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A new report calling for health data to be broken down by ethnicity has been published by international development organisation Health Poverty Action, ahead of the UN African Statistics Day to promote quality data for Africa's progress.

Vulvovaginal (VV) infections are a common and often recurrent presentation in general practice. In the first of a two-part feature on VV infections, GP and women's health specialist Louise Newson focuses on candidiasis (thrush) and discusses the management options in cases of recurrent or severe cases. Part 2 will focus on bacterial vaginosis.

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are common in the ageing male and represent a significant burden on both the patient and the healthcare system worldwide. Accordingly, the majority of clinical trials and guidelines focus on the older patient, despite the fact that men below these ages will also present with many of the same symptoms. In this review, the authors explore the challenges of assessing and managing men below 50 years with LUTS.

Learning to catch your first wave could help conquer depression and low self-esteem, according to a project launched by the NHS in Dorset.

A new method to take the DNA fingerprint of individual cancer cells is uncovering the true extent of cancer's genetic diversity, new research reveals.

Women with asthma may take longer to get pregnant, a study suggests.

New research has found significant numbers of lonely people attending GP surgeries, with doctors saying they are ill-equipped to help them.

There are serious concerns that delays in the pathway of care for patients with a subarachnoid (brain) haemorrhage, resulting from the rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (aSAH), are affecting the quality of patient care, despite major improvements in the treatment of aSAH, the latest National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death reveals.

More than 20 million people wouldn't change their lifestyle even if they knew someone with mouth cancer, according to new research.

This has been a week full of important developments in the children's services world. Some have pointed the way forward, some have been ominous, and one has again thrown light on the tragic lives, and deaths, that some children lead and suffer. CareKnowledge editor Jim Kennedy gives his view on the key issues:

The Campaign for Better Hospital Food today published new figures showing that the government spends more on nutritional supplements for hospital patients than on food served to them during their stay.

Maternity units are having to shut temporarily or turn away expectant mothers because NHS childbirth services have too few midwives and are struggling to cope with the ongoing baby boom, according to a hard-hitting official report.

Some 35% of people in the UK suffer from an increase of hay fever-like symptoms at Christmas, with real trees causing most problems, according to a report in the Huffington Post.

Two Belgian knee surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have discovered a previously unknown ligament in the human knee. This ligament appears to play an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.

The cost of eye disease and sight loss in the UK is estimated at £8 billion, but spending on eye research in the UK is just £30 million per year, according to new report by the charity think tank and consultancy NPC.