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Smoking: greater risk to infant (Photo: iStock)

Smoking during pregnancy 'raises child's obesity risk'

Mothers who smoke in pregnancy are putting their daughters at risk of gestational diabetes and obesi...

NSAIDs prescribed for arthritis pain raise the risk of heart problems

Common painkillers 'raise heart risks'

High-dose NSAIDs commonly used to treat the pain of arthritis can raise the risk of MI and heart fai...

Dapagliflozin should give GPs more treatment options in managing type 2 diabetes

NICE reverses verdict on diabetes drug

NICE is set to advise GPs they can prescribe a new first-in-class type 2 diabetes drug on the NHS, a...

A scanning electron micrograph image of the bowel of a patient with ulcerative colitis (Photo: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL)

Bowel disease 'increases melanoma risk'

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease face a greater risk of skin cancer, research suggests....

GPs should encourage patients to be more active, NICE says (Photo: iStock)

GPs told to 'screen' for lack of exercise

GPs should actively identify patients who do too little exercise and advise them to be more active, ...

Eating disorders: teenage girls at highest risk (Photo: Jim Varney)

Eating disorders 'on the rise', GP records show

Cases of eating disorders are increasing in the UK and are now the second most common new-onset ment...

MMR: infants may be unprotected for several months before vaccination begins (Photo: UNP)

Give MMR jab to six-month-olds, say researchers

Infants at the centre of measles outbreaks in England and Wales should receive their first MMR dose ...

Dr Judith Smith: evaluated impact of integration

Integrated care pilot drives up dementia diagnosis

The first year of a large-scale integrated care pilot resulted in a marked increase in dementia diag...

Less than a fifth of patients said they would ask their GP about taking part in research (Photo: PhotoDisc)

Patients urged to ask GP about clinical trials

Patients in England will be encouraged to ask their GP about taking part in clinical trials as part ...

Time-poor: Many GPs feel time pressures mean they can't take part in research (Photo: PhotoDisc)

Workload pressures 'blocking GP research'

A lack of time is preventing many GPs from taking part in NHS research into new treatments, a survey...

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