Blog - Page 11 | NB Medical

A new bone builder on the block!

Dr Laura Darby

21st August 2024

Sarah is a fit and healthy 52-year-old lady who attends for review of her HRT. She has seen on the news that there is a new ‘bone-building drug coming for post-menopausal women’, and would like to know...

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First do no harm? Antihypertensives and fracture risk

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Dr Rob Walker

14th August 2024

Frank is 79 years old and has been in a care home for a couple of years. He is getting a little more forgetful, and is certainly a bit more unsteady on his legs, although hasn’t had a fall in the last...

MASLD: The Rebrand You've Never Heard Of

Dr Neal Tucker

7th August 2024

If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there, does it make a sound?

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Is this child a picky eater, or do they have ARFID?

Dr Zoe Norris

30th July 2024

Sarah and her Mum have come in to see you because of Sarah’s recurrent tummy aches. As part of the history, you ask about appetite and diet.

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Paediatrics

Anal incontinence following birth injury - are we asking the right questions?

Dr Laura Darby

24th July 2024

Sarah attends for the 8 week check with her baby, Alfie. You go out to the waiting room to call her, and there’s no answer. Another patient in the waiting room points to the toilet- ‘I think they’ve gone...

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Women's Health

Sexually transmitted enteric infections – flushing out the facts.

Dr Rachel Brettell

15th July 2024

Every year on the urgent care course there are a couple of topics that really get our delegates thinking– those ‘unknown unknowns’ that are both a bit surprising and slightly scary (when you think about...

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Urgent Care