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Penny Durham

Penny Durham

Editor at The Medical Republic

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    Recent Articles

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    Mindfulness works on pain directly, not via placebo

    Something else is happening, according to a new study, hopefully with promise for sufferers of chronic pain.
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    Obese kids risk eczema, psoriasis, alopecia

    For at least one of these immune-mediated skin conditions, weight loss reduced the risk. 
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    Donanemab don’t pass the sniff test

    The FDA is up to more of its malarkey with the latest amyloid-targeting drug, a BMJ investigation finds.
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    Helping your patients age well with HIV

    Living longer is something to celebrate, but chronic disease comes quicker. A free package of treatment algorithms is available for GPs.
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    Obesity in pregnancy doubles risk for autism

    A large systematic review has also found increased risk of ADHD and other problems that weight management may mitigate.
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    COPD clinical care standard stresses non-drug options

    Pulmonary rehab is an effective but underutilised way to improve quality of life for the many people living with this disease.
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    Men in pain depend on opioids, women not so much

    A new study uses naloxone to explore why men get more relief from opioids – exo- and endogenous – than women.
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    Preventing hearing loss key to dementia protection

    Hearing aids do not appear to slow the cognitive decline associated with hearing loss.
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    Covid still our most lethal respiratory virus

    Older people continue to bear the brunt of mortality.
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    Don’t risk these drugs in type 1 diabetes patients

    Although GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors can improve quality of life, it's dangerous territory for GPs.
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    Expanded PBS listing for SGLT2i for type 2 diabetes

    Dapagliflozin is now more broadly subsidised following a price change. Also, two insulin delivery devices have important defects.