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Let's talk about social media!

Dr Laura Darby

23rd July 2025

Whatever your opinion on social media, it is part of the lives on the majority of children in the UK. A recent report released by OFCOM 2024 stated that 51% of children aged 3-12 use social media, despite...

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Paediatrics

To DRE or not to DRE, that is the question

Dr Rob Walker

17th July 2025

Why won’t men go to the doctor? ‘We’re worried they’re going to poke a finger up our bum hole.’ (Caitlin Moran, What about Men?)

Cancer

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Insomnia – do the drugs work?

Dr Neal Tucker

9th July 2025

Phil is 75 and can’t sleep. Or rather he does sleep, just not enough. He doesn’t have chronic pain, depression or acute stress. He doesn’t have arthritis, obstructive sleep apnoea or heart failure. He...

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Feeling hot and bothered?

Dr Zoe Norris

2nd July 2025

I’m writing this just after the hottest day of the year so far, when it’s still a positively chilly 24 degrees outside (!) My heat related stress was exacerbated when every news outlet was advising patients...

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Staying safe from suicide- beyond risk prediction

Dr Laura Darby

26th June 2025

NHS England have produced new best practice guidance called ‘Staying safe from suicide’.

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Brain tumour link with the POP – really??

Dr Laura Darby

18th June 2025

The mainstream media is awash with news of new research showing a ‘deadly’ brain tumour is linked to the mini pill. So, what is the evidence behind the hysteria?

Cancer

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