Blog - 2022 - Page 5
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PHARMACEUTICAL INFLUENCE
Please Sir, may I have some...Evusheld
Dr Philippa Davies
2nd June 2022
Pat is one of our many solid organ transplant patients whose life depends on ongoing immunosuppression. An unfortunate side effect of this treatment can be failure to generate antibodies after vaccination, data shows...
Colon cancer, spotting the Big C in the young
Dr Simon Curtis
19th May 2022
Dame Deborah James, the ‘Bowelbabe’ and host of the You, Me and the Big C BBC podcast has had a huge impact in breaking down stigma and raising awareness as well as millions of pounds for bowel cancer....
Beware of the Chair
Dr Duncan Hill
12th May 2022
As a nation we are sitting more, as GP’s we are spending more time at our desks. How does this impact our health and risks of chronic disease and what can we do to reduce this?
It’s not what you’ve got, it’s how you use it
Dr Neal Tucker
5th May 2022
Dave has had asthma since he was a kid. He’s 45 now. He knows asthma. “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”.
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