Direct access to physiotherapy
Patients with musculoskeletal conditions causing pain do not currently have direct access to physiotherapy on the NHS, but perhaps they should. A new pilot trial...
Nursing & Care
The Nursing & Care category highlights the essential role of nursing and caregiving in supporting patient wellbeing across settings. It covers evidence-informed practice, professional issues, compassionate care approaches and the challenges and innovations shaping the delivery of nursing and care services. From clinical insight to real-world perspectives, this category offers thoughtful content that reflects the heart of hands-on health and support.
The merry-go-round of IBS
GPs are in the vanguard when it comes to deciding the treatment options for people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and they often have to make...
What doctors need to know about informed consent
Informed consent in medicine is essential. In March 2015, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, which raised the legal standard...
Missing early signs of heart attack
Heart attack symptoms may have been missed in one in six heart attack patients admitted to hospital in England who later died, according to a...
Reassuring AMD patients
Around one in every 2,000 people has Age-related Macular Degeneration at 60. However, by the age of 90 it affects one person in five. We...
Starvation in hospitals
Nurse Helen Cowan talks about starvation, dehydration and death in hospitals. “Kill by mouth” read a recent headline in the Sun newspaper. Readers were informed that...
Longer immunotherapy for hay fever
Immunotherapy, which was first trialled on hay fever patients in London in 1911, has an excellent record in helping reduce allergy symptoms. But how long...
Combating adrenal fatigue through diet
In my experience as a clinical nutritional therapist, there is a modern epidemic of adrenal fatigue particularly among women who are nearing the menopause. These...
Care Home Cast Away
In Cast Away, the epic survival drama film, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is stranded on a deserted tropical island for four years, with a volleyball...
No good deed will go unpunished
In the latest Tom Hanks movie, Pilot Sully was a hero as he landed the aircraft on the Hudson River, saving all on board. Crash...
