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There have been advances in the management of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) throughout the last decade that will hopefully lead to improved outcome for afflicted patients.

Prostate cancer remains a disease of older men. This discusses the role of health professionals in helping men to balance the risks and benefits of treatment.

Professor Clive Seale talks about the results of his survey on decisions taken at the end of life, including euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.

In this article, Dr Frazer Anderson discusses the question of whether reducing fracture risk is dependent on more than just increasing Bone Mineral Density (BMD).

Highlighting the current and future prevalence of hip fractures, Dr James Roche and Professor Chris Moran examine the factors influencing the consequent medical complications.

Early diagnosis and effective management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease is an essential part of a gold standard treatment for this condition.

In this article, Nia O'Doherty, and Drs Dylan Harris, Bella Richard and Pradeep Khanna discuss the impact of stroke on sex and its management.

This article discusses the clinical features and diagnosis of neurocardiogenic syncope, a frequent cause of unexplained syncope

This article discusses late life depression in women and reviews the effect of some common co-morbidities on depression in the elderly female population.

Some headaches occur almost exclusively in older people such as hypnic headache. This article discusses the differential diagnosis and management of hypnic headache in the elderly.

Dr Edin Lakasing and Wendy Mahaffey review the different strategies for ensuring the dying patient's wish to die at home is realised.

In this article, Dr Sureshini Sanders reviews the adherence of SIGN guidelines on osteoporosis in two nursing homes, covered by a West Lothian practice.

All long-term urinary catheterisation carries risks. This article discusses the risks of long-term catheterisation and looks at how these risks can be reduced.

Peripheral neuropathy describes damage to the peripheral nervous system. This article discusses how peripheral neuropathy is assessed and managed.

Mobility is an essential aspect of everyday activities of human life and it requires postural stability for its safe execution. This article discusses the affect of ageing on mobility.