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Ebola virus: public health officials urged GPs to be on the lookout for the disease (Photo: SPL)

GPs warned to 'remain vigilant' for Ebola symptoms

31 July 2014

GPs should remain alert to symptoms of Ebola in patients returning from West Africa, where an outbre...

Recorded dementia diagnoses soared following QOF measures (Photo: Paul Starr)

Recorded dementia cases rise 62% in seven years

30 July 2014

The number of people with a recorded diagnosis of dementia has risen 62% in the seven years since QO...

Simon Stevens: Incentivise NHS staff to lose weight

Doctors should lose weight to set an example, says Simon Stevens

30 July 2014

Overweight doctors and nurses should be 'incentivised' to lose weight and set a good example to pati...

Polymyalgia rheumatica raises vascular risks, particularly in middle age (Photo: Jason Heath Lancy)

Aggressively manage vascular risk factors in polymyalgia, GPs told

29 July 2014

GPs have been urged to 'aggressively' manage risk factors for vascular disease in people with polymy...

Hepatitis C virus: hospital admissions and deaths are rising (Photo: SPL)

Rising hepatitis C deaths prompt call for GP awareness training

28 July 2014

GPs have been urged to undertake extra training to recognise and diagnose hepatitis C, amid concerns...

Back pain: paracetamol no more effective than placebo, study suggests

Paracetamol ineffective against lower back pain, reveals study

24 July 2014

GPs should reconsider advising patients to take paracetamol as the first-line treatment for lower ba...

High street advice: GPs concerned at over-medicalisation of patients (Photo: Jim Varney)

GP workload driven up by 'over-medicalisation' of patients

23 July 2014

Nearly a third of diabetes risk assessments identify that patients are at risk of developing the con...

Smoking: plain packaging linked to sharp drop in Australian smokers (Photo: iStock)

Smoking rates drop after introduction of plain packaging, research shows

22 July 2014

The government could be one step closer to implementing standardised cigarette packaging in the UK, ...

GPs are set to prescribe statins to millions more people (Photo: Jason Heath Lancy)

NICE approves wider statin use but GPs warn it could 'distort' care

18 July 2014

NICE has approved new guidance that will see millions more healthy people prescribed statins, but GP...

Asthma: warning over corticosteroid use (Photo: Science Photo Library)

Inhaled corticosteroids for asthma 'affect child growth', study finds

17 July 2014

Inhaled corticosteroid drugs for asthma may suppress child growth and should be limited to the lowes...

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