Objective To analyze mortality attributed to Alzheimer’s disease among taxi drivers and ambulance drivers, occupations that ...

Fairy tales offer opportunities to engage with children about healthy and disordered sleep, say Megan Thomas and colleagues Healthy sleep is a public health priority, with at least a third of children ...

Credit: Rowena Sheehan Far too many people dying and grieving remain undersupported and feared. Dying is “as natural and inevitable a transition as birth,” says Lucy Selman, an expert in dying and ...

The selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor atomoxetine and stimulants (amphetamines and methylphenidate) are the “most effective treatments” for managing the symptoms of attention ...

Despite growing public interest in death, support for end-of-life care and bereavement remains inadequate. We urgently need a community centred, public health approach to the social processes of dying ...

The UK government has announced plans to introduce a league table of NHS providers, with rewards for the leaders.1 Managers get more pay for better performance, but what do all the staff get who do ...

A new approach for teaching clinical skills At the heart of the practice of medicine is the tenet “to do good or to do no harm.”1 Fundamental to achieving this objective is continuing professional ...

1 Health Technology and Services Research, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands 2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, the ...

The US has reported its first severe case of H5N1 avian influenza in a patient who has been admitted to hospital in Louisiana, bringing the total number of human cases of H5 bird flu in the country to ...

“Is this disease increasing in incidence? Does it occur with undue frequency in my local community? Does its incidence correlate with some suspected cause? Has the outcome changed since control ...

The government has released preliminary details of what it wants to include in the new contract for GPs in England, including adding an extra £889m to the existing budget for general practice.

2 Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 3 Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Contributors: TJ and OIB have joint ...