Testing for BRCA mutations in the case of a woman with an ovarian cancer diagnosis raises issues that affect her wider family, and the case highlights perfectly the role of genetic counselling
A new series of Travel Medicine articles begins with a look at how to get off on the right foot when planning the delivery of travel medicine consultations and services in general practice
An international consensus statement from researchers in Scotland, the home of golf, provides a sport-centric overview of the benefits of the game on mental and physical health
I can often no longer tell the difference between distress and depression or anxiety, so avoid the big, heavy diagnostic labels, at least for the first few weeks, says professor of general practice and primary health care Bruce Arroll
MMR vaccination rates in the 1990s slumped in developed countries and took a long time to recover; many children growing up at that time are, today, still at risk of measles
In 1997, Crystal Park and Susan Folkman wrote a paper “Meaning in the context of stress and coping” containing a framework to explain how individuals find meaning, in terms of global and situational meaning
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management