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In part one of a two-part series, Drs Heather Payne, Nishi Gupta, Omar Al Salihi, Faye Lim and David Gillatt discuss how the multidisciplinary approach to prostate cancer is structured and the new management tools to provide the best treatment available for patients.

Drs Amit Mistri and Martin Fotherby summarise the evidence regarding blood pressure lowering as a secondary prevention measure.

This article discusses the two most common forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) seen in the elderly population and reviews management options.

This article explores the pharmacoeconomic evidence base to determine whether giving all people over 65 years the Influenza immunisation is a cost effective strategy.

The object of high risk cardiovascular disease prevention is to reduce the incidence of non-fatal or fatal cardiovascular events, and therefore to improve the quality and length of life.

In 2004/5 the number of total prosthetic hip replacement was in excess of 61,000. This article looks at perioperative and post operative care.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the most frequently prescribed medications worldwide but come with some serious side effects. So, what do the clinical guidelines say?

E. coli (Escherichia coli) is a frequent bacterial pathogen causing urinary tract infections (UTIs), and is the second most common agent to cause bacteraemia.

In the second and final part of the series, Dr Nabil Aly discusses management and drug therapy treatments for Late-onset multiple sclerosis (LOMS).

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder affecting movement, sensation and bodily functions. This article discusses the clinical features of MS in older people.

Dr Yuen Cheng Looi discusses two ethical dilemmas which consider what to do when spouses of older patients do not want them home again after hospital discharge.

Aromatase inhibitors are well established in the treatment of postmenopausal women with steroid ER+ metastatic breast cancer.

As urinary catheterisation can increases morbidity by a factor of three, Lynn Kirkwood reviews the use of long-term catheters and different strategies for reducing the complications.

Drs Narasimhan Pradeep Kumar and Rosalind Gait look at the common drugs used in the elderly and their part in contributing to falls.

In this article, Dr Chris Plummer explains that many older people that would benefit from pacemakers are not being identified.