Falls are common in older people, and fall related injuries are a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality.

How should doctors assess the risk of falls? A summary of NICE guidelines, including a #BMJInfographic
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Interpreting liver blood test results can be challenging. How should clinicians interpret abnormal results?

New Education articles offers guidance and a visual summary
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Extreme heat events have increased in frequency, duration, and severity.

This review outlines how heat exposure induces systemic and organ specific damage and proposes initiatives to reduce negative health outcomes.

Includes a #BMJInfographic
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How can clinicians diagnose and manage multidrug resistant tuberculosis? Read this Clinical Update

Includes a #BMJInfographic showing the tests that can be used to detect a range of types of resistance
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New living clinical practice guideline: Cardiovascular, kidney related, and weight loss effects of therapeutics for type 2 diabetes

See our #BMJInfographic for a visual summary of the recommendations
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More people are turning to primary care providers for advice on infertility. What should clinicians consider in these discussions, and when ordering tests?

Includes a #BMJInfographic on infertility testing
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Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring, and chronic asthma management: summary of guidance from BTS/NICE/SIGN ### What you need to know Asthma is one of the commonest long term diseases, affecting around 8% of the population in the UK, Europe, and North America.12 However, about one third of people categoris...

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Asthma is one of the most common long term diseases. This articles summarises recommendations on diagnosis, monitoring, and chronic management.

Our #BMJInfographic outlines new management pathways for people aged 5 years and older
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Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. What is the current evidence for skin cancer prevention and how to best use sunscreens?

Read the full guidance or check out this visual summary #BMJInfographic
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Skin cancer prevention and sunscreens ### What you need to know A parent visits their general practitioner with their 1 year old child, who is due to receive several vaccinations. During the appointment, the parent asks whether it is OK to start using infant sunscreen formulations, as they have heard there is a risk that sunscreens can be unsafe for infants, and that they can cause skin reactions. You observe that the infant has fair skin. The parent notes their child has sensitive skin, which is easily irritated, and asks for your recommendation. Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide.1 The Global Burden of Disease study shows rates of skin cancer continue to rise, largely owing to an aging population.12 The most common skin cancers include keratinocyte cancers, basal cell cancer and cutaneous squamous cell cancer, and melanoma. Deaths due to melanoma are projected to increase by about 68% from 2020 to 2040.1 Although improvements in treatments for advanced melanoma have reduced mortality rates global Read the full article here

Skin cancer prevention and sunscreens ### What you need to know A parent visits their general practitioner with their 1 year old child, who is due to receive several vaccinations.… ### What you n...

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Asthma is one of the most common long term diseases. This articles summarises recommendations on asthma diagnosis, monitoring, and chronic management.

This #BMJInfographic outlines new management pathways for people aged 5 years and older
www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Disrupted care during the covid-19 pandemic led to sharp increases in other non-covid causes of illness and death, particularly mental health disorders, malaria in young children, and heart disease in older adults, finds study.

Includes a visual abstract #BMJInfographic
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Gonorrhoea is of increasing concern for global sexual health.

This article considers the challenges of diagnosis and holistic management of gonorrhoea as well as current and future treatment strategies.

Includes a #BMJInfographic
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

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This article summarises newly published guidelines from NICE, covering who is at risk of adrenal insufficiency, how to test for it, and how to manage a life threatening adrenal crisis promptly.

Includes a #BMJInfographic providing a visual summary
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Spine injections should not be given to adults with chronic back pain because they provide little or no pain relief compared with sham injections, say a panel of international experts in this recommendation.

Includes a #BMJInfographic
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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A change in voice, or dysphonia, describes a perceived alteration in vocal function and can include changes in clarity, pitch, and loudness.

This article outlines the clinical features of benign disease and features that warrant onward referral

Includes #BMJInfographic
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Most healthcare providers who care for children will encounter some form of child maltreatment in their practice.

How can frontline healthcare providers identify child maltreatment?

Includes a #BMJInfographic summarising the recommendations
www.bmj.com/content/387/...