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Dr Louise Newson, Medical Editor for Women's Health, argues that GPs have a crucial role to play in tackling female genital mutilation

Cardiac disease is the leading cause of maternal death in pregnancy, and many women with underlying heart conditions express concern over choosing the right contraceptive method. Here the options are explored and discussed

This article looks at a number of different case scenarios where patients may benefit from being prescribed HRT

Dr Thomas Round considers the implications of the gatekeeper model on cancer management in an age of tightening resources

In the latest part of their series on cancer, Macmillan experts look at the early diagnosis, treatment and palliative care of patients with colorectal cancer.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended Tagrisso (osimertinib) for approval for the treatment of adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a specific mutation (T790M) of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).

The current children's health surveillance protocol for male infants, in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, involves the examination of the genitalia and the testes within 24 hours of birth.

Urinary incontinence is a multifactorial syndrome produced by a combination of genito-urinary pathology, age related changes and comorbid conditions that impair normal micturition or the functional ability to toilet oneself or both. This is part two of a two-part series.

Formal diagnosis is crucial in providing high quality care of delirium. Yet delirium remains greatly under-detected. Several tools specifically designed for delirium assessment have been published.

Urinary incontinence is a multi-factorial syndrome produced by a combination of genitourinary pathology, age related changes and comorbid conditions that impair normal micturition or the functional ability to toilet oneself or both. This is part one of a two-part series.

Sometimes an older depressed patient presents to the district general hospital as a psychiatric and medical emergency. In such cases electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be indicated. 

A new report published by Age UK warns that moving public services online without providing sufficient support for those who are 'offline' could leave some of the poorest older people without vital support.

Adding continuous progestin to oestrogen has been shown to lower the risk of endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women according to a study published recently in the JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

NICE has launched the first guidelines for the NHS on improving care for people who are in their last days of life. The guidelines aim to put the dying person at the heart of decisions about their care.

NICE has issued a positive appraisal for Lynparzatm (olaparib) for the treatment of BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer €“ the first NICE-approved medicine for ovarian cancer since 2003.