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What GPs need to know about Covid testing, trials and research

Our resources page on Covid-19 testing, trials and research has a series of guides for you to explore, giving you a wealth of information to support your practice.

29 April 2021

MHRA urges GPs to be vigilant in new advice on identifying vaping-related lung injury

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has released a drug safety update warning doctors to be alert to possible adverse reactions from vaping among patients with respiratory problems.

28 January 2020

Vaping still safer than smoking, reiterate health officials amidst fresh concerns

Public health officials have reiterated that regulated e-cigarettes carry a ‘fraction’ of the risk of smoking, after a series of reports highlighting potential dangers.

14 November 2019

Long-term study shows ‘e-cigarettes safer than smoking’

E-cigarettes have been shown to be safer than smoking in a new long-term study carried out by Cancer Research UK.

07 February 2017

E-cigarette use ‘associated with reduced smoking cessation’, study claims

E-cigarettes reduce chances of quitting smoking and ‘should not be recommended as smoking cessation aids’, a study published in the Lancet has claimed.

19 January 2016

GP beware – oncology

  Case 1 Ms S, a 39-year-old teacher, consulted the practice nurse with discomfort in the left breast and stickiness on the nipple.

21 January 2015