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Journals Watch - Drug reactions, obesity and flu vaccine

07 Mar 2012 | by Dr Suzanne Hunter

A review of research impacting primary care, covering drug reactions, obesity, hearing loss...2012; 62: e13-e21 This study compared GPs' ability to counsel obese patients with their ability ... smoking and have been successful as such, but not so at dealing with diet and obesity. GPs took ... . Consider how you could improve your consultation skills when consulting with obese and overweight patients ...

Allergy testing in children

03 Jan 2012

of obesity or asthma severity. The authors said that all asthmatic children should undergo allergy testing ...

Journals Watch - Bowel cancer and depression

22 Feb 2012 | by Dr Jonathan Holliday

the national health and nutrition examination survey 2009-2010. Childhood obesity is known to have increased ... to 19 years were obese. There was no difference in obesity prevalence among males or females between 2007-2008 and 2009-2010. However, trend analysis over 12 years indicated an increase in obesity ...

The Basics - Gestational diabetes

15 Feb 2012 | by Dr Louise Newson

and treat, because treatment has been shown to reduce the incidence of obesity and diabetes in the future ... with fasting glucose 4.9mmol/L. 5 One study demonstrated that if all overweight and obese women (BMI 25kg ... of gestational diabetes mellitus attributable to overweight and obesity. Am J Public Health 2010; 100(6): 1047-52. ...

The Basics - Abnormal gait in children

02 May 2012 | by Dr Keith Barnard

that with increasing obesity in children, youngsters who are grossly overweight may exhibit difficulty walking. However, it would be unwise to attribute gait problems to obesity without making sure there is no other pathology ...

The Basics - Trochanteric bursitis

09 May 2012 | by Dr Louise Newson

osteoarthritis of the hips, lower back or knees, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, obesity ... help to reduce the pain and swelling. Patients who are overweight or obese will benefit from losing ...

The Basics - Lower urinary tract symptoms in men

21 Mar 2012 | by Dr Louise Newson

of LUTS in men who are obese. 2 2. Symptoms Symptoms can relate to voiding, storage or post ... , and obesity. Curr Urol Rep 2009; 10(4): 247-53. 3. NICE. The management of lower urinary tract symptoms ...

Clinical Review - GP management of hypertension

21 Mar 2012 | by Dr Klaus Witte

hypertension. Hypertension risk factors Smoking, obesity and metabolic syndrome are causally associated ... to exclude radiofemoral delay (aortic coarctation), central obesity and abdominal striae (Cushing's syndrome ... smoking and obesity. Yusuf S, Teo K, Pogue J et al. Telmisartan, ramipril, or both in patients ...

Journals Watch - Incontinence and sinusitis

11 Apr 2012 | by Dr Gwen Lewis

-SWEPOP (Swedish pregnancy, obesity and pelvic floor study) was conducted in 2008 and looked at women who gave ... risk of incontinence more than doubled in obese women compared with women with a normal BMI after ...

Clinical review of managing psoriasis in primary care

02 May 2012 | by Susana Tettey and Dr Anshoo Sahota

, hyperlipidaemia, coronary artery disease, obesity and metabolic syndrome. The incidence and prevalence ... exacerbate psoriasis; these include alcohol, smoking, certain drugs, skin injury, obesity, psychological ... and was obese with a BMI of 30kg/m 2 . There was no family history of psoriasis. Widespread plaque psoriasis ...

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