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Welcome to Season 8 of the Hot Topics Podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. Lots of research, as usual, and some future medicine too.Do NHS health checks actually make a difference, or is it a waste of everybody's time? This month's BJGP has the answer.From the BMJ this we ...  Show more

Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this summer sizzler, we have three new pieces of research for clinicians in general practice. First, do antihistamines help with managing atopic eczema, or do they do more harm than good? Does which one we ...  Show more

We begin this episode by discussing our article of the week from the New England Journal of Medicine entitled “Hydrocortisone in severe community-acquired pneumonia.“. In the second half of our episode, we bring a medical eye to popular events. We begin with a discussion about ...

Statins tied to diabetes risk and reduced bacterial infections, a novel use for hs-troponin, mitral-regurgitation management, and His-bundle pacing are reviewed in this week's podcast. 

PFO closure for recurrent stroke prevention, hormone replacement in women, DAPT, obesity, and fentanyl are discussed in this week's podcast. 

Welcome back to the podcast!

This month we start off thinking about sepsis, specifically fluid management and whether a restrictive approach to fluid resuscitation in combination with earlier vasopressors is advantageous over a liberal approach.

Next we have a lo ...