The Admiral Nursing helpline, the UK's only nurse-led helpline for dementia information, is to increase availability, after a 78% increase in demand since 2013.
Many care home patients are unable to access specialist and district nurses to treat problems with continence, a report by the Expert Group on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms has found.
The number of people aged between 15 and 24 who die as a result of diabetes is 'high and rising', according to a study by the Institute of Child Health.
With media coverage of the measles outbreak at Disneyland in California earlier this year and the outbreak in Wales in 2012-13 infecting over 1000 people, vaccination and herd immunity have become hot...
More than 400,000 people are not receiving their annual diabetic foot checks according to figures from NHS Data analysed by Diabetes UK.
Alternate providers of healthcare do not perform as well as traditional primary care services such as general practices a study by Imperial College has found.
A new vaccine for malaria, RTS,S/AS01, has the potential to significantly reduce the number of cases of the illness in children and infants, research published in the Lancet has found.
As the general election looms, IN rounds up the key health policies of the major parties.
Quitting smoking in old age can cut the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to a meta-analysis by researchers from the German Cancer Research Centre.
Understanding how to maintain morale improves team dynamics and performance, writes Ruth Oshikanlu.
NHS England is looking for a national community nursing advisor.
It is vital to understand the wide variety of COPD therapies available in order to help patients find the one which will help them to best manage their condition, explains Darush Attar-Zadeh.
An event to educate healthcare professionals on how to manage social media will be held on 6 May at the Hallam Conference Centre, London.
Men are more likely to develop and die from cancer. Ian Peate considers how nurses can address this.
Several studies have reported that the composition of the bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract influences the risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC).
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