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Sleepless nights, restless hearts: spotting the OSA-AF connection

Dr Simon Curtis

27th November 2024

Our patients are our best teachers. I remember one, let’s call him Mike, who first taught me the link between atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). He was a large guy, always smiley and...

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Rescue therapy in T2 diabetes - Clara's story

Dr Zoe Norris

19th November 2024

Clara was 84yrs old and lived in the residential home that was within walking distance of the surgery. Most days there would be one or two visits in the home, that was largely filled with our patients....

Diabetes

Menopause management – are new NICE guidelines 2 steps forward but one step back?

Dr Siobhan Becker

13th November 2024

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...

Women's Health

Identifying the sick child- will the NHSE PEWS score help us in primary care?

Dr Laura Darby

5th November 2024

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...

Paediatrics

Urgent Care

Remission of type 2 diabetes - Is it worth the effort?

Dr Rob Walker

29th October 2024

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...

Diabetes

FINEARTS for fine hearts

Dr Nick Jones

23rd October 2024

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...

Cardiology and ECG

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