Journal of Family Health Care

British families have spent over £20m on "ineffective" head lice treatments over the past 12 months as a result of bad weather, according to new research.

The parents of a teenager who died while taking an acne drug are calling for an investigation into its effects.

Royal College of Midwives chief executive Cathy Warwick has said the findings of the report into care failings at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust make the introduction of minimum safe staffing levels and a duty of candour a necessity.

Redness and dry skin is commonly be diagnosed as eczema, but there are other skin conditions which can appear similar, but are different. Julie Van Onselen explains why and also discusses how the pigmentation patterns of eczema appear on ethnic skin.

The effects of childhood atopic eczema can be distressing for the entire family, not just the individual sufferer. Julie Van Onselen offers some treatment advice and moral support  

In the current swine flu pandemic there is a risk that the diagnosis of meningitis may be missed Dr Claire Knight and Linda Glennie provide anupdate on the importance of the vital signs  Meningitis is a rapidly progressing, potentially fatal illness where early and prompt diagnosis can be life-saving. Unfortunately, early symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia often resemble viral illnesses such as influenza and in the current swine flu pandemic there is a risk that a diagnosis of meningitis and septicaemia may be missed.