GPs and pharmacists struggle to find the time to involve patients in medication reviews, despite National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance advising them to do so, according to a study by researchers ...
Feb 12, 2019
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A new report has revealed that patients in the north of the country are being prescribed almost four times more opioids to relieve pain than those in the south.
Jan 14, 2019
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English patients living in poorer areas are likely to be prescribed more opioids by their GPs, according to a study led by University of Manchester and University of Nottingham researchers.
Jan 14, 2019
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A small but significant minority of people who use illicit opioids such as heroin may unknowingly be using a powerful and potentially harmful synthetic opioid that has been linked to a number of deaths.
Dec 18, 2018
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A worldwide search is on to find blood donors with a rare genetic variation to help save a 2-year-old South Florida girl battling cancer.
Dec 4, 2018
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More than 50 percent of women do not take up cardiac rehabilitation following heart issues, according to a new report.
Dec 3, 2018
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The gap between the life expectancy of the richest and poorest sectors of society in England is increasing, according to new research from Imperial College London.
Nov 22, 2018
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Young people in England aren't just drinking less alcohol—a new study published in BMC Public Health shows that more of them are never taking up alcohol at all, and that the increase is widespread among young people.
Oct 10, 2018
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It was established a decade ago that testing for the presence of HPV – the virus that causes cervical cancer – is a better cervical screening test than the Pap smear. Yet in England, the Pap smear is still used, and it's ...
Oct 4, 2018
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A new report shows a sharp decline in youth drinking across all age groups over the last 15 years. Young people are now less likely to drink and, if they do drink, they start doing so later, drink less often and consume smaller ...
Sep 27, 2018
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