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A new study indicates that patients with alcohol-related liver cancer often do not live as long as patients with liver cancer that is not associated with alcohol consumption, mainly due to diagnoses at later stages.

A new report by Age UK - 'Why call it care when no one cares?' - summarises the results of a series of listening events the Charity has held with older people who are receiving care and their family carers over the last two months.

Researchers in the US have found that implementing a four-step protocol for the most severe type of heart attack not only improved outcomes and reduced mortality in both men and women but eliminated or reduced the gender disparities in care and outcomes typically seen in this type of event.

The March 2018 issue of GM is out now, and all the articles from the print journal are also available to read online. View the complete list here.

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has published advice accepting medicines for breast cancer and Hodgkin's lymphoma.

NHS Employers has welcomed the government's changes to GP contracts for 2018/19.

In updated guidance, NICE has said that a hysteroscopy should be available as a first line diagnostic test for women with heavy menstrual bleeding.

New recommendations to help healthcare professionals recognise and assess levels of pain in older people were published in the scientific journal Age and Ageing.

We present a case of refractory hyperkalaemia on a background of chronic kidney disease that was treated with various agents. Despite our efforts his potassium level failed to decrease, which prompted us to investigate further and resulted in a diagnosis of Renal Tubular Acidosis Type 4.

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

A new version of the EHRA Practical Guide on the use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation is published in European Heart Journal.

Studies have found an association between insufficient sleep and the development of insulin resistance, one of the factors that cause type 2 diabetes. 

People who develop type 2 diabetes before the age of 40 are at increased risk of dying young, with those from South Asian backgrounds most likely to be diagnosed early, new research has revealed.

People with depression and pre-diabetes are nearly three times more at risk of developing dementia in later life, compared to those with neither condition, a landmark longitudinal study has revealed.

Diabetes UK has published new nutrition guidelines to help people with diabetes and those at risk of type 2 diabetes to better manage their diet.