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Peter Hanlon

@peterhanlon.bsky.social
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Academic GP - interested in frailty, multiple long-term conditions and polypharmacy

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Miles Witham @oldertrialsprof.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
New from our MLTC cross-NIHR collaboration: A national framework to improve how we prevent, treat, and reduce the burden of multiple long‑term conditions. Now out in BMC Medicine: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @nihr.bsky.social @newcastleage.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social
Graphic showing stages of life on the x axis, types of prevention from primordial to quaternary on the y axis, and classes of intervention mapped to prevention and lifecourse stage
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The Lancet Primary Care @lancetprimarycare.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🆕 In their Comment, Peter Hanlon and colleagues discuss pragmatic prescribing for people with moderate or severe frailty in primary care Read the full Comment here ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Frailty, polypharmacy, and the case for pragmatic prescribing in primary care
Primary care clinicians are often caught between conflicting recommendations for clinical care. On one side, specialist guidelines and trial evidence urge intensive treatment, such as tight blood pres...
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JAMA @jama.com · 05/02/2025
Does age or sex make a difference in how well newer glucose-lowering drugs work in patients with type 2 diabetes? SGLT2 inhibitors may be more effective in reducing cardiovascular events in older adults with type 2 #diabetes. ➡️ Read more: ja.ma/3Cqvk7z #MedSky
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Peter Hanlon @peterhanlon.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Our new paper in @jama.com on age and sex differences in efficacy of type 2 diabetes treatments. It shows that older age is associated with greater cardiovascular benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors despite smaller improvement in HbA1c compared to younger people. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Age and Sex Differences in Efficacy of Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes
This network meta-analysis assesses whether age or sex are associated with differences in the efficacy of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, and dipe...
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School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow @uofgshw.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
GP practices in deprived areas should be prioritised for resource, in order to allow them to provide effective care to some of the most unwell and vulnerable patients in society. New study by Dr Marianne McCallum, Prof Sara Macdonald and @francesmair.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
A male doctor is writing notes in a consultation with a male patient.
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