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The flu virus vaccine used for pregnant women has no harmful effects, according to a new study out this week. 

The government has made several commitments to improve the quality of mental health care, including providing training in it to all healthcare professionals in its latest mandate to Health Education England.

Until very recently the name 'care.data' was not very well known but now it is. Dr Harry Brown looks at why as it has forced a U-turn..

This month is Bowel Cancer Awareness month and will see cancer charities focusing on raising awareness of the key signs and symptoms of bowel cancer. Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK, and nearly 16,000 people die each year. In total, over 40,000 men and women are diagnosed with bowel cancer in the UK every year.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is a disorder arising in the inner ear. Its symptoms are repeated episodes of positional vertigo.

Many elderly people remain fit and well into their eighties, but their feet often bear testimony to a life of wear and misuse. Medical problems, senescence, physical disability and obesity can make senior citizens particularly vulnerable to foot problems.

Medication errors are a significant cause of iatrogenic morbidity in the inpatient setting. An estimated 4-15% of UK inpatients suffer an adverse drug reaction (ADR) during their hospital stay.

Two thirds of inpatients with learning disabilities in specialist units are given anti-psychotic medication and a third of all these patients subject to hands-on restraint.

Fifty per cent of people diagnosed with cancer today will survive their disease for at least 10 years, according to landmark figures published by Cancer Research UK recently.

The government's new strategy for tackling avoidable deaths has been welcomed by mental health campaigners.

The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for Incruse (umeclidinium) as a once-daily, maintenance bronchodilator treatment to relieve symptoms in adult patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 

Liver disease patients who develop hepatic encephalopathy (HE) have almost double the risk of dying compared with liver disease patients without HE in the same period, according to new research.

Feelings of extreme loneliness can increase an older person's chances of premature death by 14%, according to research from the US.

A blood test that can predict with 90% accuracy whether someone will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease in the next 3 years has been developed by scientists in the US.

A lack of Vitamin D is responsible for depression, obesity and chronic widespread pain, according to a new study.