Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) have been the subject of a great deal of investigation in recent years.

Recent high profile cases have highlighted problems and issues surrounding the withdrawal or withholding of treatment for patients with severe mental and physical incapacity.

The Royal Society of Medicine Press has published new Primary Care Guidelines for the Management of Females with Epilepsy.

Healthcare providers in psychiatric wards are faced with two conflicting ideas when assessing the incidence of sexual activity.

Scientists, doctors and the media have taken two sides to the debate over the positive and negative effects of alcohol consumption.

The recommended maximum storage and transit temperatures for most medications is 25°C and are set by the pharmaceutical manufacturers. Are healthcare providers following these guidelines?

Following the controversy surrounding the Andrew Wakefield study on the link between MMR vaccines and autism, the public is now considering the reliability of medical research in Britain today.

There are strong reasons for promoting the use of pedal cycles in Britain, including that it is ‘beneficial to health’

Dr Muhammad Arshad presents new evidence in the current issue of the Journal of Medical Biography, published by the Royal Society of Medicine Press, suggesting he suffered from Asperger’s disorder, or high-functioning autism.

Previous surveys of UK hospitals have highlighted the low standards of inpatient bathrooms, including inadequate access for wheelchair users, lack of bathing equipment and ‘unsatisfactory cleanliness and privacy.’

On Wednesday, 28 April the Royal Society of Medicine in association with the National Asthma Campaign and The Independent on Sunday will present Medicine & Me: Asthma, a conference on the latest developments in asthma research.

With the NHS is overextended and concerns that quality of care may be compromised by overworked healthcare professionals...

On Tuesday 30 March the Royal Society of Medicine presented ‘What about the workers?’, a conference examining the current state of occupational health in the UK.

On Tuesday 23 March, the Food and Health Forum at the Royal Society of Medicine in association with The Alzheimer’s Society held a meeting on ‘Nutrition, Cognition and Alzheimer’s’.

Blood pressure screening either alone or in combination with other cardiovascular risk factors such as cholesterol levels does not determine a person’s chance of having a heart attack or stroke...

The controversial debate about whether childhood immunisations are safe and effective has lead to widespread public concern...

Stem cell research has become increasingly important in the development of new treatments...

- Stem Cells: Nuclear Reprogramming and Therapeutic Applications
- Nutrition, Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease
- World TB Day
- What About the Workers?

The Hastings Review, published in 2003 by the Food Standards Agency, examined the link between food promotion and eating behaviour in children...

Many gay men think they are less at risk of becoming infected with HIV than other gay men...