Growing up in the UK: can we deliver a healthy future for our children?
The health and wellbeing of children growing up in the United Kingdom are worse than is seen for children in most of the UK’s European counterparts. In May 2013, the BMA report Growing up in the UK:...
View ArticleCytisine, the world’s oldest smoking cessation aid
Nearly 50 years ago, and before any smoking cessation aids were approved in the Western world, cytisine was being used in eastern and central Europe to help people quit smoking. Now, more evidence is...
View ArticleGrowing up over the shop
Living in hospital accommodation as a child gave Gareth Jones an unusual insight into his future career.
View ArticleProbiotics and infant colic
Editorialist William E Bennett Jr, from the Indiana University School of Medicine, discusses this linked research paper by Sung and colleagues, which represents the most definitive and well designed...
View ArticleTreating infant colic with the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri: double blind,...
According to this randomised trial, L reuteri treatment did not reduce crying or fussing in infants with colic, nor was it effective in improving infant sleep, maternal mental health, family or infant...
View ArticleInterpreting raised serum prolactin results
The author explores how doctors in primary care can identify, investigate, and refer patients with hyperprolactinaemia.
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