Opioids for chronic non-cancer pain
A 36 year old carpenter has a six month history of lower back pain with no specific clinical or radiological findings. As his pain has not responded to paracetamol and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory...
View ArticleShould electronic cigarettes be as freely available as tobacco cigarettes? No
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has decided to license electronic cigarettes as medicines from 2016. Simon Chapman agrees with regulation, seeing e-cigarettes as another way for...
View ArticleAssessing risk of suicide or self harm in adults
Suicide is one of the top three causes of death in people aged 10-44 years throughout the world. Richard Morriss and colleagues discuss how general practitioners and non-psychiatric specialists can...
View ArticleManagement of urinary incontinence in women: summary of updated NICE guidance
As new treatments for urinary incontinence have become available, and as new variations periodically arrive on the market, updated guidance is needed to reflect these changes. This article summarises...
View ArticleThe importance of the osmolality gap in ethylene glycol intoxication
In patients with very high lactate levels, it is important to calculate the osmolality gap, as ethylene glycol poisoning may falsely elevate lactate levels, write Rimke Oostvogels and colleagues.
View ArticleCBT could benefit patients with schizophrenia who do not take medication,...
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could be used to reduce psychotic symptoms and improve functioning in patients with schizophrenia who cannot or do not want to take antipsychotic drug treatment,...
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