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A recent clinical review in The BMJ discusses diagnosis and management of prolactinomas and non-functioning pituitary adenomas. One management option…
11 years, 11 months ago
Overtreating mild hypertension, are we doing more harm than good?
Stephen Martin, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, thinks we're overtreating otherwise healthy patients who ha…
11 years, 11 months ago
Should patients be able to email their doctor?
Demand for better access to primary care is ever rising, but is email the answer? In this podcast, Elinor Gunning, a clinical teaching fellow in Lond…
11 years, 11 months ago
Ebola virus disease, a long terms perspective
David Heymann, professor of infectious disease epidemiology, and head and senior fellow, at the Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security was se…
12 years ago
How to test for an immediate food allergy
A new rational testing article, published on thebmj.com, looks at how to diagnose an immediate food allergy. Mabel Chew, The BMJ's practice editor, i…
12 years ago
Diagnosing and managing spasticity in adults
Management of spasticity requires a balanced approach, weighing the benefits of treatment against the usefulness of the spasticity. Current intervent…
12 years ago
Are essential medicines essential?
Global endorsement as a WHO essential medicine is big step. But Corrado Barbui, from the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Un…
12 years, 1 month ago
Pre-diabetes - epidemic or emperor’s new clothes?
Pre-diabetes is an umbrella term and the most widely used phrase to describe a blood concentration of glucose or glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) that li…
12 years, 1 month ago
Should research fraud be a criminal offence?
Research fraud, the deliberate falsification of research data, undermines science and can lead to horrible outcomes, as exemplified by Andrew Wakefie…
12 years, 1 month ago
Newly diagnosed HIV
HIV testing is now being routinely offered in increasingly diverse health settings, including primary care. In this podcast we talk to HIV consultant…
12 years, 1 month ago