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The Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) Podcast is your source for practical, independent, and evidence-based information on drugs, medication, and prescribing.
Join host Hannah Harris (GP and DTB Clinical Editor) and Dr. Gordon Mallarkey (Editor-in-Chief) each month as they discuss the key highlights of the latest issue.
DTB - dtb.bmj.com - is published by BMJ Group, and offers rigorous, independent evaluations and practical advice on treatments and disease management for doctors, pharmacists, and healthcare professionals.
Subscribe to the DTB Podcast and get the latest drug and therapeutic insights.
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When doctor becomes patient: levelling up the medical hierarchy
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Oct 22, 2026 |
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When medicines cause harm: learning from the DES disaster
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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Understanding clinical significance, and the new epinephrine nasal spray
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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GLP-1 drugs, reducing sedative use, and a thank you
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Disinformation and misinformation, AI in primary care and antidepressant tapering
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Prevention in primary care, elinzanetant for menopause, and a farewell to David.
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Medicines - but at what cost, direct penicillin allergy challenge, and prescribing mistakes
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Orphan drugs, allopurinol and CVD, mavacamten for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Antibiotic susceptibility reports, deprescribing, and heart failure drugs
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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AI and DTB, drug safety, tirzepatide, and lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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National asthma guidelines, bisoprolol for COPD and abaloparatide for osteoporosis
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Identifying VTE in early pregnancy, gabapentinoids and COPD, managing ADHD
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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The polypill revisited, cytisinicline for vaping cessation and a new co-host
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May 09, 2025 |
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Misuse of female empowerment to sell tests and treatments, triptan safety, use of ACEI or AIIRA in CKD
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Paying the price, liver problems with fezolinetant, systemic anticancer treatments
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Prioritising shared decision making, remission from type 2 diabetes, gefapixant for cough
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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PILs: all harms and no benefits, Irish College of GPs end pharma funding, Ryeqo for fibroids
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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When it comes to drugs, sex matters; menopausal HT and dementia; daridorexant for sleep
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Supporting obesity treatment, major bleeds with anticoagulants and SSRIs, equity in COPD care
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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(Un)common sense in oncology, DOACs in device-detected AF, and hypertension in the elderly
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Medicines optimisation measures, warfarin-tramadol interaction and icosapent ethyl
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Psychotropic medicines in children, warfarin vs DOAC in old age, and fezolinetant in menopause
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Propranolol and its risk in overdose and managing COPD exacerbations
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Diagnostic imaging and shielding, sinusitis, antibiotics and coloured snot, ritlecitinib
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May 29, 2024 |
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Medicines and global warming, donanemab for AD, and cytisine for smoking cessation
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Drug safety alerts, valproate safety (again) and a new contraceptive POP
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Protecting consumers, tramadol-warfarin interaction and very low calorie diets
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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ADHD medicines shortages, fluoroquinolone safety, drugs not to prescribe
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Continuity of care, statins and myasthenia gravis, and acne
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Rationalising blood tests, bempedoic acid and CV outcomes and semaglutide for obesity
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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BNF moving with the times; preventable deaths; plus an intro to pharmacogenetics
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Taxing ill health, and what evidence for intravenous vitamins?
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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NICE and redacted data, spironolactone for acne, and drugs with anticholinergic activity
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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FeNO and asthma, low-dose aspirin and H pylori eradication, plus finerenone
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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July 2023: Whither evidence, COI in guidelines, isotretinoin safety, SGLT2 inhibitors and Utrogestan shortage
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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DTB 60th anniversary podcast interview - Barbara Mintzes
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Aciclovir PEP after VZ exposure in pregnancy, falls and fractures with aspirin, an inclisiran rant
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May 31, 2023 |
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May 2023 - another DTB celebration (or two), OACs and NSAIDs, and siRNA-based therapeutics
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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When should you take antihypertensive medication. Prescribing for skin conditions in pregnancy
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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DTB 60th anniversary podcast interview - Joanna Girling
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Penicillin allergy, lecanemab and Alzeimer’s disease, a new oral contraceptive and statins for all
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Swapping to edoxaban, DOACs in renal impairment, inflammatory rheumatic diseases in pregnancy
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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DTB 60th anniversary podcast interview - John Dowden
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Happy New Year, sad news from Australia, toxocarosis in humans and yet more on valproate safety
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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December 2022 - MHT and ’brain fog’, risks from sodium-containing paracetamol and 2022 revisited
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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DTB 60th anniversary podcast interview - Jo Congleton
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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November 2022 - FMT, methotrexate and COVID vaccine boosters, and Palforzia for peanut allergy
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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October 2022 - two freebies, advertising woes, paracetamol (again) and standing up to Pharma
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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September 2022 - healthcare costs, gout, metformin and B12, more on COI and carbetocin
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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August 2022 - COI, STOMP/STAMP, BP deprescribing, amiodarone and bempedoic acid
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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July 2022 - an e-letter, estradiol, APPGs, inclisiran and nitrofurantoin
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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June 2022 - a complaint, primary care spirometry, paracetamol and frailty, serotonin syndrome
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May 26, 2022 |
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May 2022 - an apology, international drug bulletins, mirtazapine and oral antivirals for covid-19
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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DTB turns 60! Plus: conflicts of interest, harms from nitrofurantoin and hypertension in pregnancy
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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March 2022 - Paracetamol and blood pressure, greener inhalers, harms from medicines and naldemedine
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Overprescribing, overuse of short-acting beta agonists, inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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January 2022 - Molnupiravir, potentially harmful prescribing and antidepressant withdrawal reactions
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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Dec 2021 - Overprescribing, BP monitor accuracy, topical steroids, and bremelanotide and flibanserin
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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November 2021 - Drugs to avoid, penicillin allergy and a new drug for osteoporosis
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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October 2021 - Desogestrel POM to P, PCI in stable IHD, and migraine in pregnancy
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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September 2021: Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s, antibiotics, shared-decision making, and dental health
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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August 2021. Community pharmacy discharge medicines service: a step towards improved patient safety?
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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July 2021 - Chloramphenicol eye drops, boron, infants and fertility
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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June 2021 - COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy
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May 24, 2021 |
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May 2021 - Time for transparency
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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April 2021 - Asthma, a disease of variability
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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March 2021 - Opioid safety: striking the right balance
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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February 2021 - Why vaccines matter
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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January 2021 - COVID-19 vaccination: we need more than the ‘mum test’
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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COVID-19 vaccines - getting the information right
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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December 2020 - Hype and hope of bedtime dosing of antihypertensives
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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November 2020 - Chronic pain (analgesia armageddon)
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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October 2020 - Making medicines safer?
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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September 2020 - Dilemmas in commissioning biological therapies
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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August 2020 - Virtual revolution
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Low-dose aspirin for prevention of pre-eclampsia: when over the counter just isn’t
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Deprescribing in the time of COVID-19
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May 27, 2020 |
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Improving consultations with children and adolescents, plus treating Covid-19 with ibuprofen
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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April 2020 - Lung volume in COPD: when less is more
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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March 2020 - Dapagliflozin for type 1 diabetes: ensuring benefits outweigh the risks
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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February 2020 - Registering our interest
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Melatonin for jet lag
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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January 2020 - Polypharmacy and deprescribing: just ask the patient
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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December 2019 - Has the polypill finally proven its worth?
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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November 2019 - Meeting QOF hypertension targets but failing the patient
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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October 2019 -Medicines optimisation: time to review fibrates?
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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September 2019 - Social prescribing: right idea, wrong name?
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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August 2019: Time to speed up the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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July 2019: It is hard work being a patient
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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June 2019: If the drugs don’t work
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May 29, 2019 |
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May 2019: The new GP contract - an opportunity for drugs and therapeutics
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May 15, 2019 |
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April 2019: DOAC dosing in renal impairment
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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March 2019: A new direction for diabetes
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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February 2019: The past, present and future of inhaled corticosteroids for COPD
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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January 2019: Challenging the supremacy of intravenous antibiotics
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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December 2018: Information on medicines for patients
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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November 2018: Travelling with medicines
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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October 2018: atrial fibrillation, opioids for chronic pain and over-the-counter sildenafil
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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Here’s your New DTB!
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Sep 12, 2018 |
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August 2018: what’s your position on giving birth?
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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July 2018: managing herbal-drug interactions
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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June 2018: Antidepressants - there is no news
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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May 2018: Does pulmonary rehabilitation need more PR?
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May 09, 2018 |
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April 2018: STOMP - time to make more noise
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Apr 11, 2018 |
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March 2018: Do hypertension guidelines put the person first?
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Mar 12, 2018 |
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February 2018: Clinical guidelines - more PDAs please
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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January 2018: No alchemy for obesity
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Jan 02, 2018 |
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December 2017: Shared care protocols – have they had their day?
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Dec 04, 2017 |
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November 2017: Prescribing in pregnancy - stop stopping and start planning
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Nov 06, 2017 |
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October 2017: Flagging risk
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Oct 09, 2017 |
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September 2017: Vitamin D and adolescents: a forgotten ‘at risk’ group?
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Sep 04, 2017 |
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August 2017: What price drugs online?
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Jul 26, 2017 |
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July 2017: The good, the bad and the ugly
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Jul 05, 2017 |
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June 2017: Turning the tide of high-dose inhaled corticosteroids
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Jun 05, 2017 |
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May 2017: Rational rationing in the NHS?
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May 03, 2017 |
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April 2017: Prevention of type 2 diabetes - where do you draw the line?
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Mar 28, 2017 |
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March 2017: Better PrEParation needed?
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Mar 14, 2017 |
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February 2017: Spironolactone - potion or poison?
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Feb 06, 2017 |
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January 2017: Sore throat test and treat - a £34 million question?
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Jan 09, 2017 |
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December 2016: Wise words on prescription of medicines and treatment decisions
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Nov 21, 2016 |
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November 2016: Rubella immunisation. Check vaccination history
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Nov 07, 2016 |
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October 2016: the dangers of a quicker authorisation process for drugs
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Oct 21, 2016 |
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September 2016: Last orders for nalmefene in the management of alcohol dependence?
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Aug 24, 2016 |
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August 2016: Better guidelines. Capsaicin for diabetic neuropathy. Excipients in medicines
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Aug 08, 2016 |
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July 2016: Where next for rationing medicines? Vitamins during pregnancy: a big marketing campaign?
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Jul 07, 2016 |
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June 2016: Problems with botanicals; a new drug for heart failure; frailty and deprescribing
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May 25, 2016 |
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May 2016: supporting learning disabilities; new drugs for orthostatic hypotension and ADHD
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May 09, 2016 |
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April 2016: the cancer drugs fund for England, restless legs and animal-derived content in medicines
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Apr 06, 2016 |
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March 2016 Issue: Testosterone replacement therapy and a new antidepressant
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Mar 01, 2016 |
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February 2016 issue: Too many options, too little choice in COPD?
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Feb 04, 2016 |
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January 2016 issue: NHS Health Checks, Adolescent Adherence and Management of Dry Eye
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Jan 08, 2016 |
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December 2015 issue: Cost-effectiveness of drugs on long term conditions
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Dec 01, 2015 |
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In this issue: November 2015
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Nov 09, 2015 |
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In this issue: September 2015
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Oct 02, 2015 |
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In this issue: October 2015
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Oct 02, 2015 |
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In this issue: August 2015
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Aug 18, 2015 |
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In this issue - July 2015
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Jul 07, 2015 |
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In this issue - June 2015
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Jul 07, 2015 |
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In this issue - May 2015
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Jun 29, 2015 |
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In this issue - April 2015
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May 19, 2015 |
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In this issue - February 2015
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Apr 22, 2015 |
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In this issue - March 2015
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Mar 23, 2015 |
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In this issue - January 2015
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Jan 28, 2015 |
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In this issue - December 2014
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Dec 05, 2014 |
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In this issue - November 2014
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Nov 11, 2014 |
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In this issue - October 2014
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Oct 07, 2014 |
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In this issue - September 2014
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Sep 16, 2014 |
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In this issue - August 2014
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Jul 30, 2014 |
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In this issue - July 2014
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Jul 16, 2014 |
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In this issue: June 2014
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Jun 09, 2014 |
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In this issue - May 2014
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May 16, 2014 |
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In this issue - April 2014
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May 07, 2014 |
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In this issue - March 2014
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Mar 13, 2014 |
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In this issue - February 2014
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Feb 13, 2014 |
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In this issue - August 2011
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - July 2011
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - June 2011
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May 02, 2013 |
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Sunscreens
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - May 2011
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In this issue - April 2011
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In this issue - March 2011
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In this issue - January 2011
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In this issue - February 2011
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In this issue - December 2010
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - November 2010
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In this issue - October 2010
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In this issue - September 2010
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Mixtard 30
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - July 2010
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In this issue - April 2010
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - May 2010
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May 02, 2013 |
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Herbal medicines – what do clinicians know?
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - March 2010
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - February 2010
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - January 2010
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - December 2009
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - November 2009
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - October 2009
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - September 2009
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May 02, 2013 |
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Tamiflu - the wrong message?
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - August 2009
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - July 2009
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - June 2009
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May 02, 2013 |
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Real costs of end-of-life drugs
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - May 2009
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May 02, 2013 |
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In this issue - April 2009
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May 02, 2013 |
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What are you on?
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May 02, 2013 |
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Mole checks on the high street
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May 02, 2013 |