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Marie Curie has launched a new TV and radio advertising campaign to highlight the care and support that Marie Curie Nurses provide through the night to people living with a terminal illness. 

Data from the first analysis of the The Prostate Cancer Registry was presented recently at the European Cancer Congress (ECC) in Vienna, Austria and found that there is a high incidence of co-morbidity in the patient group.

About 27% of GP appointments could potentially be avoided if there was more coordinated working between GPs and hospitals and wider use of other primary care staff, a new study by the NHS Alliance and the Primary Care Foundation has revealed.

A new survey has found that a third of people failed to report night-time hypoglycaemia [hypos] to their doctor or nurse despite the impact they have on the lives of people living with the condition.

People in all age groups are under-estimating their risk of falling, a new survey has found.  The Saga Populus survey of 9,521 people aged between 50 and 79 years old found that every age group significantly underestimated their risk of falling. 

More faecal transplants and less antibiotics should be used to counter the rise of Clostridium Difficile infection, a leading microbiologist has claimed.

Four mental health trusts in the West Midlands have come together in a new healthcare alliance to transform the way acute mental health services are provided.

Empagliflozin (Jardiance) has been proven to 'significantly' reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes, data from a dedicated trial has revealed.

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has issued a positive opinion recommending European approval for the use of idarucizumab when needing to quickly revere the effects of dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa).

The European Commission (EC) has approved Zalviso (15 micrograms sublingual tablets) for the management of acute moderate to severe post-operative pain in adult patients. 

MORE than half of people invited to take a new bowel cancer screening test didn't take up the opportunity €“ even though it could stop them developing or dying from the disease, according to a Cancer Research UK report published in the Journal of Medical Screening.

NICE has recommended a new treatment edoxaban (Lixiana) to help prevent stroke and systemic embolism (SE) in patients suffering from the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (AF). 

This series discusses two new antiplatelet and four new oral anticoagulant (OAC) medications that GPs are increasingly finding on routine repeat prescriptions In healthy individuals, a number of factors constantly balance thrombus formation and fibrinolysis.

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a spectrum of disease characterised by abnormal breathing patterns and adverse consequences of sleep disturbance.

In this article the author considers the causes of anaemia in women