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The government's plan to exclude means-tested council support payments from a new £86,000 lifetime limit on social care costs, could be amended in the House of Lords and sent back to the Commons.

A new study published in ESC Heart Failure has found that aspirin use is associated with a 26% raised risk of heart failure in people with at least one predisposing factor for the condition, including smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. 

Experts are calling for the integration of health policies with agricultural and trade policies after research has found that the global rise in the red and processed meat trade is linked to a sharp increase in diet related ill health.

The screening of newborns for all diseases should be done through a phased rollout, according to experts debating the issue in the BMJ.

NHS England are dramatically scaling up the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), with more than 600,000 stroke patients set to benefit over the next three years.

Almost half (48%) of advertised consultant posts across the UK were unfilled last year, according to the Royal College of Physicians' annual consultant census.

Childhood survivors of cancer are prone to developing ill heath as they age, according to a new study looking at the late effects across all cancer subtypes, treatment modalities and chemotherapy drug classes.

The government has announced a proposed amendment to its planned social care reforms that will no longer protect those with lower assets from catastrophic care costs in old age.

Blood cancer patients are less likely to see their needs fully met than patients with the four most common cancers - breast, colorectal, lung and prostate, according to new evidence from The Blood Cancer Alliance.

NICE has issued a positive Final Appraisal Document (FAD) recommending solriamfetol (Sunosi) for adults with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) caused by narcolepsy.

This article looks at the observed impact of the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions on the transmission of norovirus in the older adult population at a district general hospital.

Periodontal disease is the sixth complication of diabetes mellitus, but has received little recognition to date from the medical profession. Doctors and dentists need to work more closely and recognise the importance of cross-referrals especially for those diabetics not in receipt of regular dental care.  

The Atrial Fibrillation Association has published a new report illustrating how healthcare professionals have found new and innovative ways to improve care and quality of life for people with atrial fibrillation (AF) during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dementia patients did not get vital end of life care during the pandemic as many family carers were reluctant to seek support because of fear of what may happen to their relative, according to new research.

Going to sleep between 10pm and 11pm is associated with a lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to a study recently published in the European Heart Journal.