Nutrition and diabetes

Alyson Hill

Clinical aspects of skin cancer

Dalvi Humzah

Practice nurses are unique

Sue Nutbrown

Events

Macmillan volunteers

Pros and cons of PMS

Evidence of good practice

Andrea Howson, Clare Moore, Carolyn Western

Emerging guidance for epilepsy

Greg Rogers

Cold sores

Alison Blenkinsopp, Paul Paxton, John Blenkinsopp, Sandy Reid

Keeping skin safe from the harmful effects of uv rays

Natalie Tidy

Healthy Start—reform of the welfare food scheme

Rachel Smith

A Sure Start for reforming children’s health services

Ann Farrant

Referral criteria—the way forward for district nursing services

Lucy Botting

Addressing the myths

Lynn Young, Josie Irwin

Alcohol consumption and risk of stroke

Caroline McGraw

Self-reported stress and risk of stroke: the Copenhagen city heart study

Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in US adults: the first national health and nutritional examination survey epidemiologic follow-up study

Caroline McGraw

Risk of stroke

Caroline McGraw

Practice losing weight

News in brief

Non-compliance is deliberate, research finds

Sexual health crisis

RCN criticises patchy child protection service

NICE issues new guidance on infection control

Reshuffled health ministers

News

Epilepsy action in primary care

Sue Thomas