Volume 16 Issue 7 - July 2013
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NICE or Department of Health guideline |
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SIGN guideline |
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Independent professional body guideline |
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Working party guideline |
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Other articles |
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Editorial |
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Sub-typing of IBS will help to optimise treatment
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News |
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NICE releases new guidance on familial breast cancer
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New Guideline |
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Prompt interventions improve outcomes in conduct disorders
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Dr Clare Taylor, and Professors Stephen Pilling and Stephen Scott explain the importance of early identification and care of children and young people with conduct disorders |
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Hot Topic |
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Patients with IBS need accurate assessment and ongoing support
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Dr Anton Emmanuel shows how grouping people with irritable bowel syndrome into diagnostic sub-types can help determine a suitable care plan or the need for referral |
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Updated Guideline |
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NOGG osteoporosis guidance updates management and risk
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Professor Juliet Compston explains how recent advances in the assessment and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and older men will improve care |
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NICE Quality Standard |
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NICE quality standard brings management of VTE system-wide
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Drs Alex Coupland and Gavin Flatt and Professor Gerard Stansby show how using the quality standard will improve the diagnosis and management of VTE |
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Out of Hours |
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Fast, and in your pocket— will apps replace doctors?
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Dr Phil Hammond, broadcaster and GP turned hospital doctor |