Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee Reviving NHS General Practice and Lifestyle Medicine with Dr Ayan Panja #10
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Mar 21, 2018 
Dr. Ayan Panja, an NHS GP and advocate for lifestyle medicine, delves into the pressing issues facing general practice today. He explains the growing importance of lifestyle medicine in tackling chronic illnesses linked to societal changes. Together with Dr. Chatterjee, they explore the role of GPs as health detectives, diagnose root causes, and the benefits of a new accredited course for clinicians. They also discuss practical health tips, and how integrating lifestyle medicine can revive health-care staff morale and patient well-being.
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Lifestyle Medicine Responds To Societal Shifts
- Modern lifestyle medicine responds to a shift from infectious to non-communicable diseases driven by environmental and societal changes.
- Clinicians must look upstream at etiological factors rather than only manage downstream symptoms.
Damp Home Solved New-Onset Asthma
- Dr Ayan Panja describes a 44-year-old patient who developed asthma after moving to work-from-home and had damp in his rooms.
- Removing the damp resolved the asthma, showing simple environmental causes can underlie new symptoms.
Use A Repeatable Framework In 10-Minute Consults
- Use a simple, repeatable framework in brief consultations to detect modifiable causes and prescribe lifestyle changes.
- Train frontline clinicians to apply this approach so patients receive practical plans within standard appointment times.
