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More people are living longer and consequently discussion and dilemmas around nutrition and hydration at the end of life will become more commonplace. This article discusses the issues that nurses may be presented with in respect to nutrition and hydration, and place of death in people who are coming to the end of their life.

Wes Streeting, the shadow health and social care secretary, has announced the Labour party’s plan to tackle the crisis facing the NHS.

A new drug has been found to slow the course of Alzheimer’s disease by reducing the speed at which patients’ memory and thinking declines.

Social care continued to hit the headlines this month as the government announced its new plan for patients, which included a £500 million winter discharge fund as part of its efforts to avert a winter crisis.

Drinking mild to moderate amounts of ground, instant or decaffeinated coffee may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and death, according to new research.

It would be an understatement to say the UK government has seen a turbulent week following the announcement in its mini-budget that it would cut taxes by £45 billion in a bid to get the UK economy moving again.

A recent survey of more than 300 clinicians has revealed that more than two thirds (68%) are missing cases of sepsis, namely due to staff shortages and high patient caseloads.

A new treatment has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for patients with insomnia.

The number of people living with type 1 diabetes is expected to double by 2040 to between 13.5 and 17.5 million people, according to a new modelling study published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.

Dr Yassir Javaid will be speaking at the GM Conference in October on heart failure. His presentation will focus on the importance of a timely diagnosis, identifying comorbidities and the modern pharmacological optimisation of heart failure, as well as the role of device therapy to improve both quantity and quality of life.

The risk of potentially life-threatening blood clots after Covid-19 infection lasts for at least 49 weeks and people with only mild or moderate disease are also affected, according to a new research. 

Researchers have discovered a strict relationship between hot temperatures and weight loss in heart failure patients, an indicator that their condition is worsening.

UK healthcare workers are the least likely to embark on the same career path if they had to join their profession again now, a global survey has found.

Ending smoking in England would have the biggest impact on closing the 'cancer inequality gap' between the most affluent individuals and the rest of the country, according to new analysis from Cancer Research UK.

Millions of people are missing out on rehabilitation services, which is driving the increasing number of people living with multi-morbidity and is contributing towards the gap in healthy life expectancy, according to a new report.