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An "exceptional" hospital doctor took his own life after he was told the devastating news that he was HIV-positive, an inquest into his death heard.

A charity is calling on GPs to ensure they do not miss cases of bone cancer after a report showed survival rates have not improved in 25 years.

Will NHS users soon be able to see their doctors seven days a week, in and out of office hours via email, Skype or phone?

Doctors who have not responded to GMC requests to provide revalidation information are putting their licences to practise at risk, according to www.practicebusiness.co.uk.

University of Leicester's Medical School is putting online consultation at the heart of its teaching curriculum for first year medical students €“ a first for any university in the UK.

The number of prevalent cases of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) will increase by 18.6% over the next decade, from 9.48 million in 2012 to 11.24 million in 2022, forecasts research and consulting firm GlobalData. 

New tests to help doctors know whether bowel cancer treatments are likely to work have come a step closer to NHS funding in England, according to webmd.

Diabetes UK has launched what it claims is the UK's biggest-ever diabetes advertising campaign to highlight the possible consequences of the condition and the devastating impact it can have on families. 

New research reports that liver transplant recipients who receive substance abuse treatment before and after transplantation have much lower alcohol relapse rates than those untreated or only treated prior to transplantation.  

A report by the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives sets out the principles the organisation believes should inform next-stage approaches to health and social care integration. CareKnowledge editor Jim Kennedy considers the key findings of the Solace report.

The NHS is one of a number of beacons in this country that is a British institution. It employs around a colossal 1.7 million people and is the world's fourth largest employer.

The issue of end of life care has once more been thrown into the limelight with the release of an independent review into the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) commissioned by the Department of Health.

 When the first cases of AIDS were described in 1981, the prognosis for HIV infected patients was dismal. The vast majority of patients died as a result of opportunistic infections within months or a few years of diagnosis.

 The ethical issues that are related to the concept of old age, and how society may change and adapt to an increasingly aged population are complex and varied, consequently they can't be covered comprehensively in the scope of this paper.

 Exercise has long been considered to be part of a healthy lifestyle, but its role in bone health has been less clear, particularly in older people.