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The Scottish Medicines Consortium has announced that diabetes drug Dulaglutide has been accepted for use within NHS Scotland.

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted 5 new medicines for routine use by NHS Scotland, it has announced.

Prime Minister David Cameron is to call for a €œmore mature€ conversation on mental health as he outlines how services in England will benefit from the extra funds allocated in last year's Autumn Statement.

Two new studies published in the journal Cancer have provided insight into patient care and follow-up when dealing with vision-related childhood cancers .

The vasculitis treatment market in the U.S. and major European pharmaceutical markets is expected to expand in value over the next decade according to a new report.

Proposed guidelines, published by the Department of Health and out for consultation, make three main recommendations on safe levels of alcohol consumption.

The UK's Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) have released new alcohol guidelines, warning that any level of alcohol consumption increases the risk of cancer.

A new 'sugar smart' app has been launched by Public Health England allowing users to scan barcodes on food and drink to reveal its total sugar content in cubes or grams.

A £10 charge levied on GP appointments could cut unnecessary appointments, reduce missed consultations and raise vital funds for the NHS, a doctor has said.

A newly-launched Cancer Research UK study could be the first step towards exercise training being introduced as a new NHS treatment for prostate cancer.

In a world first, London's Air Ambulance is trialling brain scanning in a pre-hospital environment, to detect potentially life-threatening brain injuries before patients reach hospital.

Issues with fertility can be stressful and traumatic for women and their partners. This article examines issues of subfertility, investigations and causes of action that can be pursued 

Chronic pelvic pain is defined as an intermittent or constant pain in the lower abdomen or pelvis. In this article, the author looks at undiagnosed chronic pelvic pain and how to investigate the symptoms

This series discusses two new antiplatelet and four new oral anticoagulant (OAC) medications which GPs are increasingly finding on routine repeat prescriptions. This second part focuses on the new oral anticoagulants on the market

Fractures of the distal radius are very common and there are nearly as many different options of managing this fracture as there are types of distal radial fractures.