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Estradiol tablets will now be available over the counter (without prescription) for menopausal women experiencing vaginal dryness.

Professor Margot Gosney will be speaking at the GM Conference in October on the frail patient in the age of Covid 19 and asking can we totally avoid hospitalisation by the use of virtual frailty wards. She will illustrate the pros and cons of virtual frailty wards, how to set up the systems, and tips to help climb the obstacles that inevitably occur.

There is a need for emergency departments to be more 'frailty friendly', according to new research published in the Emergency Medicine Journal.

Higher artificial sweetener consumption is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a large study published in The BMJ.

Patients with melanoma (a type of skin cancer), who are deficient in vitamin D may have a lower chance of survival compared to patients who have normal levels of the vitamin.

The NHS would still be facing a huge backlog of care, even if the Covid pandemic had never happened, according to a new report by QualityWatch.

As the NHS faces the biggest crisis in its history, we have seen three health secretaries swing through the doors of the Department of Health and Social Care this year promising to put things right. Who is Thérèse Coffey and what can we expect from our latest Secretary of State for Health?

A study has found that a new, non-invasive skin cancer imaging technology is significantly more accurate at diagnosing basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common type skin cancer, compared to the usual diagnostic methods.

An investigation by The BMJ has revealed that some hospitals in England will see an extra £2 million per month added to their energy bills.

Dr Madhavi Vindlacheruvu will be speaking at the GM Conference in October on fragility fractures and bone health looking at how osteoporosis services can be rebuilt and reset following the Covid-19 crisis.

New research has found that consuming large amounts of ultra-processed food increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer and death.

The health and social care secretary, Steve Barclay, has announced how the government plans to prepare the NHS for winter and beyond. But health leaders say the plans lack concrete proposals to retain staff, something that is essential to tackling this health service emergency.

Statins, which are used to lower the level of low-density lipoprotein (or 'bad') cholesterol, are unlikely to cause muscle pain, according to the best analysis of data to date.

Researchers have developed a new test to identify womb cancer that is more accurate and less invasive than the usual diagnostic procedure.

NICE recommends that patients with recurrent bacterial infections are offered a faecal transplant to restore a healthy population of bacteria to the gut.