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Once daily formulations of the phosphodiesterase-inhibitor tadalafil have been removed from NHS England’s list of items which should not routinely be prescribed in primary care...
A two-monthly injection is as effective as the standard once-daily oral regimen at virological HIV suppression, a year-long study has shown...
Boys who smoke in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and compromised lung function, according to...
Diabetes and obesity drug, semaglutide, can significantly reduce symptoms and physical ability in patients with heart failure, according to a study published in...
The stress of being on-call and an unsupportive working environment are key factors affecting urologists’ satisfaction with their jobs. The findings were revealed in a survey of...
MRI scans could provide an effective prostate cancer screening tool independent of PSA testing with a low rate of over-diagnosis, according to a recent study published in...
Despite the hugely successful advances in treatments for hepatitis C, patients who are ‘cured’ still have a very high risk of death, according to a large study published in...
Registration is open for Prostate Cancer UK’s Primary Care Network (PCN) Direct Enhanced Service (DES) event. The online conference is on Friday 8 September, 12–1.30pm and registration is free...
The Men’s Health Forum (MHF) is calling on all stakeholders who are involved in improving men’s health to give evidence to the Health & Social Care Select Committee’s inquiry into men's health...
A new booklet from the Men’s Health Forum (MHF) aims to help men eat healthily and shows how a better diet can improve all around well-being...
Patients over 55 years and with complications are at greater risk of hospital admission following a consultation for lower UTI and should not be the focus of attempts to reduce antibiotic prescribing...
There is almost no risk of HIV transmission where viral is load is effectively suppressed on antiretroviral treatment (ART), according to a recent meta-analysis...
The UK Health Security Agency has published an updated Patient Group Direction template for the administration of the HPV vaccine for gay and bisexual men and men who have sex with men...
The androgen blocker apalutamide has been accepted by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for the treatment of patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer whose disease is...
Skin cancer rates are increasing at an alarming rate and are set to increase by over a quarter by 2040, says Cancer Research UK. According to its figures, skin cancer diagnoses reached...
Erdafitinib extends overall and progression-free survival compared to chemotherapy in patients with unresectable or metastatic bladder cancer and selected FGFR gene alterations, according to...
Cases of gonorrhoea have increased by 50% in the year 2021–22 and are the highest since records began, according to the latest report from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)...
Men are far too often ignored when it comes to cancer policy, according to a report commissioned by Global Action on Men’s Health (GAMH). The report, 'Gone Missing, finds that...
Initiating a triple-therapy inhaler within a month of a moderate or severe COPD exacerbation can significantly reduce the risk of further exacerbations. Results from the EROS real-world retrospective study showed that...
An NHS trial of a new blood test correctly identified two out of every three cancers in more than 5000 people who had visited their GP with potentially worrying symptoms. The test also correctly identified...
