Prostate Cancer – where are we now?

November is the month when there is a particular focus on men’s health, in a bid to tackle the ongoing discrepancies between men and women’s health outcomes and life expectancy: one of this year’s target areas is prostate cancer
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Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management

NICE has updated its guidance on the management of hypertension, halving the threshold for initiating treatment in patients with stage 1 hypertension from a 10-year cardiovascular risk of 20% to 10%.
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Dementia: Diagnosis and management in primary care

Dementia is a progressive deterioration in mental function, which is severe enough to interfere with activities of daily living (ADLs). In the UK it is estimated that around 850,000 people are living with dementia, and predicted that this figure will rise to over 1 million by 2025. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. Making the diagnosis of dementia can be difficult as symptoms vary between patients. In addition onset can be slow and non-specific, but for patients and their families or carers to receive the support they need, timely diagnosis is vital.

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• What can be done to improve vaccination uptake?
• Contraception update
• Prostate Cancer – where are we now?
• Deprescribing: what, who, why and how?
• Travel health update

17 Oct 2019

Spirometry: interpretation in the clinical situation Vaping, smoking and quitting: a new dilemma Travel health update Prescribing crackdown Dementia and the management of comorbidity Eating disorders – management in primary care

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11 Sep 2019

Making personalised care happen: implementing the ‘Comprehensive Model’ in general practice Tackling chronic opioid use Inhaler devices, technique and errors: an overview Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management Flu vaccination uptake in the UK in at-risk groups: review Travel health update

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14 Aug 2019

Anxiety: assessment and management New flu vaccine and potential delays to start of flu campaign Asthma for the 21st century Continuous glucose monitoring for type 1 diabetes management Fitness to Fly How should we screen for atrial fibrillation in primary care?

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19 Jul 2019

Travel health update Getting spirometry right: an innovative approach to training What should we be doing for our patients with difficult or severe asthma? British Guideline on the Management of Asthma, 2019  Pain in dementia: A multi-modal approach to assessment and management FSRH Clinical Guideline: Overweight, Obesity and Contraception GLP1 receptor agonists – back in the premier division!

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