Reacting to a report from the Health Select Committee on Alcohol, which calls for an overhaul of the Government’s alcohol policy, Chris Sorek, Chief Executive of alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, says:

One of the reasons why cervical cancer is more common among poorer women could be because they start having sex at a younger age than more affluent women, scientists have said.
Although deprived women are twice as likely to get cervical cancer as more affluent women, research has shown that their levels of infection with the [...]

New core standards for Assistant Practitioners are published today by Skills for Health, the Sector Skills Council for healthcare.
The standards were developed in response to requests from employers and commissioners concerned at variation in the responsibilities, education and training of staff employed in the role.

First year pharmacy students from Brighton University have completed the NPA ‘University’ Interact course. Students, who received 93% or over on the Interact course, were awarded with certificates at a prize ceremony on Monday 18 May.

If grandma seems to forget things, will she end up demented? These days, memory loss is one of the very few symptoms that may signal which 70-year-olds risk developing dementia. This is shown in a doctoral thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.