Leg ulceration affects between 0.6% and 3.6% of the population, with 28–85% of ulcers owing to venous insufficiency.
Pollution is one of the most detrimental factors to public health, writes Mark Greener
The Best Practice in Nursing conference, which focuses on primary care, will be held on 21 and 22 October at the Birmingham NEC.
From April 2016 the only way midwives and nurses will be able to renew their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will be through a process called revalidation, the purpose of...
Cardiovascular disease leads to the death of a significantly higher proportion of women in Europe than men, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal.
Increasing education of diabetes is a key message in a series of updated diabetes guidelines released by NICE in order to tackle the growing number of people in the UK with diabetes.
The incoming revalidation process has 'enormous potential as a force for good', a leading nursing figure has said.
Graham White answers a question on how to keep CPD up to date.
Measuring blood levels of two biomarkers - asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and homocysteine - might detect women at high risk of developing pre-eclampsia.
Poor adherence to certain cardioprotective drugs – including aspirin and statins – 'is associated with a marked risk increase in all-cause mortality' among people who survived acute myocardial...
Jackie Greer is the head of care services at Blind Veterans UK's Brighton Centre
Will the recent announcement that public sector pay is to be capped at 1% affect nurses working in primary care?
Insufficient investment in school nursing is having a detrimental impact on children and young people, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned.
The NHS sees up to 200,000 cases of diabetes complications every year according to analysis by DIabetes UK.
The RCN has published a toolkit for school nurses, to develop their practice in supporting the health and wellbeing of children and young people in educational settings.
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