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Sleep experts are encouraging people to understand the value of healthy and solid sleep as part of the key message for World Sleep Day.

Pre-menopausal South Asian women could be more at risk of developing osteoporosis in later life than Caucasian women, according to a new study published in the journal Bone.

Sleep experts are encouraging people to understand the value of healthy and solid sleep as part of the key message for World Sleep Day. Interrupted sleep is associated with significant health problems, both physical and psychological, including obesity, diabetes, cancer, depression and anxiety.

Symptoms of myocardial infarction (MI) may have been missed in many patients admitted to hospital, according to a study on all heart attack hospital admissions and deaths in England.

In a new draft quality standard, NICE says people showing signs of sepsis must be checked carefully. Once someone is classed as high-risk they should be seen by senior staff and given the right treatment within an hour.

As many as one in five women with breast cancer could benefit from a drug used to treat ovarian cancer, according to new estimates.

A study published in the British Journal of General Practice found that around 1 in 20 people waiting to see their GP in surgeries in Bristol reported having a gambling problem.

A new report has revealed the unprecedented effect of unmanageable workloads on GPs and the impact on wellbeing, ability to perform duties safely, and future retention and recruitment of doctors into general practice.

Rules governing the conduct of clinical trials are failing to produce the intended benefits for patients and should be rewritten through a transparent process that involves academic clinical trialists and patient advocates as well as regulators and industry representatives, according to recommendations published in European Heart Journal.

In a new draft quality standard, NICE says people showing signs of sepsis must be checked carefully. Once someone is classed as high-risk they should be seen by senior staff and given the right treatment within an hour.

The Pegasus group of practices, part of the South Cheshire & Vale Royal GP Alliance, a not for profit GP federation, has partnered with Interface Clinical Services to improve the accuracy of the QOF registers in their six GP practices.

Drinking concentrated blueberry juice improves brain function in older people, according to research by the University of Exeter. 

Pharmacists specialising in diabetes are being urged to become 'Clinical Champions' to help improve services in their area to deliver better care for people with diabetes. 

Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care have announced a new End of Life Care Core Skills Education and Training Framework, with the aim of providing tailored, high-quality care and support to patients with advanced incurable illness and their families.

A protein found in the heart that is known to be involved in cellular stress responses in cancer cells is now believed to play a critical role in the ability of cardiac cells to combat heart disease and recover from a heart attack.