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Diagnosis and management of gonorrhoea

What you need to knowIncreasing incidence of gonorrhoea is likely to lead to more complicated and systemic presentations […]

May 20, 2025 Practice pointer

Assessment and management of common hand fractures in adults

What you need to knowMost closed, stable hand fractures do not require surgery and heal well with immobilisation […]

March 7, 2025 Practice pointer

Diagnosis and management of faecal incontinence in primary care

What you need to knowFaecal incontinence is the recurrent, involuntary passage of stool, and has a global pooled […]

March 3, 2025 Practice pointer

Acute painful crisis in adults with sickle cell disease

What you need to knowPain in people of Asian, African, Caribbean, Latin American, or Middle Eastern ancestry could […]

July 1, 2024 Practice pointer

Peer support in chronic health conditions

What you need to knowPeer support can be particularly helpful at the point of diagnosis or during periods […]

July 1, 2024 Practice pointer

Illness trajectories of incurable solid cancers

What you need to knowNew systemic anticancer treatments, such as targeted therapy and immunotherapy, have made treating incurable […]

March 2, 2024 Practice pointer

Chronic pain: supported self-management

What you need to knowSupported self-management is an approach to chronic pain that involves shared decision making, co-production […]

January 2, 2024 Practice pointer

Diagnosing visceral leishmaniasis

What you need to knowVisceral leishmaniasis can cause prolonged fever, massive splenomegaly, peripheral cytopenias, diffuse cutaneous hyperpigmentation, and, […]

October 16, 2023 Practice pointer

Familial hypercholesterolaemia

What you need to knowFamilial hypercholesterolaemia is a common genetic condition affecting 1 in 310 people, resulting in […]

July 10, 2023 Practice pointer

Adapting to transparent medical records: international experience with “open notes”

What you need to knowBy 30 November 2022, patients in England who have signed up for an online […]

November 21, 2022 Practice pointer

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