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Planning ahead: hypothyroidism and pregnancy

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Dr Laura Darby
8th April 2026

Rachel is a 32-year-old lady who presents feeling more fatigued than normal. She is most concerned about the possibility of anaemia. She reports her periods are generally heavy, she follows a plant-based...

Am I a mug not understanding MGUS?

Am I a mug not understanding MGUS? image
Rob Walker
2nd April 2026

Barbara turned 80 a couple of months back, and is in to see you about some blood test results. ‘The last doctor I saw was worried I might have bone cancer - have I?’. Quick review of the results.…IgG paraprotein...

Beating the Clock: multi-vitamins and ageing

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Dr Neal Tucker
25th March 2026

“I can’t understand why I feel so exhausted after only doing yoga and twenty thousand steps,” my 75 year old patient with nothing medically wrong tells me. “I’ve already had ten different types of grain...

Fracture risk in Parkinson’s - Mind the Gap

Fracture risk in Parkinson’s - Mind the Gap image
Dr Rob Walker
19th March 2026

Fred is 79 and has had Parkinson’s Disease for about 10 years. He tripped and fell a couple of months ago in the garden and sustained a fragility fracture of his wrist, and is back to review his DEXA scan...

Recurrent thrush- spotting the pattern

Recurrent thrush- spotting the pattern image
Dr Laura Darby
11th March 2026

It’s a busy Thursday morning. You scan down your clinic list, heart sinking a little at the back-to-back complexity of the cases ahead and wondering how late you might run by the end (hands up -frequent...

Allergy Testing in Primary Care

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Dr Rob Walker
4th March 2026

Darren is 28 years old, and you’ve seen him a few times over the years; he’s fit and well generally, but has developed some intermittent GI symptoms over the last few years, which at times seem worse after...

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