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Type 2 diabetes in children and its association with obesity

Louise Cremonesini explores methods for countering the spread of type 2 diabetes among children

Wound bed preparation: employing the TIME acronym

Creating a stable wound bed is an essential part of the healing process, writes Edwin Chamanga

Croup: a clinical examination

Sam Gray outlines the best ways to examine and treat children presenting with croup

Safer Pregnancy Wales: Healthy, active lifestyle key to avoid stillbirths

Midwives in Wales are being told to encourage pregnant women to maintain active, healthy lifestyles to avoid stillbirths

Risk of suicides increased by 'tragic' lack of follow-up on mental health care

One in ten people admitted to hospital for a mental health crisis are not getting followed-up on quickly enough, according to data revealed by mental health charity Mind

Nurses asked if they want to strike in new online poll

Around 270,000 nursing professionals working in the NHS are eligible to say whether they are willing to strike in a pay poll from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

Booking open for Public Health England annual conference

PHE’s annual conference takes place at Warwick University from 12-13 September

Breast cancer: Smoking wipes out radiotherapy benefit

Modern radiotherapy is an invaluable cancer treatment and can target tumours with unprecedented accuracy

Anxiety linked to migraine

Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is strongly associated with migraine, according to new Canadian research. Indeed, a wide range of possible factors link the conditions

RCM human rights i-learn module

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched an online i-learn module on human rights as changes to supervision come into force

App to track patients at risk of suicide among 'trail-blazing' mental health projects

NHS England is set to fund a series of ‘trail-blazing’ projects aimed at innovating mental health treatment, including an app which tracks patients at risk of self-harm or suicide

Common bonds bring nurses together

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them and it will change your life

Most cancers are 'bad luck'

When a dividing cell copies DNA, enzymes ‘proof read’ the new strands to make sure they carry the same genetic code as the original

Parkinson's disease linked to hepatitis

​Hepatitis B and C infections increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to researchers who used data from England collected between 1999 and 2011

General practice nurses are the key to empowering patients

You, the practice nurse, have fabulous opportunities to improve health. You are often the clinician with the most continuity and expertise in caring for people with long term conditions (LTCs)

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