhere to osteoporosis treatment versus adults receiving usual care, according to study findings published in Bone.

Dermal has launched a new website, AdexGel.com, to help patients who have been prescribed Adex Gel manage their dry and inflamed skin conditions.

NICE recently published its quality standard on Parkinson's with the aim of setting out priority areas for improvement in health and social care in England and Wales. Professor Richard Walker, member of the NICE Guidelines Development Committee and the Quality Standard Advisory Committee, discusses the rationale behind the quality statements.

The 12th GM conference: Tackling the ticking time bomb of elderly healthcare, took place at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. This report (part 2 of 2) includes presentations from the conference.