Use of oral antibiotics for treatment of acne is associated with over three times as many reported episodes of pharyngitis, compared with those who don’t take oral antibiotics, a US study has found.

Exclusive A referral management centre has attracted more than 100 complaints from GPs and patients angered after referrals were diverted to privately run secondary care services situated up to 30 miles out of town, a Pulse investigation reveals.

Exclusive GPs in some parts of the country are advertising the availability of private services where care has been rationed locally, amid mounting concern that NHS cuts are placing practices in an ‘impossible’ position.

Researchers have called for a review of UK breastfeeding guidelines after their global study found no evidence that exclusive breastfeeding for four months or longer protects children against eczema.

This picture was a bronze winner in the 2010 Institute of Medical Illustrators awards.

This picture was a bronze winner in the 2011 Institute of Medical Illustrators awards.

This picture was a bronze winner in the 2010 Institute of Medical Illustrators awards.

The rash on this woman’s face didn’t respond to initial treatments, so Dr Oliver Starr sought specialist help to reach the right diagnosis

This award-winning photograph shows a prosthetic nipple.

This long-standing patient of Dr Mike Wyndham’s was worried about a chest rash that had also developed on her hand

Dr Oliver Starr describes how he found the cause of a long-lasting rash