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Latest:
  • What to Do When You Suspect a Colleague Is Performing Inappropriate Procedures
  • Convalescent Plasma for Covid-19: works best for 65 -74yrs
  • Is there a smokers paradox in Covid-19?
  • Aspirin in primary prevention for CVD and cancer
  • Can CRP testing guide antibiotic prescription for COPD exacerbations?

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What to Do When You Suspect a Colleague Is Performing Inappropriate Procedures

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 admin 48 Views 0 Comments

Conflict of Interest: From JAMA Professionalism print series and Podcasts It is not a rare event that doctors perform inappropriate

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Clinical Medicine COVID-19 SLIDER 

Convalescent Plasma for Covid-19: works best for 65 -74yrs

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 admin 16 Views 0 Comments convalescent plasma, Covid-19

Considering the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections, the paucity of treatment options, and the enthusiasm for and controversy about convalescent plasma,

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Cardiovascular COVID-19 EBM SLIDER 

Is there a smokers paradox in Covid-19?

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 admin 29 Views 0 Comments Covid-19, paradox, smoking

 It is well established that cigarette smoking is associated with morbidity and mortality in several respiratory infections. However data from

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Cancer Cardiovascular EBM SLIDER 

Aspirin in primary prevention for CVD and cancer

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 admin 1 Views 0 Comments Aspirin, cardiovascular disease, colon cancer, dementia, primary prevention

The balance of benefits and harms no longer favour aspirin for primary prevention There is strong evidence for using Aspirin

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MEdicine Research Respiratory SLIDER 

Can CRP testing guide antibiotic prescription for COPD exacerbations?

December 27, 2020December 27, 2020 admin 46 Views 0 Comments COPD, Exacerbations

COPD Exacerbations — A Target for Antibiotic Stewardship Patients with acute exacerbations of COPD in whom outpatient treatment fails are

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COVID-19 MEdicine Primary Care SLIDER 

Long Covid – diagnosis and management in primary care

December 26, 2020December 26, 2020 admin 1 Views 0 Comments Long Covid-19, Management, Post-Covid, primary care

NICE guideline on long covid – BMJ 2020 Dec 23 AND Long COVID: A Primer for Family Physicians – Editorial

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COVID-19 Epidemiology SLIDER 

Asymptomatic transmission of covid-19 What we know, and what we don’t

December 24, 2020December 26, 2020 admin 1 Views 0 Comments Asymptomatic transmission, spread of covid-19

Asymptomatic transmission of covid-19 – BMJ Dec 21 Earlier estimates that 80% of infections are asymptomatic were too high and

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Clinical Medicine SLIDER 

Metoprolol is not effective for preventing acute exacerbations in COPD

December 22, 2020December 26, 2020 admin 61 Views 0 Comments acute exacerbation, COPD, Metaprolol

Dransfield MT, Voelker H, Bhatt SP, et al. Metoprolol for the prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD. N Engl J

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Clinical Medicine COVID-19 Epidemiology SLIDER Technology 

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination — An Ounce (Actually, Much Less) of Prevention -NEJM editorial

December 19, 2020December 26, 2020 admin 72 Views 0 Comments RNA vaccine, VAccine

From the Editorial ‘We are publishing today in the Journal the results of a phase 3, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial of

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COVID-19 EBM Infections SLIDER 

Covid-19: Lateral flow tests accuracy looking not very good in UK

December 18, 2020December 24, 2020 admin 11 Views 0 Comments Covid-19 Antigen test

The rapid test kits most widely used in UK universities, schools, and care homes detect just 48.89% of covid-19 infections

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Guidelines for Primary Care

  • Diabetes Type II

    Diabetes Type II

    October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 admin 0
  • Breast cancer guideline – MoH

    Breast cancer guideline – MoH

    October 28, 2020October 30, 2020 admin 0
  • Dietary Recommendations for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Time to reject the ‘Diet-Heart Hypothesis’

    Dietary Recommendations for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Time to reject the ‘Diet-Heart Hypothesis’

    July 11, 2020September 5, 2020 admin 0
  • Prostate cancer

    Prostate cancer

    February 5, 2020February 8, 2020 admin 0
  • Hypertension in adults: updated NICE guidelines 2019 October​

    Hypertension in adults: updated NICE guidelines 2019 October​

    January 31, 2020February 5, 2020 admin 0
  • How evidence-based are  dietary advice guidelines

    How evidence-based are dietary advice guidelines

    January 31, 2020February 5, 2020 admin 0
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