Media ignores older cancer patients

Despite the fact that over three quarters of all cancers in the UK are diagnosed in those aged over 60, older adults are frequently ignored...

Don’t delay treatment for venous ulcers

Venous ulcers, which are more common in the elderly, should be treated with varicose surgery soon after they occur, according to new research. Delaying until...

Insomnia is not a medical emergency

Latest research suggests we are going through a sleep deprivation epidemic and we are getting between one to two hours less sleep than we were...

Treat sunshine with caution

It’s wonderful that so many people are enjoying the April heat wave but brilliant sunshine should be treated with caution. Yes, we need some exposure...

HFEA wrong to criticise foreign IVF clinics

There has been a lot said about foreign IVF clinics and ‘false hope’ in recent days. You may have seen headlines screaming that ‘vulnerable’ couples ‘desperate’...

Up with the larks for a longer life

“Night owls” – people who like to stay up late and have trouble dragging themselves out of bed in the morning – have a higher...

The beauty of a Gore-Tex nose job

Should you go for a Gore-Tex nose job? When American entrepreneur Bob Gore created Expanded Polytetrafluoroetylene, or ‘ePTFE’ for short, in the 1960s, it proved...

How to boost desire

Around half of all women and one in five men suffer from low libido at some point in their lives. Here we look at some ways...