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Sleep apnoea ups vertebral fracture risk in women

18th September 2020
Women with obstructive sleep apnoea are more likely to sustain vertebral fractures, but their risk of hip fracture is not…
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Tumour marker testing: a cautious approach

1st September 2020

A case-based perspective to pathology in general practice
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Smart Practice

App Review: Quit Vaping - designed by an ex-vaper

18th September 2020
This is not the place to debate the potential role of vaping as a health intervention for smoking cessation.  It’s just…
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Medical Must-See: Anything but eye candy

17th September 2020
In what can only be described as a harrowing, Final Destination-esque scene, a motorcyclist was speared through the eye with…
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Specialist Updates Endocrinology

First targeted therapy for achondroplasia effective: trial

17th September 2020
Children with achondroplasia receiving weekly vosoritide injections have a greater annualised growth rate than those given…
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Specialist Updates Endocrinology

Artificial pancreas 'improves paediatric glucose control'

17th September 2020
An artificial pancreas controls blood glucose better than a sensor-augmented insulin pump in children aged between six and…
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The case of twin brothers who had MI one year apart

17th September 2020
Doctors have described how monozygotic twin brothers not only experienced an MI one year apart, but also in very similar…
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GP fails to act on 'red flag' breast cancer signs in young woman

17th September 2020
A GP has been ordered to apologise for failing to act on "red flag symptoms" and refer a young woman to a breast cancer…
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