GPs should prescribe lower doses of antidepressants, new research suggests. Researchers analysed data on 19,364 patients and concluded that the lower end of the recommended dose achieves the 'optimal balance' between effectiveness and limiting adverse side effects.
Employers should do more to help their staff become active, according to a new national guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
The higher education regulator has unveiled a £14.5m drive to tackle student mental health issues and reduce the number of suicides at universities in England.
The Public Accounts Committee is to launch an inquiry into NHS penalty charges in England, after an investigation found that fines worth millions of pounds have been overturned when challenged.
People can reduce their risk of dementia by making healthy lifestyle changes, according to new guidelines published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Thyroid medication should not be prescribed routinely to people with mild thyroid disease, according to new advice published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Men with suspected prostate cancer should be offered MRI scans that could spare them 'uncomfortable and unnecessary' biopsies, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended.
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has published new guidance to support the digital sharing of medicines information between care settings.
