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In his continuing series on the use of technology in primary care, Harry Brown looks at the potential value of text messaging.

It's been a couple of weeks since the Serious Case Review was published on the circumstances leading to the terrible deaths of the Philpott children in a fire in Derby. Here, CareKnowledge editor Jim Kennedy considers the real questions behind the headlines.

A recent paper indicates that the gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist degarelix  may halve the relative risk of cardiovascular (CV) events and death in men with pre-existing CV disease (CVD). 

The overall prevalence of fungal nail infections is about 6-8% in UK. Fungal infections of the fingernails are less common than toenail infections. Dr Elisabeth Higgins, Consultant dermatologist at King's College Hospital, London, answers a selection of readers' questions

In the first of a major series looking at the evolving role of general practice within the cancer patient journey, specialist GPs Steven Beaven and Bridget Gwynne set the scene with an overview of cancer from a primary care perspective. Here, they examine changes in cancer incidence and survival, explain the concept of €œoverdiagnosis€ and highlight the benefits of early diagnosis.

Young women who smoke and have been smoking a pack a day for a decade or more have a significantly increased risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer. That is the finding of an analysis published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study indicates that an increased risk of breast cancer may be another health risk incurred by young women who smoke.

One in 3 women diagnosed with breast cancer in England each year are aged 70 or over.

A pioneering scanning technique that can image a patient's entire body can reveal where cancer is affecting the bones.

More than 1.5 million babies are born prematurely worldwide with breathing problems because their lungs do not have a chance to fully develop, according to the World Health Organization. 

A million women who take a popular contraceptive pill are being warned they risk developing a potentially life-threatening blood clot.

A new assessment tool in the Journal of Hospital Medicine can help hospital medicine groups across the country improve their patient care and make their operations more effective.

Scientists have proven that sunlight protects the heart by helping to release natural stores of nitric oxide in our skin.

Regular alcohol drinking could increase your risk of developing melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, by up to 55 per cent, according to new research.

Both Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England and NHS Scotland have recently reported on women's experience of maternity care. This article considers some of the differences.

Dr David Hargroves talks about management of elderly patients who are recovering from strokes, the importance of anticoagulation and new drugs developed in this area at the GM Annual Conference 2013.