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The BMJThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine’s efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 peaked at 96.2% at seven days to two months after the second dose and then declined to 83.7%...
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The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine’s efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 peaked at 96.2% at seven days to two months after the second dose and then declined to 83.7% at four months, a preprint from Pfizer has reported https://t.co/f55XbsKOs5 @emahase_ reports - view on twitter
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The BMJDoes depression screening in primary care improve mental health outcomes? - 11 hours
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### What you need to know Depression is usually identified when patients report symptoms or when clinicians recognise them through routine assessment of patient...
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#BMJEducation "Instead of routinely screening all patients in primary care, engage patients in discussions about their overall wellbeing, including mental health, and be alert to clinical cues that could suggest depression" https://t.co/FWdKr9fycT - view on twitter
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The BMJThe power of trusting relationships in general practice - 14 hours
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Relationship based care remains a fundamental feature of safe, effective practice Every medical specialty prides itself on the tools it uses to ply its...
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General practice, with its commitment to the humanities, claims a different sort of tool—a trusting relationship with patients. This essential tool is under threat because of workload pressures and lack of understanding by policy makers @MartinRCGP @rcgp https://t.co/6b7QngccaB - view on twitter
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The BMJSubacute small bowel obstruction or chronic large bowel obstruction - 1 day
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### What you need to know A 48 year old woman presented to her general practitioner with a seven day history of colicky lower...
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Both subacute small bowel obstruction and chronic obstruction present with symptoms that frequently occur in more common alternative diagnoses. This Practice article provides advice on diagnosing both and includes a #BMJInfographic to guide assessment https://t.co/f74AkYqKTu https://t.co/f74AkYqKTu - view on twitter
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The BMJGlucocorticoid induced adrenal insufficiency - 9 hours
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Synthetic glucocorticoids are widely used for their anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive actions. A possible unwanted effect of glucocorticoid treatment is suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis,...
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#BMJEducation Synthetic glucocorticoids are widely used for their anti-inflammatory & immunosuppressive actions, but what factors affect the risk of Glucocorticoid induced adrenal insufficiency? Read our latest clinical review to get up to date: https://t.co/9YFIvuJpUm - view on twitter
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The BMJCan covid-19 vaccines be global public goods? – The BMJ - 12 hours
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“Covid-19 vaccines must be considered a global public good. No country can overcome this crisis in isolation.” So said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres....
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Vaccine access is ethically imperative, hence the need to simultaneously scale up production, distribute available supply fairly, and ensure no vaccine expires because countries are incapable of administering them @ZekeEmanuel @GovindPersad https://t.co/fmLAX20fS2 - view on twitter
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The BMJShould the UK vaccinate children and adolescents against covid-19? - 10 hours
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The UK is an outlier in holding off vaccinating healthy 12-17 year olds The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has now...
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Should the UK vaccinate children & adolescents against covid-19? The UK is an outlier among high-income countries in holding off vaccinating healthy 12-17 year olds, say @SoniaKSaxena @HelenSkirrow @health_kate They discuss the risks and benefits: https://t.co/0W3OwztOvN - view on twitter
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The BMJFDA allows drugs without proven clinical benefit to languish for years on accelerated pathway - 16 hours
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Criticisms of the US Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval process have resurfaced after the recent approval of aducanumab (Aduhelm) for dementia. Elisabeth Mahase...
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#BMJInfographic Since the @US_FDA established its accelerated approval pathway for drugs in 1992, nearly half (112) of the 253 drugs authorised have not been confirmed as clinically effective #BMJInvestigation @emahase_ https://t.co/0jrXlepZ12 https://t.co/0jrXlepZ12 - view on twitter
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The BMJMatthew Taylor: The #NotTooMuchToMask campaign – The BMJ - 15 hours
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The remaining national covid restrictions may have been lifted in England, but cases of covid-19 are very much still on the rise, with daily...
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"For many, the relaxation of restrictions does not signify freedom. For those with medical vulnerabilities for example, it means greater anxiety and isolation" @NHSConfed #NotTooMuchToMask @FRSAMatthew https://t.co/CFGOxitUGY - view on twitter
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Showing vulnerability is not a failure—doctors could learn from Biles’ example, says Clara Munro On Wednesday 28 July, US gymnast and Olympian, Simone Biles...
"There will be times when the balance tips and knowing, as Biles did, when you are no longer doing the best for yourself, your team or—in our case—our patients, and to step back is something that we do not see enough" @ClaraEMunro https://t.co/48N3C9JwSY - view on twitter