Pharmacological Treatments for Obesity
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Books
The Hot Topics Course reference book accompanies the course but is also available to purchase separately
The book is fully referenced with recent summaries of the evidence commonly seen in primary care. Most of our delegates use this every day, like they use the BNF.
Hot Topics GP Update
Diabetes
Blogs
Private prescribing for obesity drugs are on the rise - What do we need to be aware of?
Dr Stephanie De Giorgio
12th June 2024
We have entered a new era of effective medical management of obesity. The press and medical literature are full of stories about the current medications that are available. Semaglutide, which is available...
Obesity– it’s big news again, but what to tell our patients?
Dr Stephanie De Giorgio
8th June 2023
Last night the government announced a £40million programme to expand the use of new obesity treatment medications, to a pilot of community based GP led clinics. The details are yet to be clarified, but...
Semaglutide for obesity – how does it work, what’s the evidence and can my patient have it?
Dr Stephanie De Giorgio
2nd March 2023
If you have been reading or watching any media recently, you will almost certainly have seen discussion around the new “celeb weight loss drug” or “life changing medication for obesity”, depending upon...
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Podcasts
S6 E8: "The NHSE Song (Quango in the Wind)"; BV treatment; GLP1a for alcohol; GIP for prediabetes
14th March 2025
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we look at three new papers with practice-changing consequences.
S5 E9: “The Strike Song”; Maintaining Weight Loss; Exercise & Depression; Microplastics in Your Arteries
8th March 2024
Welcome back to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode we think about another year of imposed GP contract on practices in England, the BMA response and where it may lead.
S5 E2: Hot Topics 25th birthday interview with Simon Curtis; semaglutide in heart failure and obesity; nurse-led sleep restriction therapy for insomnia
29th September 2023
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr. Neal Tucker. As we celebrate 25 years of NB Medical and the Hot Topics course, in this podcast we chat with co-founder Dr Simon Curtis about the changes in general practice and medical education since its inception, we discuss three of the most influential research papers over the era, and what the future may hold for GPs.
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