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This structured review aims to investigate the effectiveness of coping strategies in helping carers with personal psychological distress, and whether local organisations and authorities can do more to reduce this psychological burden.

Public Health England (PHE) is reminding eligible older people to get the shingles vaccine to help prevent the painful infection. New figures have shown a drop in vaccine coverage.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has fast-tracked the approval of the drug elotuzumab (Empliciti) for the treatment of multiple myeloma.

The results of a new lung cancer trial have demonstrated that afatinib is superior in reducing the risk of lung cancer progression to gefitinib.

NICE has issued Technology Appraisal Guidance (TAG) for olaparib (Lynparza) for treatment of high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Many young people are missing out on vital screening for colorectal cancer because they're not over 50 years of age, meaning they often present at advanced stages of the disease.

More than 7,000 patients in the Leeds area who are living with chronic pain will have access to a new pain management app.

The trial, which focused on a new oral drug, has since been suspended.

The number of prescriptions dispensed in England for approved medicines to treat Alzheimer's disease increased from 502,000 in 2004 to 3 million in 2014.

Results from a new clinical trial show that the use of a specialised nutritional supplement drink was associated with a 50% lower death rate in older malnourished patients with a heart or lung disease 90 days following hospitalisation.

An investigation from the Alzheimer's Society has found that many people with dementia are falling while in hospital, being discharged at night or being marooned in hospital despite their medical treatment having finished.

An arthritis drug could potentially improve the prognosis for ovarian cancer patients with a faulty BRCA1 gene.

One in four adults (26%) surveyed as part of the Health Survey for England (HSE) said they had been diagnosed with a mental illness at some point in their lifetime according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).

Older adults with long-standing type 1 diabetes are more likely to experience a severe hypoglycemic episode with greater hypoglycemia unawareness and glucose variability, according to study findings.

Sobi has announced the UK launch of Elocta, a haemophilia A treatment that offers prolonged protection against bleeding episodes.