Picture quiz - contact dermatitis
23 Aug 10
Look at these six cases of contact dermatitis, read the short case histories and guess the allergen.
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Fever and neck pain in a university student
19 Aug 10
The third in our new series which takes you through a detailed case history, describing the key principles of care before offering a take home message.
Picture quiz - yellow skin lesions
17 Aug 10
What’s causing the yellowish hue in the skin in each of these patients?
Clinical quiz - haematology
17 Aug 10
Are these statements on four haematological conditions true or false?
Clinical curios: Juvenile spring eruption
13 Aug 10
Dr Keith Hopcroft continues our series of fascinating but often unrecognised conditions
Ten tips on managing chronic headache
13 Aug 10
Headache specialist Dr Andy Dowson provides hints on managing headache and identifying which patients to refer.
Halitosis
13 Aug 10
Oral and maxillofacial surgeon Mr Gary Cousin helps GPs get to the bottom of this symptom
What’s the take home? A 32-year-old woman with ocular symptoms
05 Aug 10
Our new series takes you through presentation, examination, investigation, diagnosis and treatment of a patient- describing the key principles of care before offering a take home message.
Why is this woman's skin yellow?
14 Jul 10
A remark after a routine Pill check led Dr Keith Hopcoft to look closer at this patient's hands.
Ten Tips on managing hoarseness
26 May 10
It’s a common symptom but can signal serious pathology. ENT GPSI Dr Rakesh Chopra offers his hints
Picture quiz - purpura
20 Aug 10
Purpural rashes involve a wide differential diagnosis. Make a diagnosis from each photograph and case history.
A 68-year-old woman with severe myalgia
18 Aug 10
Our new series takes you through presentation, examination, investigation, diagnosis and treatment of a patient- describing the key principles of care before offering a take home message.
Picture quiz - acute referrals to ophthalmology
17 Aug 10
Ophthalmologists Dr Hannah Timlin and Dr Abha Gupta present three common conditions referred by GPs to the emergency eye clinic. Study the case histories and the pictures and answer the questions.
Top tips on managing lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men
13 Aug 10
In May this year NICE published new guidance on LUTS. Urology GPSI Dr Jonathan Rees was on the guideline development group and offers a guide to the changes
Clinical curios: Chondrodermatitis nodularis
13 Aug 10
Dr Keith Hopcroft continues our series of fascinating but often unrecognised conditions
What are the sore, red lesions on this woman's legs?
13 Aug 10
This woman thought her lsions were insect bites. Dr Keith Hopcroft describes how a seemingly unrelated symptom led him to the right diagnosis
What's causing the swelling on this woman's neck?
11 Aug 10
This 64 year old woman mentioned her neck as the second thing she was worried about. Dr Keith Hopcroft describes how he found out it should really have been the first.
Balanitis xerotica obliterans
28 Jul 10
Dr Keith Hopcroft continues his series of fascinating but often unrecognised conditions
What are these lesions on this girl's back?
26 May 10
The lesions on this 11-year-old girl’s back and thighs, combined with a sore throat, stumped everyone. Dr Oliver Starr explains how the patient was managed
Ten tips on managing dizziness
18 May 10
ENT GPSI Dr Rakesh Chopra’s advice on sorting out the vestibular, cardiovascular and neurological causes of dizziness.
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What's causing the blisters on this man's feet?
18 May 10
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What's causing these white patches in the mouth?
12 May 10
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Male pattern baldness
24 Mar 10
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Symptom impossible: the loss of sexual desire
10 Mar 10
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Vestibular migraine
12 Feb 10
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Chronic scrotal pain
03 Feb 10
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My life as a GP photographer
09 Dec 09
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Top tips on gout
25 Nov 09
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Ten tips on managing the menopause
17 Nov 09
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Measuring testosterone
12 Nov 09
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Heel and ankle problems
27 Oct 09
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The vulnerable elderly
21 Oct 09
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What you need to know about insomnia
20 Oct 09
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Common care home problems
14 Oct 09
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Ganglion
07 Oct 09
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Consent and capacity
07 Oct 09
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Ten tips on treating depression
23 Sep 09
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Orthopaedic update on knee injuries
16 Sep 09
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Ten tips on measuring blood pressure
09 Sep 09
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What you need to know about acne
19 Aug 09
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Lichen planus - the evidence-base for treatment
04 Aug 09
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What you need to know about travel medicine
17 Jul 09
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Dry eye syndrome - the evidence-based management
01 Jul 09
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The 71-year-old with a ‘normal’ PSA test result
29 Jun 09
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Otitis externa - evidence based management
24 Jun 09
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What you need to know about eating disorders
23 Jun 09
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What you need to know about prostate cancer
16 Jun 09
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What you need to know about allergy
09 Jun 09
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Grapefruit juice and drug toxicity
04 Jun 09
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What you need to know about asthma
03 Jun 09
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Growing pains in children
28 May 09
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Ten tips on complications of seasonal and pandemic flu
27 May 09
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Bringing hay fever immunotherapy back to primary care
19 May 09
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What you need to know about COPD
06 May 09
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Should we ever think about stopping antihypertensives?
01 May 09
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What you need to know about pregnancy complications
24 Apr 09
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What you need to know about sexual dysfunction in women
09 Apr 09
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What I learnt from my adverse reaction near miss
08 Apr 09
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Dementia: an essential guide
25 Mar 09
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What you need to know about skin cancer
24 Mar 09
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Management of eating disorders in primary care
17 Mar 09
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ADHD: GPs' questions answered
11 Mar 09
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What you need to know about allergic rhinitis
04 Mar 09
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Ten tips on managing neuropathic pain
25 Feb 09
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Migraine, menstruation and the menopause
18 Feb 09
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Heart failure - what you need to know
11 Feb 09
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Restless legs, akathisia and muscle cramps
11 Feb 09
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Contraception options for migraine sufferers
04 Feb 09
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Headache: using medications to prevent migraine
28 Jan 09
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How good are X-rays at detecting osteoporosis?
28 Jan 09
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Obesity - what you need to know
26 Jan 09
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Ten tips on promoting long acting reversible contraception
14 Jan 09
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Making sense of the 2009 QOF rule changes
06 Jan 09
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Lab test update - hypothryoidism
17 Dec 08
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How not to miss.... an acoustic neuroma
17 Dec 08
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Cardiac tests - nuclear perfusion imaging
15 Dec 08
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Does constipation in the elderly need managing differently?
09 Dec 08
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Diagnosing acute onset diabetes in a child
03 Dec 08
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Communicating CV risk to patients
03 Dec 08
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Ten tips on managing norovirus infections
01 Dec 08
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Need to Know - anticoagulation
25 Nov 08
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Kendrick asks...should we care about C-reactive protein?
21 Nov 08
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Cardiac tests - transoesophageal echocardiography
18 Nov 08
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Need to know - Influenza
12 Nov 08
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Kendrick asks...what's the point of full body CT scans?
07 Nov 08
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How not to miss pulmonary tuberculosis
05 Nov 08
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Need to know - autistic spectrum conditions
31 Oct 08
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Cardiac tests - ambulatory BP recording
29 Oct 08
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Cardiac tests in primary care - exercise testing
21 Oct 08
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Need to know - eye conditions
20 Oct 08
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Five minute guide to ... Alexander technique
15 Oct 08
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Lab test update - ACR
15 Oct 08
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Diagnosis by numbers - perimenopause
08 Oct 08
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Lab test update - BNP
08 Oct 08
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Need to know - GU medicine
07 Oct 08
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How can we test for lactose tolerance in practice?
01 Oct 08
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How not to miss a leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm
01 Oct 08
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Need to know - schizophrenia
01 Oct 08
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Kendrick asks....what’s the point of measuring eGFR?
24 Sep 08
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Ten tips on hirsuitism
22 Sep 08
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Using likelihood ratios to diagnose chest problems
17 Sep 08
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Tips on assessing fitness to fly
17 Sep 08
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Lab test update - FSH (Menopause)
17 Sep 08
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How to make the most of phone consultations
10 Sep 08
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How I...targeted persistent frequent attenders
03 Sep 08
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Kendrick asks...could aggressive blood glucose lowering be harmful?
03 Sep 08
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Are GI diets a healthy way to lose weight?
03 Sep 08
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Eczema - which complementary medicines work and which don't?
27 Aug 08
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Need to know - infertility
22 Aug 08
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Need to know - rheumatoid arthritis
13 Aug 08
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Jacuzzi folliculitis
18 May 10
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Tips on gestational diabetes
21 Apr 10
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Hemicrania continua
24 Mar 10
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Chronic pelvic pain
12 Feb 10
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Macular patches on the arms
10 Feb 10
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The effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on diabetic nephropathy
03 Feb 10
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Ten tips on differentiating asthma from COPD
09 Dec 09
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What you need to know about brocnhiectasis
17 Nov 09
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Taking an accurate history in older patients
13 Nov 09
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What you need to know about the painful shoulder
10 Nov 09
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What you need to know about infertility
26 Oct 09
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Ten tips on managing female urinary incontinence
21 Oct 09
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Heavy menstrual bleeding
14 Oct 09
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The boy with lower abdominal pain
07 Oct 09
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Psychotic illness
07 Oct 09
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What you need to know about bowel cancer
23 Sep 09
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Persistent knee pain
23 Sep 09
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Best use of PSA testing
09 Sep 09
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Managing forefoot pain
02 Sep 09
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Managing shoulder pain
19 Aug 09
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What you need to know about alcohol dependence
04 Aug 09
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Halitosis - the evidence-base for treatment
08 Jul 09
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Tackling poor compliance
01 Jul 09
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What you need to know about oral contraception
29 Jun 09
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Avoiding problems when prescribing warfarin
24 Jun 09
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Lab test update - alkaline phosphatase
17 Jun 09
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Making the most of the the routine Pill check
10 Jun 09
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Avoiding alcohol-related prescribing problems
09 Jun 09
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The dementia patient who 'needed sedating'
04 Jun 09
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Avoiding treatment failure due to antacids
28 May 09
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Need to know
27 May 09
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Minimising the risks of NSAIDs
19 May 09
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What you need to know about Type 1 diabetes
19 May 09
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When to use obesity drugs in diabetes?
05 May 09
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How not to miss Addison's disease
29 Apr 09
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Why is vitamin D’s role in heart disease ignored?
15 Apr 09
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What you need to know on sexual dysfunction in men
08 Apr 09
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Lab test update - uric acid
01 Apr 09
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What I learned from my diabetes near miss
25 Mar 09
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Treating rosacea - the evidence base
18 Mar 09
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What you need to know about hypertension
13 Mar 09
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What I learned from my meningitis near miss
10 Mar 09
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How not to miss .... a torsion of the testis
03 Mar 09
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HbA1c reporting: getting on top of the changes
25 Feb 09
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Hyperlipidaemia - what you need to know
17 Feb 09
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Tension headache - diagnosis and treatment
11 Feb 09
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Ten tips on managing tinnitus
10 Feb 09
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What you need to know about LUTS in men
03 Feb 09
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When should HRT be used for insomnia?
28 Jan 09
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Evidence-based advice on conjunctivitis
26 Jan 09
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Drug misuse - what you need to know
14 Jan 09
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How to conduct an effective headache consultation
13 Jan 09
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Making the new QOF smoking rules work for you
02 Jan 09
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Ten tips on using incretin drugs for type 2 diabetes
17 Dec 08
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Need to Know - insomnia
16 Dec 08
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Cardiac tests - catheterisation and angiography
10 Dec 08
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Are women who suffer post-natal depression more likely to beome depressed later?
09 Dec 08
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Lab test update - microscopic haematuria
03 Dec 08
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Cardiac testing - ambulatory ECG recording
02 Dec 08
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Effective brief interventions for alcohol misuse
26 Nov 08
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Lab test update - semen analysis
24 Nov 08
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Top tips on viral warts
19 Nov 08
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Rationalising antibiotic use
18 Nov 08
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Lab test update - eGFR
10 Nov 08
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Top Tips on managing fibromyalgia
05 Nov 08
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Cardiac tests - echocardiography
03 Nov 08
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Diagnosis by numbers - alcohol problems
29 Oct 08
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Lab test update - ALT
22 Oct 08
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Kendrick asks.... why have we ignored heart rate variability?
20 Oct 08
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Need to know - postnatal depression
15 Oct 08
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CKD guidance: A quick guide to recent changes
15 Oct 08
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How not to miss .... cystic fibrosis
15 Oct 08
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Kendrick asks..... is the QOF turning GPs into dangerous prescribers?
08 Oct 08
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10 tips for anyone thinking of taking up dermoscopy
07 Oct 08
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Lab test update - MCV
01 Oct 08
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Prescribing after a stroke
01 Oct 08
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What's the prognosis for abdominal migraine?
01 Oct 08
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Lab test update - C-reactive protein (CRP)
24 Sep 08
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Diagnosis by numbers - ankle injuries
24 Sep 08
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Vulvodynia - guidance on diagnosis and treatment
17 Sep 08
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How not to miss...ovarian cancer
17 Sep 08
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What does the future hold for lab services?
17 Sep 08
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Need to know - Post-MI care
17 Sep 08
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Need to know - gout
08 Sep 08
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Should we retest for trichomonas?
03 Sep 08
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Need to know - cardiac arrhythmias
03 Sep 08
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Ten tips on when to test for HIV
02 Sep 08
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Ten tips on obsessive compulsive disorder
25 Aug 08
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Chlamydia - top tips on diagnosis, treatment and management
13 Aug 08
What you need to know about childhood UTIs
02 Sep 09
Paediatric nephrologist Dr Rodney Gilbert answers GP Dr Sabby Kant’s questions on the usefulness of urine dipsticks, antibiotic choice and how age affects management
