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Results from the first retrospective observational study of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) treated with dapagliflozin (Forxiga) in routine UK primary care were presented at the 51st Congress of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Stockholm, Sweden.

The proportion of cancers diagnosed as a result of emergency presentation at hospital has decreased. At the same time, the proportion of cancers diagnosed through urgent GP referral with a suspicion of cancer (known as the two week wait) has increased.

In this article Associate Professor Mehmet Veli Karaaltin from Acibadem Hospitals Group looks at issues around baldness and alopecia and considers the available treatments

Northern Ireland needs more GPs to cut spiralling waiting lists, and to enable family doctors to spend more time with patients, according to the Royal College of General Practitioners in Northern Ireland (RCGPNI).

England could have the lowest disease burden in the world €“ that is years of life lost to death and lived with disability €“ a new Public Health England study has revealed.

New analysis by Age UK reveals that Government investment of an additional sum equivalent to less than 4% of the annual NHS budget of £112bn per annum would address the unmet care needs of the million plus aged 65+ who are currently struggling to cope on their own - and help sustain the NHS at the same time.

Nearly 40% of teenagers who used e-cigarettes went on to smoke real cigarettes, new research published in JAMA Pediatric has revealed.

NICE is to partner with a number of organisations as part of a new public-private project which aims to identify activities that can make the development and regulation of medicines more efficient.

Scientists have discovered two new subtypes of pancreatic cancer, as well as new types of stroma €“ dense surrounding tissue that can block drugs from reaching pancreatic tumours but that can also prevent the cancer from spreading.

The University of Brighton has announced it is sharing in a ‚¬5.9m EU grant to support the development of a new treatment for chronic liver disease as part of a European consortium led by University College London.

NICE has issued a positive Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) recommending RoActemra intravenous (IV) monotherapy for patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for use on the NHS.

Giving cancer patients aspirin at the same time as immunotherapy could dramatically boost the effectiveness of the treatment, according to new research published in the journal Cell.

A new Clinical Commissioning Policy issued by NHS England means Sirturo (bedaquiline) will be made routinely available to tackle the increasing number of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases in England.

A stent that dissolves leaving behind a restored vessel free of a permanent implant, with the potential to flex, pulse and dilate in response to various demands on the heart, has received a positive response following a trial in Japan.

A new pooled analysis of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HeFH) patients included in the ODYSSEY clinical trial programme found that alirocumab significantly reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)