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Blogs

Wobbly in more ways than one - antidepressants and postural hypotension

Dr Laura Darby

29th January 2025

Beryl is an 82 year old lady presenting with a ‘muzzy head’. ‘What do you mean by muzzy head’, you ask ‘Oh you know - just muzzy!’ she replies, giving you a slightly exasperated look. Hmmm… clear as mud,...

Hot Topics GP Update

Mental Health

Hypertension in The Elderly - Evidence Broadly Supportive, but Uncertainties Remain

Dr Rob Walker

22nd January 2025

It’s almost 10 years since the SPRINT trial changed the landscape of hypertension treatment, by showing that intensive antihypertensive treatment to a systolic target of 120 mm/Hg, compared to standard...

Cardiology and ECG

Hot Topics GP Update

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...

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Podcasts

S6 E9: Interview with Dr Stephen Bradley on CXR rates in GP & lung cancer; orthostatic HYPERtension; overactive bladder tests

11th April 2025

Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we are joined by Dr Stephen Bradley, lead author of a new paper published in the BJGP looking at rates of CXR use in general practice and how this influences lung cancer stage at diagnosis and mortality.

Cancer

Cardiology and ECG

Hot Topics GP Update