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Fewer than one in five type 2 diabetes patients prescribed best treatment, finds new tool
Fewer than one in five type 2 diabetes patients prescribed best treatment, finds new tool

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First randomised trial indicates Wegovy effective for treating alcohol-use disorder
First randomised trial indicates Wegovy effective for treating alcohol-use disorder
Masterclass: A GP’s complete guide to diabetes
Masterclass: A GP’s complete guide to diabetes
Dapagliflozin in addition to calorie restriction boosts diabetes remission chances
Dapagliflozin in addition to calorie restriction boosts diabetes remission chances
NHS Health Check DES needed to reduce fragmentation, GP leader tells MPs
NHS Health Check DES needed to reduce fragmentation, GP leader tells MPs
Once in a lifetime: Acromegaly
Once in a lifetime: Acromegaly
GPs can reject requests for input on private weight-loss jab prescriptions, say LMCs
GPs can reject requests for input on private weight-loss jab prescriptions, say LMCs

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SGLT-2 inhibitors benefit heart failure regardless of diabetes, finds real-world study
SGLT-2 inhibitors benefit heart failure regardless of diabetes, finds real-world study
NICE accepts slower rollout of tirzepatide but GP workload concerns remain
NICE accepts slower rollout of tirzepatide but GP workload concerns remain

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GLP-1 drugs could help people drink less alcohol, research suggests
GLP-1 drugs could help people drink less alcohol, research suggests
CPD: Key questions on vitamin B12 deficiency
CPD: Key questions on vitamin B12 deficiency

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No link with metformin in dads and birth defects, finds review
No link with metformin in dads and birth defects, finds review
Case of the month answers: what was the cause of this patient’s ongoing diarrhoea?
Case of the month answers: what was the cause of this patient’s ongoing diarrhoea?

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Under the Radar: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
Under the Radar: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

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Thousands of patients at risk of wrong blood glucose results after testing error
Thousands of patients at risk of wrong blood glucose results after testing error
Wegovy makers say new amycretin weight-loss pill even more effective
Wegovy makers say new amycretin weight-loss pill even more effective

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Emergency steroid kits should be provided routinely in adrenal insufficiency, says NICE
Emergency steroid kits should be provided routinely in adrenal insufficiency, says NICE

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Case of the Month – what’s underlying this unusual case of persistent diarrhoea?
Case of the Month – what’s underlying this unusual case of persistent diarrhoea?

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Diabetes drugs found to lower risk of dementia in large analysis
Diabetes drugs found to lower risk of dementia in large analysis

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Rise in GP practices participating in research studies
Rise in GP practices participating in research studies
One third of ‘soups and shakes’ programme finishers in type 2 diabetes remission
One third of ‘soups and shakes’ programme finishers in type 2 diabetes remission

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Top 10 Advice and Guidance requests in endocrinology
Top 10 Advice and Guidance requests in endocrinology

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Once in a Lifetime: Addison’s disease
Once in a Lifetime: Addison’s disease

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Medicine shortages cause ‘moral distress’ for three-in-four GPs
Medicine shortages cause ‘moral distress’ for three-in-four GPs

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Atorvastatin most-prescribed drug by GPs, with diabetes and HRT drugs on rise
Atorvastatin most-prescribed drug by GPs, with diabetes and HRT drugs on rise

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‘Alarming’ rise seen in rates of type 2 diabetes in under 40s, a report warns
‘Alarming’ rise seen in rates of type 2 diabetes in under 40s, a report warns

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‘Soups and shakes’ diet programme being rolled out across England
‘Soups and shakes’ diet programme being rolled out across England

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Lack of GP continuity increases mortality in several chronic diseases
Lack of GP continuity increases mortality in several chronic diseases

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Gene in South Asian people linked to inaccurate HbA1c test results
Gene in South Asian people linked to inaccurate HbA1c test results

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Semaglutide helps heart failure symptoms in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes
Semaglutide helps heart failure symptoms in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes

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GPs alerted as reagent shortage hinders trust in processing bloods
GPs alerted as reagent shortage hinders trust in processing bloods

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Diabetes drug shows potential in treating Parkinson’s disease
Diabetes drug shows potential in treating Parkinson’s disease

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GPs can switch semaglutide injections for tablets or tirzepatide amid shortages
GPs can switch semaglutide injections for tablets or tirzepatide amid shortages

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Long-term type 2 diabetes remission through weight loss ‘unsustainable’ for most
Long-term type 2 diabetes remission through weight loss ‘unsustainable’ for most

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Turning around diabetes with lifestyle changes cuts CVD and CKD risk
Turning around diabetes with lifestyle changes cuts CVD and CKD risk

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Government unveils plan to tackle medicine shortages
Government unveils plan to tackle medicine shortages

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NICE recommends huge expansion of Covid antiviral eligibility
NICE recommends huge expansion of Covid antiviral eligibility

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Government extends GLP-1 RA shortage warning until end of 2024
Government extends GLP-1 RA shortage warning until end of 2024

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Final NICE guidance approves rollout of wearable tech for type 1 diabetes
Final NICE guidance approves rollout of wearable tech for type 1 diabetes

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‘Huge benefits’ associated with NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme
‘Huge benefits’ associated with NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme

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NICE recommends ‘game changer’ wearable tech for type 1 diabetes
NICE recommends ‘game changer’ wearable tech for type 1 diabetes

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Overdiagnosis: Hypothyroidism
Overdiagnosis: Hypothyroidism

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NICE recommends tirzepatide for type 2 diabetes after initial rejection
NICE recommends tirzepatide for type 2 diabetes after initial rejection

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NHS launches Wegovy prescribing for weight-loss after securing limited stock
NHS launches Wegovy prescribing for weight-loss after securing limited stock

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New NHS type 2 diabetes programme targets support at young people
New NHS type 2 diabetes programme targets support at young people

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Pre-diabetes raises risk of CVD with women faring worse
Pre-diabetes raises risk of CVD with women faring worse

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Major conditions strategy to focus on lifestyle drivers and early diagnosis
Major conditions strategy to focus on lifestyle drivers and early diagnosis

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Semaglutide cuts risk of cardiovascular events by 20%, claims manufacturer
Semaglutide cuts risk of cardiovascular events by 20%, claims manufacturer

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NICE lowers threshold for weight-loss surgery referrals
NICE lowers threshold for weight-loss surgery referrals

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GPs ‘should discuss stopping’ semaglutide treatment for diabetes due to shortages
GPs ‘should discuss stopping’ semaglutide treatment for diabetes due to shortages

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Spend 10% of NHS funding on ‘improving nation’s health’, experts suggest
Spend 10% of NHS funding on ‘improving nation’s health’, experts suggest

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Therapeutics update: Continuous glucose monitoring
Therapeutics update: Continuous glucose monitoring

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Unregulated semaglutide use for weight loss posing patient safety threat, RCGP warns
Unregulated semaglutide use for weight loss posing patient safety threat, RCGP warns

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Superdrug to offer self-tests for conditions including fertility and vitamin D deficiency
Superdrug to offer self-tests for conditions including fertility and vitamin D deficiency

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Some obese patients have genes protecting against type 2 diabetes, finds study
Some obese patients have genes protecting against type 2 diabetes, finds study

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Fewer than half of diabetes patients had all recommended checks last year
Fewer than half of diabetes patients had all recommended checks last year

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Medical arithmetic: Yellow pigmentation and unusual rashes
Medical arithmetic: Yellow pigmentation and unusual rashes

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Complicated pregnancy clinic: Diabetes
Complicated pregnancy clinic: Diabetes

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GPs asked to respond to Government ‘major conditions strategy’ call for evidence
GPs asked to respond to Government ‘major conditions strategy’ call for evidence

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Lung disorders a direct complication of type 2 diabetes, say researchers
Lung disorders a direct complication of type 2 diabetes, say researchers

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‘Soups and shakes’ diabetes weight loss programme to be rolled out nationwide
‘Soups and shakes’ diabetes weight loss programme to be rolled out nationwide

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Early initiation of SGLT2 inhibitors: practicalities and pitfalls
Early initiation of SGLT2 inhibitors: practicalities and pitfalls

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Number of UK diabetes patients tops five million for the first time
Number of UK diabetes patients tops five million for the first time

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Boots wants access to patient records to enable expansion of diabetes management service
Boots wants access to patient records to enable expansion of diabetes management service

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Quality of care ‘decreased’ after QOF abolished in Scotland, study suggests
Quality of care ‘decreased’ after QOF abolished in Scotland, study suggests

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NHS diabetes prevention programme ‘reduces type 2 diabetes risk by one fifth’
NHS diabetes prevention programme ‘reduces type 2 diabetes risk by one fifth’

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Medical arithmetic: unusual skin lesions and mouth ulceration
Medical arithmetic: unusual skin lesions and mouth ulceration

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Wide variation in testing frequency for long-term conditions, finds GP study
Wide variation in testing frequency for long-term conditions, finds GP study

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Artificial pancreas also improves type 2 diabetes control
Artificial pancreas also improves type 2 diabetes control

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NICE advocates wider use of artificial pancreas technology if NHS can get a better price
NICE advocates wider use of artificial pancreas technology if NHS can get a better price

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GP study shows promise for diabetes remission with early low-carb intervention
GP study shows promise for diabetes remission with early low-carb intervention

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Diabetes screening through HbA1c tests could pick up cases two years earlier, study suggests
Diabetes screening through HbA1c tests could pick up cases two years earlier, study suggests

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Ten-fold referral increase for diabetes prevention when eligible patients texted, finds study
Ten-fold referral increase for diabetes prevention when eligible patients texted, finds study

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Tirzepatide granted UK marketing authorisation for type 2 diabetes
Tirzepatide granted UK marketing authorisation for type 2 diabetes

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GPs told not to initiate two diabetes drugs amidst supply shortages
GPs told not to initiate two diabetes drugs amidst supply shortages

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Medical arithmetic: a ‘popped’ muscle, skin thickening and facial telangiectasia
Medical arithmetic: a ‘popped’ muscle, skin thickening and facial telangiectasia

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Lifestyle changes after gestational diabetes ‘can cut type 2 risk by 90%’
Lifestyle changes after gestational diabetes ‘can cut type 2 risk by 90%’

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Number of diabetes prescriptions by GPs increased by 5% last year
Number of diabetes prescriptions by GPs increased by 5% last year

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Medical arithmetic: Unusual ear, nail and skin conditions
Medical arithmetic: Unusual ear, nail and skin conditions

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Diabetes diagnosis risk raised for 12 weeks after Covid infection
Diabetes diagnosis risk raised for 12 weeks after Covid infection

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GPs urged to screen asymptomatic patients on metformin for B12 deficiency
GPs urged to screen asymptomatic patients on metformin for B12 deficiency

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Diabetes patients ‘having to rely on GPs’ as specialist footcare access patchy, warns review
Diabetes patients ‘having to rely on GPs’ as specialist footcare access patchy, warns review

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RCGP produces post-pandemic guide for prioritising long-term condition reviews
RCGP produces post-pandemic guide for prioritising long-term condition reviews

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South Asians predisposed to early-onset type 2 diabetes, finds study
South Asians predisposed to early-onset type 2 diabetes, finds study

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NICE urges patients to seek HCP advice if waist measures ‘more than half of height’ 
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Continuous glucose monitors to be offered to all type 1 diabetes patients in England
Continuous glucose monitors to be offered to all type 1 diabetes patients in England

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NHS type 2 diabetes scheme has prevented 18,000 diagnoses, finds study
NHS type 2 diabetes scheme has prevented 18,000 diagnoses, finds study

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Mild Covid-19 linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Mild Covid-19 linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes

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NHS portal launched for millions of patients on elective waiting list
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NICE planning dramatic expansion in diabetes continuous blood glucose monitoring tech
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Semaglutide to be added to list of options for treating obesity
Semaglutide to be added to list of options for treating obesity

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Patients in elective queue to receive online support to get fit for surgery
Patients in elective queue to receive online support to get fit for surgery

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Substantial fall in diabetic health checks as GPs reprioritised during pandemic
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NHS England expands ‘soups and shakes’ type 2 diabetes programme
NHS England expands ‘soups and shakes’ type 2 diabetes programme

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GP diabetes health checks down by 7.4m due to pandemic, research suggests
GP diabetes health checks down by 7.4m due to pandemic, research suggests

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‘One in 10’ adults on course to live with diabetes ‘by 2030’
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Primary care diabetes drug bill rises 62% in five years
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GPs to prescribe SGLT2 inhibitors to reduce CVD risk under NICE proposals
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GPs must still ration blood tests despite emergency tube order, says NHS England
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GPs urged to limit blood test waste amid tube shortage
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Study pinpoints reasons for small number of missed diagnoses in general practice
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GPs can remove some patients with previous gestational diabetes from shielding list
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QCovid tool ‘to be reviewed’ after healthy women were told to shield
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History of gestational diabetes prompting patients to shield under new algorithm
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GPs told to prioritise an extra 800,000 new shielding patients for Covid vaccination
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New tool allows patients to self-refer for diabetes intervention without seeing GP
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Regular use of acid reflux drugs ‘raises type 2 diabetes risk’
Regular use of acid reflux drugs ‘raises type 2 diabetes risk’

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Diet schemes are the tip of the iceberg (lettuce)
Diet schemes are the tip of the iceberg (lettuce)

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GPs to prescribe meal replacement diets to reverse diabetes
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GP experts welcome ‘game changer’ semaglutide pill for type 2 diabetes
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Annual diabetes checks ‘halve’ mortality rates, analysis finds

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NICE urges GPs to refer for suspected eating disorder ‘without delay’

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New diabetes management DES under discussion

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GP-led diabetes prevention scheme will start saving NHS money ‘after 14 years’
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GPs should set patients exercise goals to cut obesity, say councils

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Government’s obesity strategy set for further ‘unacceptable’ delay

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Physical activity and lifestyle to be RCGP clinical priority
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Four out of five patients rejected lifestyle programme in diabetes prevention pilot

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NICE: Regular lifestyle advice for overweight adults should be in QOF
NICE: Regular lifestyle advice for overweight adults should be in QOF

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GP practices should be ‘forced to submit data for diabetes audit’

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Guideline of the month – NICE guideline on type 2 diabetes
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Five-year-olds ‘eat own weight in sugar’, NHS drug funds pay off hospital debts and website to ‘take control’ of death
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GPs face switching emergency as insulin shortage could affect 50,000 patients
GPs face switching emergency as insulin shortage could affect 50,000 patients

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Weight gain increases risk of stillbirth, patients dissatisfied with foreign nurses and the instant baby calming trick
Weight gain increases risk of stillbirth, patients dissatisfied with foreign nurses and the instant baby calming trick

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Three-quarters of areas sign up for GP diabetes screening programme
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GPs told to consider ‘relaxing’ diabetes targets in some patients by NICE
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In summary: NICE’s updated T2D guidelines
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Stroke prevention champion named ‘GP of the Year’
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The 151% winter death spike, end of injections for diabetes sufferers and fewer children dying from cancer
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Being bilingual doubles stroke recovery, kids believe everything they read online, and worm ‘gets women pregnant’

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Would a sugar tax help GPs manage obesity?
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Post antibiotic era is looming, getting up for work ‘causes diabetes’ and half of stillbirths ‘avoidable’
Post antibiotic era is looming, getting up for work ‘causes diabetes’ and half of stillbirths ‘avoidable’

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Researchers urge NICE to lower blood pressure targets for high-risk patients
Researchers urge NICE to lower blood pressure targets for high-risk patients

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‘Shocking’ NHS ‘fat cat’ earnings, schools’ mental health services crunch and eating only home-made meals is key to staying healthy

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World-first gene therapy for leukaemia, male suicide ‘national emergency’ and junk food ‘not to blame’ for obesity
World-first gene therapy for leukaemia, male suicide ‘national emergency’ and junk food ‘not to blame’ for obesity

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GP practices ‘should employ personal trainers’, says campaign group
GP practices ‘should employ personal trainers’, says campaign group

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Seven out of ten GPs back a sugar tax
Seven out of ten GPs back a sugar tax

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111 patients face delays, Hunt says overtime is ‘danger money’, and low fat diets less effective for weight loss
111 patients face delays, Hunt says overtime is ‘danger money’, and low fat diets less effective for weight loss

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Public health advisers urge Government to introduce sugar tax
Public health advisers urge Government to introduce sugar tax

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Deaths from diabetes fall but improvements in GP care ‘stalling’, say Government auditors
Deaths from diabetes fall but improvements in GP care ‘stalling’, say Government auditors

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Public health chief defends refusal to publish sugar report
Public health chief defends refusal to publish sugar report

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Hospital failings, DNA blood test to treat cancer and how weight loss surgery boosts fertility

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GP commissioners to keep A&E open after defeating Hunt in court
GP commissioners to keep A&E open after defeating Hunt in court

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GPs criticised for treating one condition at a time
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GP diabetes prevention programme ‘will reduce workload’
GP diabetes prevention programme ‘will reduce workload’

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‘Preventing disease will reduce GPs’ workload’
‘Preventing disease will reduce GPs’ workload’

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Even child obesity is bigger in Texas, NHS didn’t measure benefits of cancer drugs fund, and African malaria halved
Even child obesity is bigger in Texas, NHS didn’t measure benefits of cancer drugs fund, and African malaria halved

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Big meal portions causing obesity, health inequalities exposed again and the perils of… chairs
Big meal portions causing obesity, health inequalities exposed again and the perils of… chairs

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Diabetes drug may work against blood cancer, hearts ‘five years older’ than actual age and a call for pregnant women to slim down
Diabetes drug may work against blood cancer, hearts ‘five years older’ than actual age and a call for pregnant women to slim down

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Health checks and Zumba for NHS staff, suicidal medical students and how being overweight ‘speeds up’ Alzheimer’s
Health checks and Zumba for NHS staff, suicidal medical students and how being overweight ‘speeds up’ Alzheimer’s

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GPs won’t be swamped by the diabetes prevention programme
GPs won’t be swamped by the diabetes prevention programme

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Referral of the month – hypothyroidism
Referral of the month – hypothyroidism

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Thousands dying in welfare reform Britain, pint of water aids weight loss and goths more likely to self harm
Thousands dying in welfare reform Britain, pint of water aids weight loss and goths more likely to self harm

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GPs should refer immediately when type 1 diabetes is suspected in young patients, says NICE
GPs should refer immediately when type 1 diabetes is suspected in young patients, says NICE

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GPs to be tasked with finding five million at high risk of type 2 diabetes under national scheme
GPs to be tasked with finding five million at high risk of type 2 diabetes under national scheme

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Stroke risk from over working, munching on the move increases over-eating and brain-boosting drugs need debate
Stroke risk from over working, munching on the move increases over-eating and brain-boosting drugs need debate

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Number of practices submitting monthly Friends and Family data dives sharply
Number of practices submitting monthly Friends and Family data dives sharply

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GPs ‘face axe’ for overprescribing, aspirin helps overweight people avoid cancer and the defence of pasta on the NHS
GPs ‘face axe’ for overprescribing, aspirin helps overweight people avoid cancer and the defence of pasta on the NHS

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Paramedics get prescribing powers, diabetes incidence up by 60% and e-cigarette use increasing among teens
Paramedics get prescribing powers, diabetes incidence up by 60% and e-cigarette use increasing among teens

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Diabetes drugs ‘now account for tenth of primary care prescribing bill’
Diabetes drugs ‘now account for tenth of primary care prescribing bill’

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Diabetes prevention policy is too selective, leading academics warn
Diabetes prevention policy is too selective, leading academics warn

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Trusts told to fill ‘essential’ vacancies only and cut exercise targets for over 60s
Trusts told to fill ‘essential’ vacancies only and cut exercise targets for over 60s

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Branding patients ‘frail’ could harm their health, unhealthy attitudes to LGBT people among NHS staff, and genetic link for binge eating
Branding patients ‘frail’ could harm their health, unhealthy attitudes to LGBT people among NHS staff, and genetic link for binge eating

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Treating patients during Nepal’s earthquake
Treating patients during Nepal’s earthquake

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Call for sugar intake to be halved, returning to normal weight from obesity is challenging and Facebook warning on skin cancer goes viral
Call for sugar intake to be halved, returning to normal weight from obesity is challenging and Facebook warning on skin cancer goes viral

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GPs can only do so much – we need legislation against sugar
GPs can only do so much – we need legislation against sugar

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Minister says NHS should be like Asda, online symptom checkers miss one in eight emergencies, and overweight teens think they’re healthy weight
Minister says NHS should be like Asda, online symptom checkers miss one in eight emergencies, and overweight teens think they’re healthy weight

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Unhealthy lifestyle shortens life by 23 years, Cornwall devolution and could Tetris cure PTSD?
Unhealthy lifestyle shortens life by 23 years, Cornwall devolution and could Tetris cure PTSD?

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Experts warn of unintended consequences of GP pre-diabetes screening programme
Experts warn of unintended consequences of GP pre-diabetes screening programme

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NICE’s redrafted type 2 diabetes guidelines criticised for introducing ‘truly retrograde steps’
NICE’s redrafted type 2 diabetes guidelines criticised for introducing ‘truly retrograde steps’

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‘The whole exercise cost us £430,000’
‘The whole exercise cost us £430,000’

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GP receptionists ‘need training to recognise stroke symptoms’
GP receptionists ‘need training to recognise stroke symptoms’

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Respiratory clinic – man with COPD, weight loss and a persistent productive cough
Respiratory clinic – man with COPD, weight loss and a persistent productive cough

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NICE bows to pressure to re-open consultation on ‘bonkers’ diabetes guidelines
NICE bows to pressure to re-open consultation on ‘bonkers’ diabetes guidelines

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Viagra ‘risks skin cancer’, Chinese mushroom ‘slows weight gain’ and 92-year-old found carrying 50-year-old foetus
Viagra ‘risks skin cancer’, Chinese mushroom ‘slows weight gain’ and 92-year-old found carrying 50-year-old foetus

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GPs ‘should review low-dose aspirin’ in patients with type 2 diabetes
GPs ‘should review low-dose aspirin’ in patients with type 2 diabetes

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NICE tests for gestational diabetes ‘could miss thousands of women with the condition’
NICE tests for gestational diabetes ‘could miss thousands of women with the condition’

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Drugs regulator to review safety of gliflozins for type 2 diabetes patients
Drugs regulator to review safety of gliflozins for type 2 diabetes patients

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Eating disorder treatment delays, older women getting cervical cancer and ‘lazy lifestyles’ giving younger men back pain
Eating disorder treatment delays, older women getting cervical cancer and ‘lazy lifestyles’ giving younger men back pain

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GPs advised to encourage patients with asthma to exercise
GPs advised to encourage patients with asthma to exercise

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Study finds no increase in CVD, heart failure risk with diabetes drug
Study finds no increase in CVD, heart failure risk with diabetes drug

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Ezetimibe offers extra protection against secondary heart attacks and strokes  
Ezetimibe offers extra protection against secondary heart attacks and strokes  

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DH-commissioned analysis to cast further doubt on NHS Health Checks
DH-commissioned analysis to cast further doubt on NHS Health Checks

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Statins ‘halve cancer risk’, rise in eating disorders and marathon runners advised to get hearts tested
Statins ‘halve cancer risk’, rise in eating disorders and marathon runners advised to get hearts tested

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NICE makes substantial changes to ‘bonkers’ diabetes guidelines after GP criticism
NICE makes substantial changes to ‘bonkers’ diabetes guidelines after GP criticism

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In full: RCGP and GPC responses to NICE QOF indicators consultation
In full: RCGP and GPC responses to NICE QOF indicators consultation

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Obesity strategy ‘failing’, new diabetes hope and warning over ‘deadly pollen invasion’
Obesity strategy ‘failing’, new diabetes hope and warning over ‘deadly pollen invasion’

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Practice treating 10,000 patients with two GPs
Practice treating 10,000 patients with two GPs

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NHS end-of-life care is poor, bullying increases obesity risk and genes do not worsen breast cancer prognosis
NHS end-of-life care is poor, bullying increases obesity risk and genes do not worsen breast cancer prognosis

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Statins ‘reduced risk of stroke by 30%’
Statins ‘reduced risk of stroke by 30%’

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DNA tests for overweight NHS patients, rat poo in make-up and relatives kept in dark over loved ones’ wishes in death
DNA tests for overweight NHS patients, rat poo in make-up and relatives kept in dark over loved ones’ wishes in death

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£10m community diabetes programme boosts checks rate by 60%
£10m community diabetes programme boosts checks rate by 60%

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Exercise ‘buys elderly five extra years’ but half of Britons doing none at all, while leading suncreams found wanting
Exercise ‘buys elderly five extra years’ but half of Britons doing none at all, while leading suncreams found wanting

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GPs should never be asked to determine a patient’s immigration status before treating them
GPs should never be asked to determine a patient’s immigration status before treating them

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‘Alarming’ rise in strokes, Scotland nursing shortage and higher oestrogen increases men’s breast cancer risk
‘Alarming’ rise in strokes, Scotland nursing shortage and higher oestrogen increases men’s breast cancer risk

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Atorvastatin and simvastatin ‘increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by 46%’
Atorvastatin and simvastatin ‘increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by 46%’

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Atkins-style diets leads to long-term weight gain and early death, ‘obliviobesity’ on the rise, and head to the hills to lose weight
Atkins-style diets leads to long-term weight gain and early death, ‘obliviobesity’ on the rise, and head to the hills to lose weight

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GPs urged to monitor blood glucose closely when patients with diabetes quit smoking 
GPs urged to monitor blood glucose closely when patients with diabetes quit smoking 

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International analysis highlights GPs’ success in diagnosing diabetes
International analysis highlights GPs’ success in diagnosing diabetes

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Britons gain four years of life, older carers work 50-hour weeks and the benefits of eating an apple before a supermarket shop
Britons gain four years of life, older carers work 50-hour weeks and the benefits of eating an apple before a supermarket shop

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You ‘can’t outrun’ obesity, Conservatives’ NHS £8bn is not enough and genetic odour link to mozzie bites
You ‘can’t outrun’ obesity, Conservatives’ NHS £8bn is not enough and genetic odour link to mozzie bites

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Hospital bosses ‘milking’ NHS pay rises and there are six types of obesity
Hospital bosses ‘milking’ NHS pay rises and there are six types of obesity

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GP commissioning champion among heavyweights vying for RCGP presidency
GP commissioning champion among heavyweights vying for RCGP presidency

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Treating folic acid deficiency ‘helps to reduce the risk of stroke’
Treating folic acid deficiency ‘helps to reduce the risk of stroke’

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Rich can skip cataract op queue, underweight people at higher risk of dementia and a rise in Welsh eating disorders
Rich can skip cataract op queue, underweight people at higher risk of dementia and a rise in Welsh eating disorders

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Election pledges on health and wellbeing – do they add up?
Election pledges on health and wellbeing – do they add up?

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Local QOF targets ‘failed to improve clinical care’, study says
Local QOF targets ‘failed to improve clinical care’, study says

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Labour attacks GP access record, half of public support migrant charging and a gentle exercise warning
Labour attacks GP access record, half of public support migrant charging and a gentle exercise warning

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Should practices be paid to screen for type 2 diabetes risk?
Should practices be paid to screen for type 2 diabetes risk?

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Cutting inappropriate blood glucose self-monitoring ‘could save NHS £20m’
Cutting inappropriate blood glucose self-monitoring ‘could save NHS £20m’

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Screening the masses: GPs set for contractual incentives to measure diabetes risk
Screening the masses: GPs set for contractual incentives to measure diabetes risk

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Parents fail to spot obesity and NHS ‘could save billions’ from cycling
Parents fail to spot obesity and NHS ‘could save billions’ from cycling

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GP involvement boosts patients’ perceptions of commercial weight loss programmes
GP involvement boosts patients’ perceptions of commercial weight loss programmes

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GPs warned over link between glucose-lowering drugs and heart failure
GPs warned over link between glucose-lowering drugs and heart failure

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Public health managers want to include weight-loss programmes in QOF
Public health managers want to include weight-loss programmes in QOF

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Obesity NHS measures ‘inexplicable’, daily drinking risks liver cancer and warning over internet breast milk
Obesity NHS measures ‘inexplicable’, daily drinking risks liver cancer and warning over internet breast milk

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Rosuvastatin does more harm than good, claims academic
Rosuvastatin does more harm than good, claims academic

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GPs set to face contractual diabetes screening targets
GPs set to face contractual diabetes screening targets

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GMC ‘creating a climate of fear’, local GP leaders say
GMC ‘creating a climate of fear’, local GP leaders say

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GPs set to screen millions as NHS England launches new diabetes prevention strategy
GPs set to screen millions as NHS England launches new diabetes prevention strategy

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Vaccine ‘cure’ for diabetes, tobacco plain packaging ‘likely’ and sex in seventies boosts memory
Vaccine ‘cure’ for diabetes, tobacco plain packaging ‘likely’ and sex in seventies boosts memory

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Over 10,000 patients to get combined personal health and social care budget
Over 10,000 patients to get combined personal health and social care budget

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Are NICE guidelines becoming a ‘laughing stock’?
Are NICE guidelines becoming a ‘laughing stock’?

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Daily Mail invites readers to submit their ‘GP crisis’ stories
Daily Mail invites readers to submit their ‘GP crisis’ stories

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A hospital financial crisis, expensive eating disorders and UKIP wants to fight dementia
A hospital financial crisis, expensive eating disorders and UKIP wants to fight dementia

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Health minister in eight-week Men’s Health challenge to prove busy people have time for exercise
Health minister in eight-week Men’s Health challenge to prove busy people have time for exercise

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Call for tighter blood pressure targets in patients with diabetes
Call for tighter blood pressure targets in patients with diabetes

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Obesity warnings, whistleblowers’ protection, and patients can Google health advice
Obesity warnings, whistleblowers’ protection, and patients can Google health advice

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NICE risks making itself a ‘laughing stock’ over guidance on metformin alternatives, say experts
NICE risks making itself a ‘laughing stock’ over guidance on metformin alternatives, say experts

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NHS ‘#hellomynameis’ drive, stroke campaign success and unhealthy mums more likely to have overweight kids
NHS ‘#hellomynameis’ drive, stroke campaign success and unhealthy mums more likely to have overweight kids

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NHS 111 sending ambulances ‘because computer told them to’, hospital refuse funding cuts and some good news on childhood obesity
NHS 111 sending ambulances ‘because computer told them to’, hospital refuse funding cuts and some good news on childhood obesity

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Treating asthma was a wheeze before NICE got involved
Treating asthma was a wheeze before NICE got involved

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Submit your questions for RCGP chair Dr Maureen Baker
Submit your questions for RCGP chair Dr Maureen Baker

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GPs to conduct loneliness and heating checks on elderly, pledges Miliband
GPs to conduct loneliness and heating checks on elderly, pledges Miliband

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NHS in ‘critical’ condition, rethink ‘unrealisitic’ exercise targets, and new guidance on chicken pox in pregnancy
NHS in ‘critical’ condition, rethink ‘unrealisitic’ exercise targets, and new guidance on chicken pox in pregnancy

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GPs ‘should recommend joining walking groups’ to their patients
GPs ‘should recommend joining walking groups’ to their patients

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Treating patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone
Treating patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone

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GPs asked to hold back pregabalin/gabapentin prescriptions, inactivity worse than obesity and a suspected case of ebola in Northampton
GPs asked to hold back pregabalin/gabapentin prescriptions, inactivity worse than obesity and a suspected case of ebola in Northampton

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GPs told to submit reports on all staff for NHS workforce survey by May
GPs told to submit reports on all staff for NHS workforce survey by May

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Few obese patients offered weight loss interventions in primary care
Few obese patients offered weight loss interventions in primary care

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Six o’clock blood result – hyper- and hypothyroidism (1 CPD hour)
Six o’clock blood result – hyper- and hypothyroidism (1 CPD hour)

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Labour cancer fund pledge, an obesity pill ‘to replace the treadmill’ and fizzy drink blood pressure warning
Labour cancer fund pledge, an obesity pill ‘to replace the treadmill’ and fizzy drink blood pressure warning

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Doctors not needed at most births, complementary therapies undermine cancer treatment, late night snacking drives weight-gain
Doctors not needed at most births, complementary therapies undermine cancer treatment, late night snacking drives weight-gain

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Government pledges £150m towards tackling eating disorders
Government pledges £150m towards tackling eating disorders

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NICE lowers threshold for weight-loss surgery
NICE lowers threshold for weight-loss surgery

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Challenges in obesity (1.5 CPD hours)
Challenges in obesity (1.5 CPD hours)

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GPs struggling to tackle weight loss issues with patients
GPs struggling to tackle weight loss issues with patients

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I’m no Kate Moss, but I don’t need to lose weight to help my patients
I’m no Kate Moss, but I don’t need to lose weight to help my patients

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GPs urged to discontinue aspirin in stable CAD patients with atrial fibrillation
GPs urged to discontinue aspirin in stable CAD patients with atrial fibrillation

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GP cancer referrals on the front pages and UK spends more on obesity than war
GP cancer referrals on the front pages and UK spends more on obesity than war

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Labour to make exercise on referral ‘first port of call’ for GPs
Labour to make exercise on referral ‘first port of call’ for GPs

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GPs to be paid to manage patients with eating disorders
GPs to be paid to manage patients with eating disorders

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Bariatric surgery could prevent NHS bankruptcy, first e-cigarette advert to air on TV and pink prophylactic pillar promotes safe sex
Bariatric surgery could prevent NHS bankruptcy, first e-cigarette advert to air on TV and pink prophylactic pillar promotes safe sex

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GPs won’t be dealing with the vomiting virus, British Lion eggs safe in pregnancy, and gut bacteria swap could boost weight loss
GPs won’t be dealing with the vomiting virus, British Lion eggs safe in pregnancy, and gut bacteria swap could boost weight loss

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‘Brain age’ tool hits front pages, bariatric surgery cuts risk of diabetes and exercise helps prevent breast cancer
‘Brain age’ tool hits front pages, bariatric surgery cuts risk of diabetes and exercise helps prevent breast cancer

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Calorie labels on alcohol to tackle obesity, therapy chickens an egg-cellent idea, and don’t demonise mental illness this Halloween
Calorie labels on alcohol to tackle obesity, therapy chickens an egg-cellent idea, and don’t demonise mental illness this Halloween

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New comparison website ranks GP practices on diabetes care
New comparison website ranks GP practices on diabetes care

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Health Checks scheme must be targeted to at-risk patients – if it continues at all
Health Checks scheme must be targeted to at-risk patients – if it continues at all

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NHS England set to introduce weight loss incentive schemes for NHS staff
NHS England set to introduce weight loss incentive schemes for NHS staff

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Save the NHS for £8 billion, NHS to pay for weight loss and a new dementia breakthrough
Save the NHS for £8 billion, NHS to pay for weight loss and a new dementia breakthrough

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Submit your questions for Professor Clare Gerada
Submit your questions for Professor Clare Gerada

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Welsh patients in mass exodus to England, paralysed man walks again and lifestyle key to heart disease
Welsh patients in mass exodus to England, paralysed man walks again and lifestyle key to heart disease

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Submit your questions for Dr Kailash Chand
Submit your questions for Dr Kailash Chand

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Paramedics leaving over workload pressure, healthy eating costs three times more than junk, and the uncomfortable truth about comfort food
Paramedics leaving over workload pressure, healthy eating costs three times more than junk, and the uncomfortable truth about comfort food

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Minister tells GPs to ‘stop moaning’, three quarters of people suffer from back pain and avoid overweight guests at dinner parties
Minister tells GPs to ‘stop moaning’, three quarters of people suffer from back pain and avoid overweight guests at dinner parties

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Clinical casebook: diabetes (1.5 CPD hours)
Clinical casebook: diabetes (1.5 CPD hours)

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Type 2 diabetes less well managed in the under 40s, finds audit
Type 2 diabetes less well managed in the under 40s, finds audit

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Practice profile: Most deprived patient list
Practice profile: Most deprived patient list

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Some of our ‘care’ is a burden to patients
Some of our ‘care’ is a burden to patients

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Skirt size to measure breast cancer risk, Ebola risks causing political meltdown and sushi parasites eating men
Skirt size to measure breast cancer risk, Ebola risks causing political meltdown and sushi parasites eating men

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Statins link with diabetes put down to weight gain
Statins link with diabetes put down to weight gain

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No TV to beat obesity, ‘ageist’ NHS increases ‘silver trauma’ harm, and overweight children perform worse in school
No TV to beat obesity, ‘ageist’ NHS increases ‘silver trauma’ harm, and overweight children perform worse in school

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Tobacco giants to help pay for NHS, 80% of men could avoid heart attacks with lifestyle changes, stroke patients three times more likely to die if statins are stopped
Tobacco giants to help pay for NHS, 80% of men could avoid heart attacks with lifestyle changes, stroke patients three times more likely to die if statins are stopped

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Obesity ‘will bankrupt NHS’, prostate cancer treatment concerns and the migraine link with Parkinson’s
Obesity ‘will bankrupt NHS’, prostate cancer treatment concerns and the migraine link with Parkinson’s

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QOF incentives on glycaemic control ‘improved management of type 2 diabetes’
QOF incentives on glycaemic control ‘improved management of type 2 diabetes’

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GPs could face increased targets for dementia diagnosis
GPs could face increased targets for dementia diagnosis

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RCGP calls for ‘COBRA-style taskforce’ on childhood obesity
RCGP calls for ‘COBRA-style taskforce’ on childhood obesity

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Debate over parents’ cancer boy removal, women ‘can’t locate vagina’ and GP warnings on UK child obesity
Debate over parents’ cancer boy removal, women ‘can’t locate vagina’ and GP warnings on UK child obesity

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Brits make up quarter of Dignitas suicides, MRSA efforts ‘ineffective’ and more evidence of obesity link with dementia
Brits make up quarter of Dignitas suicides, MRSA efforts ‘ineffective’ and more evidence of obesity link with dementia

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More comfort for care home elderly, patients keep demanding antibiotics and a new treatment for stroke recovery
More comfort for care home elderly, patients keep demanding antibiotics and a new treatment for stroke recovery

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Depressed Britons denied treatment, millions die from eating salt and calls for earlier start to smear testing
Depressed Britons denied treatment, millions die from eating salt and calls for earlier start to smear testing

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Primary care diabetes prescribing increases by 5%
Primary care diabetes prescribing increases by 5%

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What is pre-diabetes?
What is pre-diabetes?

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GPC: combined diabetes QOF indicator ‘will create cliff edge’
GPC: combined diabetes QOF indicator ‘will create cliff edge’

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GPC to oppose NICE bundled diabetes indicators during contract negotiations
GPC to oppose NICE bundled diabetes indicators during contract negotiations

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Hospitals employ locum nurses at £1,800 a day, ab fat better than BMI at predicting diabetes, and DDT may trigger obesity
Hospitals employ locum nurses at £1,800 a day, ab fat better than BMI at predicting diabetes, and DDT may trigger obesity

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NHS staff ‘could be incentivised to lose weight’ says NHS England head
NHS staff ‘could be incentivised to lose weight’ says NHS England head

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Ramp up diabetes treatment after three months, GPs told
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Rising HbA1c levels ‘predict diabetes’
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‘No good evidence’ for self-monitoring in non-insulin diabetes
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