The prognosis for colorectal cancer (CRC) depends on stage at diagnosis, but although CRC screening programmes exist in many countries, the diagnoses of most CRC cases are based on symptom...
In 2019 in the UK, an estimated 885,000 people were living with dementia. Although people can still live well with dementia, exercise is one of the approaches that can help both with the management of...
With healthcare facing increasing demands and scarce resources, the hospital at home (HaH) concept is an innovative care strategy, providing eligible patients with specialised care at home. In this...
PH affects at least 1% of the world's population, with low-income and middleincome countries shouldering most of the burden. In all its manifestations, PH is associated with adverse vascular...
In 2018, the Irish Health Service Executive disclosed that some women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer were not told that their earlier smear tests had been reviewed, post-diagnosis and found...
In this editorial, Southport-based GP Dr David Unwin (2024) recalls the ineffective ‘standard advice’ he gave to his patients on weight loss, eg ‘eat less, move more’, ‘everything in moderation’,...
The association between loneliness and adverse physical and psychological health outcomes – like depression and anxiety, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality – also includes type 2 diabetes...
Preconception care (PCC) describes interventions that identify and modify behavioural, biomedical, and social risks among reproductive-aged women. Although PCC aims to enhance healthy pregnancy...
Each year globally, burns cause the deaths of around 96 000 people aged under 20 years, with children especially susceptible. This is cited by van Balen et al (2023), whose review considers the...
In this ethical consideration of capacity, Astrachan et al (2023) introduce a philosophical aspect which is relevant to many health professionals who deal with patients. The presumption of capacity is...
Incivility at work includes rudeness, demeaning attitudes, exclusion, and hurtful words, but as Graso (2023) notes in this commentary, while civility should be promoted, ‘[t]he unexamined pursuit of...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease, with type 2 diabetes (T2D) a major predictor, and NAFLD can range from simple steatosis (non-alcoholic fatty...
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