NB Hot Topics Podcast

The latest NB Hot Topics podcast is the third Coronavirus Special: Saving Lives and the End of Life.In this edition, Neal Tucker reviews what we have learned about coronavirus this week including the clinical features which you have been reporting, anosmia as a marker of COVID-19, the controversy around the Roth test and how viral load relates to the severity of disease.In the second part, we have an in-depth look at end of life care in the community for patients with COVID-19 including helpful alternatives to syringe drivers or subcut injections.www.nbmedical.com/podcast

In this week's NB Hot Topics Podcast Neal Tucker looks at the latest developments in the coronavirus literature including data on hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin combination treatment, why lockdown alone is not enough and why coronavirus modelling won't help us.Now that general practice is moving from the preparation phase to managing COVID-19 in the community, we focus on the clinical presentation of the disease in our patients and colleagues, and how our experiences show it differs from hospital data and published guidance. In light of these uncertainties, what are our options? www.nbmedical.com/podcast

In this week's NB Hot Topics Podcast, Neal Tucker looks at what lessons we can learn in general practice to help us prepare for and fight the coronavirus pandemic.We can learn from our international colleagues who are ahead of us on the curve, and we speak to Dr Nadege Fancy, a GP in Milan, northern Italy, about what we can expect over the next few weeks.We share how practices are adapting to meet the needs of our patients as the pandemic escalates in the UK. We review what new data we know about COVID-19 and explore issues around NSAIDs, ACEi/ARBs, hydroxychloroquine and testing. Finally, we remind us to look after ourselves. In this marathon, we need to make time for ourselves if we are to continue to look after our patients.www.nbmedical.com/podcast

With all the stress and uncertainty Coronavirus has placed on the world and the health service this special podcast Dr Neal Tucker looks how we as professionals and humans are coping with COVID-19, what we need to know from the rapid changes in guidance over the past few days, and where we may be going next.In the second half we look at what the latest science tells us about Coronavirus, how it might affect our patients and what we can do to help them and ourselves.One thing is for certain, general practice is the most adaptable branch of medicine, we have fantastic teams and camaraderie, we thrive in resource-poor settings and at managing huge uncertainty on a daily basis. We can get through this together.www.nbmedical.com/podcast

In Episode 9 of the NB Hot Topics podcast, Neal Tucker looks at the latest on coronavirus, guidance for primary care and how other countries have managed the infection. In other news he discusses the 2020 Marmot report and our patients' "Lost Decade".In new research we examine two papers in the BMJ on the role of salt reduction in hypertension and egg consumption in cardiovascular disease, plus a BJGP paper on Rapid Diagnostic Clinics for patients with vague symptoms but possible cancer. Our in-depth topic this week is variation in blood test results and why we can't always believe what we see. The concept of the 'reference change value' may be the most important information we will discuss all year.Finally Future Medicine reports on communicating with patients in persistent vegetative state via the medium of functional MRI. www.nbmedical.com/podcast

This week in the NB Hot Topics podcast Dr Near Tucker looks at the latest news including propranolol overdose and assisted dying, examines the latest research from around the world on Covid-19 and from the UK on CKD screening, then explores the murky world of big data and computer-assisted medicine and how this will affect us in general practice.www.nbmedical.com/podcast

In this NB Hot Topics Podcast, Dr Neal Tucker takes an in depth look at coronavirus, the data that scientists need to predict whether it becomes a pandemic, and how this affects UK general practice. He also reviews new research on isolated diastolic hypertension and whether treating this improves outcomes, and on the booster theory for adult exposure to children with chickenpox. As well we look at the latest news in cluding Ian Paterson and the new GP Contract.www.nbmedical.com/podcast

In this first episode for 2020, Dr Neal Tucker explores new research on alcohol abstinence in improving atrial fibrillation, and colchicine post-myocardial infarction to reduce inflammation and prevent recurrent CVD events. We also look more in depth at the role of anti-viral medication (neuraminidase inhibitors) in the management of influenza, why we don't prescribe and whether the latest research shows any benefit and, if so, in which patients.www.nbmedical.com/podcast

In this final Hot Topics Podcast before Christmas, Dr Neal Tucker explores a fascinating new piece of research showing how lipid levels at younger ages can predict future cardiovascular events and may suggest early statin therapy would be highly beneficial. He also examines the latest news and research in general practice including the best initial strategy for managing dyspepsia, how to communicate risk, and a once-monthly progesterone only capsule… in pigs…www.nbmedical.com/podcast

In our latest Hot Topics Podcast, Neal Tucker reviews the latest news and research from primary care, including the benefits of dapagliflozin for heart failure, the lack of benefits of levothyroxine in subclinical hypothyroidism in the elderly, the role of melatonin in insomnia management, and suspended animation in humans.www.nbmedical.com/podcast