Topical antibiotics should be the first-line choice for acute otitis externa, say UK researchers who found the majority were given oral medication in primary care.

PCT clusters are to prioritise the tendering of podiatry, adult hearing services and diagnostic care on the open market under Any Qualified Provider (AQP), a Pulse investigation has revealed.

Nasal symptoms could identify patients at risk of COPD and cardiovascular disease, say Swedish researchers.

GP referral of patients with chronic catarrh has a limited role in their management, a UK study has concluded.

The cuts to ‘low priority' clinical procedures are hitting tonsillectomies, a Pulse investigation shows.

ENT GPSI Dr Raj Singh continues our series with a disease that is often misdiagnosed

ENT GPSI Dr Raj Singh on a disease that requires those with unilateral hearing loss to be questioned carefully

ENT GPSI Dr Raj Singh provides an update on a complication of tonsillitis

ENT GPSI Dr Raj Singh starts our new series with a disease that is often misdiagnosed

This award-winning photograph shows congenital cataract. It was a bronze winner in the 2010 Institute of Medical Illustrators Awards.

This award-winning photograph shows leukoplakia.

This award-winning photograph shows enlarged tonsils.