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New guidelines from SIGN for Dementia

New guidelines from SIGN for Dementia image
Dr Zoe Norris
18th January 2024

Dementia remains (and will continue to remain) a Hot Topic for us all in primary care. It will surprise no one that the numbers of patients we are seeing in General Practice continue to rise substantially;...

New year’s resolutions and the avoidance of cold turkey – how to stop SSRI’s in primary care.

New year’s resolutions and the avoidance of cold turkey – how to stop SSRI’s in primary care. image
Dr Rachel Brettell
4th January 2024

It’s the first week of January, and for most of us, that means back to reality and back to the coal face, hopefully after a bit of festive rest and relaxation. For me, it’s also meant Janet, a middle-aged...

Season's Greetings, and watch out for the Mycoplasma

Season's Greetings, and watch out for the Mycoplasma image
Dr Simon Curtis
21st December 2023

Like the World Cup and the Olympics, epidemic peaks of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections come around every four years. The last epidemic season in the UK was 2019/20 and the UK Health Security Agency UKHSA,...

‘How are your periods?’ A simple question to find a complex condition.

‘How are your periods?’ A simple question to find a complex condition. image
Dr Laura Darby
13th December 2023

Naga Munchetty, a well known newsreader and journalist, has been raising the public profile of endometriosis through a combination of radio broadcasts and written articles. Additionally, she has given...

Menopause management – it doesn’t have to be this complicated

Menopause management – it doesn’t have to be this complicated image
Dr Siobhan Becker
29th November 2023

When NICE released its 2015 Menopause guidelines1, the direction of travel seemed pretty clear – a generation of women had missed out on HRT, largely as a result of the WHI trial2, and it was setting out...

Should my baby have the new chicken pox vaccine?

Should my baby have the new chicken pox vaccine? image
Dr Laura Darby & Dr Simon Curtis
23rd November 2023

It’s Thursday morning and you’re just finishing a baby check for Anna, a healthy 8 week old. Her mother Kate asks ‘Just before I go and see the nurse, what do you think about the new vaccine? Is it a good...

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