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Editorial |
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QOF points reallocated in GMS contract 2008–2009 update
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News |
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NICE issues updated advice on care for healthy pregnant women
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Combined efforts are needed to tackle increased depression rates
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Personal View |
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Infliximab is approved by NICE for adult psoriasis
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Dr Alison Roberts welcomes the guidance from NICE and a new treatment for patients with the severe form of the disease |
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New Guideline |
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New IBS guideline highlights importance of self-help by patients
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Psychological interventions, antidepressants, and positive diagnosis represent a novel approach to management and care of irritable bowel syndrome, says Dr James Dalrymple |
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New Guideline |
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New BSACI guideline aids GPs to recognise subtypes of rhinitis
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Dr Imran Rafi and Dr Shuaib Nasser discuss the role of primary care in the identification and management of allergic, non-allergic, and infective rhinitis |
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New Guideline |
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Extended treatment is needed to prevent VTE in post-surgical patients
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Professor Samuel Machin discusses the implications for primary care of NICE recommendations on long-term prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism after hip surgery |
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CPD |
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How to search the web for evidence-based information
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Nia Roberts, an outreach librarian in the medical sciences division at Oxford University, passes on her tips on how you can optimise your searches on the internet |
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Hot Topic |
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Pilot scheme will offer support for doctors with health problems
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Dr Gerard Panting outlines the difficulties facing clinicians when they are unwell: the Practitioner Health Programme offers advice and access to specialist assessment services |
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Focus on CME |
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Guidelines in Practice: CME questions: 79
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Write the answers in the spaces provided, then cut out the pages and put them in your personal development plan |
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Out of Hours |
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There is more to obesity than eating too much
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and sessional GP in Bristol |
