We aimed to estimate the cardiovascular (CV) benefit of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) without a history of CV disease (CVD) (primary CVD ...

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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...

Dr Douglas G Adamson was a Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee until his sudden death in 1979.

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Topical hydrogen peroxide was not non-inferior to topical fusidic acid for treatment of non-severe impetigo. However, as these infections are mild and the difference in cure rate is small, when balanc...

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Researchers at the University of Dundee say a measure used to assess the health of older people can help younger patients.

Background People living with and dying from multiple long-term health conditions are high users of healthcare services. Unscheduled care, the unplanned use of healthcare services, rises dramatically ...

This systematic review describes the representation of women across a broad range of cardiovascular trials registered from 2017 to 2023.

Similarly to older adults, the eFI identifies younger adults with frailty at high risk of mortality and emergency hospital admission. The eFI might be a tool to identify individuals for further assess...

As with any medicine, the MHRA will keep the safety of gepotidacin under close review.

Introduction Antipsychotic medications are used to treat individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) but are associated with rapid weight gain and several physical and mental risk factors. Early, p.....

DIAMOND is an ambitious Wellcome-funded programme of research that aims to develop and advance novel methods for researching deprescribing by harnessing big data.

The BJGP is the world’s leading journal in primary care and general practice. I’m happy to defend this assertion but the temptation is to reach for a metric to support the case. And of course, the obv...

Resolution Foundation says half of all public spending will be allocated to the NHS and social care by the end of the decade

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Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list

"... to my surprise, I’ve become the sort of doctor that has been in the same clinic for 20 years. I’ve never been bored, I’ve often been anxious, and I’ve been privileged to witness some of

Objectives Medication errors are a leading source of preventable harm in healthcare, affecting approximately 1 in 30 patients, with a substantial proportion resulting in severe outcomes. In response, ...