Last year NICE released a draft of its update to its menopause guidelines and they were greeted with howls of despair from many of us who spend every day talking and consulting with women in primary care...
How do we identify a sick child? Wouldn’t it be great if there was a handy scoring system that could accurately predict those at risk of serious illness who may need admission? Or just as importantly...
When I started as a GP just shy of 20 years ago, type 2 diabetes (T2DM) was viewed as a progressive disease that, at best, could be managed, but not reversed. Management was based around the relatively...
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA), such as spironolactone, have been recommended as one of the key treatments for people with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) for more than...
Funded by the NIHR and led by the University of Stirling, this research is the first to look at self-management of pessaries for prolapse.
The rates of Pertussis infection have surged this year, with over 12 000 laboratory confirmed cases reported to the UK HSA between January and July 2024 in England alone. Whilst any age group can be affected,...