One of Britain’s leading doctors has called for the country to switch to a four-day week to help combat high levels of work-related stress, let people spend more time with their families or exercising, and reduce unemployment.
Getting to see a GP in England is getting more difficult, the official patient survey shows.
British Medical Journal argues for Lord Falconers assisted dying bill insisting that choice now the most important principle in medical ethics.
Overhaul of cities to make them fit for an ageing population should include elements of fun, say older people.
The world could soon be “cast back into the dark ages of medicine” unless action is taken to tackle the growing threat of resistance to antibiotics, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
Dr Charles Alessi says people will get the resilience to deal with conditions such as dementia and diabetes through learning new things and finding people who love them.
Almost 20 years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Christine Bryden has defied all odds and stumped medical professionals by defying the disease and living a normal successful life.
The first study to estimate the scale of the problem has found that 5.8million visits a year are directly down to patients being unable to see their family doctor.
Parents are being urged to be mindful of their eating habits and comments they make about body image in front of their children after a government report found children as young as eight were unhappy with their body size.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended that people with atrial fibrillation are prescribed an anticoagulant instead of aspirin to reduce their risk of stroke.
