In this series we get under the skin of real-life doctors to better understand their daily working lives, their stresses, their motivation, what makes them tick and why they wouldn’t change their profession for anything.

Various clinical and EEG factors predicted a rockier course.

A population-based cohort study of 5-year outcomes.

Cancer Research UK publishes report on ‘Securing a Cancer Workforce for the Best Outcomes’

The BASICS trial provides evidence for the adoption of antibiotic shunts in UK patients receiving a first ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion.

The options are equally effective with trastuzumab before or after surgery.

The WHO is launching a global campaign to create awareness of patient safety.

The CAP randomised trial used TENS and range-of-motion exercises as an active control.

Procedure was superior to twice-daily proton pump inhibitors.

A meta-analysis of 16 studies.

SEER analysis of 675 cases.

An examination of survival rates for seven tumour types in seven different jurisdictions

Poorly differentiated cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas are frequently incompletely excised, despite adherence to guidelines

New figures show a gap of 19 years in good health life expectancy between the least and most deprived populations.