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Confidence in the value of breast screening has been dented by studies that suggest it may not have contributed to falling mortality rates in Europe, and, worse, could be putting healthy women at risk of unnecessary surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Women with eating disorders who become pregnant need specialist support, writes Elizabeth Lynch. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carol Weeks, a midwife at Watford General Hospital in Hertfordshire, will never forget her trip to Australia at the start of this year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Elizabeth Lynch explains how nurses can help people cope with a rare condition that causes total body paralysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Donating an organ to someone you do not know is a huge decision. But for one nurse, it was something she felt she had to do. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months gives babies the best possible start in life, but only 2 per cent of UK women achieve this goal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The shortage of midwives in the UK has prompted more women to turn to doulas for support during pregnancy and after the child is born. A free, voluntary scheme is now being trialled for disadvantaged women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Parents may find it difficult to talk to their children about severe illness, but avoiding the subject can be counterproductive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on emotional freedom technique (EFT), a therapy for mental health problems in Great Britain. EFT was developed from the ancient Chinese meridian energy system, which includes acupuncture. The therapy started in the U.S. by Gary Craig, an engineer turned minister, who describes it as a form of emotional acupuncture without the needles. According to supporters of the technique, it is particularly useful for people who have had traumatic experiences.

There is a growing body of evidence that transferring a single embryo - rather than the current practice of two - during in vitro fertilisation is effective and could result in costs savings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Gypsies and travelling families face discrimination in access to health care as well as in the wider community, with the result that infant mortality rates remain high and child immunisation rates low. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence say more people with high cholesterol levels should be prescribed stations. But some professionals have reservations. Currently 2 million people in England and Wales take statins. This figure will rise to 3.3 million with the change in threshold for statin treatment. The threshold for considering statin use has changed from a 30 per cent ten-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease to a 20 per cent or more risk. Statins in low dosage are available over the counter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The FPA-formerly the Family Planning Association - celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Since its inception, the association's remit has broadened from the provision of contraceptive advice to health education and help with sexual dysfunction. Before contraceptive services became available, women underwent multiple pregnancies. Until 1967, contraceptive advice was available only to married women. Family planning nurses now provide women with the contraceptive pill as well as injections and emergency contraception. The FPA provides termination of pregnancy and vasectomy services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Design Council is working with healthcare staff and users to reconfigure services for the 21st century. This ‘co-creation approach’ has focused on diabetes and motivating older people to stay healthy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information about use of complementary therapies in Great Britain. After many decades of conventional medicine being the only consideration in the treatment of its patients, the National Health Service (NHS) is beginning to embrace complementary therapies. One person who is helping in this change is Angie Buxton-King, the first paid healer employed by the health service. In the early 1990s, Angie became aware of complementary medicine when her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and was offered healing as part of her treatment at the Bristol Cancer Center. INSET: The NHS healer.

It is a bacterium that lives harmlessly in the vagina or digestive tract. About one third of the adult population are said to be 'colonised' by Group B streptococcus, in the majority of cases with no ill effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy for advanced stage breast cancer has a low risk of complications and does not cause unreasonable delays in treatments, according to researchers at the Los Angeles Medical Center, University of California. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is the fith biggest cancer killer in the UK, yet pancreatic cancer gets little media coverage compared with breast, colon, prostate and lung cancers. And, unlike these cancers, the survival rates for pancreatic cancer have scarcely improved since the 1970s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on in vitro maturation (IVM), a new reproduction technology. In IVM, underdeveloped eggs are harvested and matured in the laboratory before fertilisation. It is stated that IVM method has greater rate of success as compared to in vitro fertilisation (IVF). IVM is cost effective and thus it can provide affordable fertility treatment to women.

The article provides information on endometriosis, a disease that causes painful conditions during menstruation among women in Great Britain. Women usually suffer backache and abdominal pain throughout their monthly cycle or sexual intercourse. The Simply Holistic Endometriosis was organized to gather information on the effects of complementary therapies for the disease.