PCTs fail to take 2.3 million BMIs
GPs are failing to record patients' BMI and are under-diagnosing heart failure, according to the Hea...
Weight loss drug 'increases depression risk'
Advice to assess obese patients for depression before being given weight loss drug rimonabant has be...
Anti-obesity drugs 'fail to reduce weight'
Anti-obesity drugs are unlikely to permanently reduce patients’ weight, Canadian research findings s...
PCT orders GPs to limit scrips
GP practices across Shropshire have been told to limit the use of enteral nutrition after spending o...
Pneumonia, warts and obesity
Too busy to read the journals? Let Dr Simon Hunter guide you through the latest research...
Internet resources for eating disorders
Dr Keith Barnard recommends websites relating to eating disorders...
Eating disorders
1. Epidemiology and aetiology Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the most recognised eating di...
