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Season's Greetings, and watch out for the Mycoplasma
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.
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
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?
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...
Like death and taxes – a personal defence strategy for complaints
Dr Rachel Brettell
15th November 2023
My practice manager is a lovely guy, but whenever he knocks on my consulting room door, I am gripped by a deep and unshakeable sense of dread. What have I done, who have I killed, or WORSE, have I received...
Behind the headlines - Anastrozole for breast cancer prevention
Dr James Booth & Dr Simon Curtis
9th November 2023
As I drove into work on Tuesday, I heard the news that NHS England were announcing a new role for anastrozole in the prevention of breast cancer. It took me by surprise and speaking to colleagues, I...