Electronic records 'risk damaging interaction with patients'
Greater use of electronic records risks harming the patient-doctor relationship by distracting GPs f...
NHS to offer breast cancer drugs to women at risk
Hundreds of thousands of women at risk of breast cancer will be offered drugs to prevent them develo...
Poor rheumatoid arthritis awareness 'delaying diagnosis'
Patients with undiagnosed rheumatoid arthritis are presenting too late to GPs and UK governments mus...
Artery thickness 'predicts vascular disease'
MRI of the abdominal aorta can be used to predict the risk of future cardiovascular events, a study ...
NICE may force U-turn on changes to QOF
Ministers are set to face pressure from NICE to reverse controversial QOF changes, after the institu...
GPs lead Ramadan diabetes campaign
GPs across the UK are leading meetings at local mosques to encourage people with type 2 diabetes to ...
Catching up on missed sleep 'protects against diabetes'
Catching up on sleep could protect against diabetes, research suggests....
Moderate alcohol drinking in pregnancy 'safe for child'
Women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol during pregnancy will not harm their child's mental deve...
GPs to vaccinate two- and three-year olds against flu this year
GPs will be expected to immunise more than 1m children aged two and three years old against flu from...
Tougher BP targets in QOF approved by NICE
GPs are set for stricter BP targets for patients with vascular disease under proposals from NICE for...
