The most comprehensive and detailed review of the burden posed by allergic disease in Scotland concludes that one in three of the Scottish population are affected by allergies at some point in their lives – higher than in England.

Doctors and medical students who are facing examinations in the next few months can get extra help with their revision thanks to an online resource called examdoctor which is now available to MDU members with an exclusive discount of 33 per cent.

One Wimpole Street, the events and conferencing arm of the Royal Society of Medicine, is the first venue in the country to be issued with a certificate for BS 8901- the British Standard for a sustainable event management system.

Government anti-obesity campaigns should be focussing on women of child-bearing age, say leading clinicians.