A dietary cause for murmur - case study
Anaemia was the cause of a heart murmur in a young woman recovering from an eating disorder. By Dr P...
Coach patients to better health
A new approach to help challenging patients take charge of their health....
Combat obesity with the internet
Online weight reduction programmes could become an effective tool for sustained weight loss....
Journals watch: Methotrexate for pain relief | Control of type 2 diabetes | Protective effect of alcohol in RA
Too busy to read all of the journals? Dr Sally Hope selects papers of interest to primary care....
Strategies for improving patient concordance
Dr Prashini Naidoo explains the difference between patient compliance and concordance....
Iron deficiency and vitamin C
Consider dietary iron intake as well as iron loss, says Dr Nick Summerton....
Pain management - Pain in the elderly
Treating pain in the elderly patient poses a particular challenge. Dr Deane Halfpenny explains how s...
QOF hypertension target 'will lose practices money'
A new QOF target to give exercise advice to patients with hypertension will take up over 120,000 hou...
Surge in bariatric surgery as obesity crisis grows
Weight-loss operations in England rose 9% in a single year, according to latest official figures tha...
Smoking cessation in COPD patients
Dr Thomas Round examines the evidence for smoking cessation interventions in COPD patients....
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