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A major GPC survey showing a profession suffering under the weight of bureaucracy, falling resources and low morale since the imposition of the new contract will be a vital part of GPC's negotiating strategy for the forthcoming contract talks, GP leaders have revealed.

The family of a young girl diagnosed with cerebral palsy has been paid £3 million in an out-of-court agreement, after a Leeds Hospital made severe blunders that left her with the debilitating condition, according to The Yorkshire Post.

Women in France diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) are significantly less likely than men to receive active treatment from their GP, according to research presented at the 2013 annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Findings from a meta-analysis of 14 studies involving over 2 million people have suggested that treatment with statins signicantly lowers the risk of cataracts.

GPs in Greater Manchester have begun a six-month trial offering patients access to GPs on evenings and at weekends.

Urinary incontinence is a common and distressing condition, which is significantly more common in women than in men. In this review, the authors focus on the investigation and management of stress urinary incontinence among younger women.

Alistair Tindall FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, South London NHS Trust, answers more of your questions on traumatic injuries that are often overlooked or misdiagnosed in general practice.

A 61-year-old Texan man €“ with a history of home-brewing €“ has been found to have intestines that act as an internal brewery.

Gyms will need to provide needles for people who inject steroids and tanning drugs to reduce the risk of them contracting blood-borne viruses, according to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Stress can make the world around us smell unpleasant, the results of a new study suggest.

Almost £1billion of NHS cash could be stripped from the poorest parts of the country and handed to the richest, according to a report by the Daily Mirror.

Controversial and somewhat counterintuitive evidence that BMI-based obesity may be protective against all cause mortality has prompted experts to call for urgent changes to the way obesity is measured. 

A new systematic review of data, published in the journal Stroke has put into question evidence which suggests that cigarette smoking confers a greater risk of stroke to women compared with men.

A meta-analysis of almost 240 studies has challenged assumptions by suggesting that new mothers and obese people have increased risk of severe outcomes and death from influenza. 

Death rates from malignant melanomaare some 70% higher in men than women, despite similar numbers being diagnosed with the disease each year, according to research conducted by Cancer Research UK and the University of Leeds.