S3 E14: The "Sorry, I'm Not Sorry" Song; bye bye Boris; prescribing for anxiety, bariatric surgery to reduce cancer, RSV vaccine

NB Hot Topics Podcast

English - July 08, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MB
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Previous Episode: S3 E13 - "Plans for change", Panorama and Partnership; NICE Traffic Lights, internet based CBT for trauma; opioids post-surgery

Next Episode: S3 E15: Gout and CV events; early identification of colorectal cancer; barriers to shared decision making in multimorbidity

Welcome to another Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker leading you through the latest news and research in general practice. Of course, we must touch on the demise of Boris Johnson and how he might still be in power if he'd just learned a thing or two from general practice.

Meanwhile, in research, we look at prescribing trends in anxiety disorders, whether bariatric surgery can reduce cancer risk in overweight people, and two papers on covid vaccination against Omicron, first on efficacy in kids, second on the relative merits of vaccination vs natural immunity, plus could a new vaccine for RSV be just around the corner?

And with hot weather finally coming to the UK, time to remind ourselves about the symptoms and signs of heat-related illness in our KISS from NB.

References:

BJGP Trends in anxiety medications
JAMA Bariatric surgery and cancer risk
NEJM Covid vaccine in kids
NEJM Covid vaccination vs natural protection vs hybrid immunity
NEJM RSV vaccine study