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Clinical Shorts

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Short, actionable summaries linked to a guideline, trial, or safety update. Designed for rapid clinical orientation in under two minutes.

Mental Health / Psychiatry
Escaping the manosphere
Will Adolphy helps men and boys escape the influence of the online manosphere. This update is most useful…
Diabetes / Metabolic
New light shed on who benefits most from weight-loss jabs
People who carry variations in two genes linked to appetite and digestion can lose more weight when taking…
Clinical Update
‘Month of worry’ over doctor strike surgery delay
The strike further delays Tom Lawson's gastric bypass surgery after a more than three-year wait. Clinicians should expect…
Dermatology
Subcutaneous spesolimab 1-ml formulation for preventing generalised pustular psoriasis flares in people 12 years and over (terminated appraisal)
# Key Clinical Points This NICE publication is marked as a terminated appraisal, so it functions as a…
Clinical Update
Hospitals coping well with doctors’ strike so far – NHS boss
Resident doctors in England – the new name for junior doctors – are taking part in their 15th…
Clinical Update
Researchers look into island’s health benefits
Researchers are investigating specific health-promoting factors on the Isle of Wight that may explain improved patient outcomes in…
Women's Health
‘Doctors thought my endometriosis was IBS’
**Endometriosis is frequently misdiagnosed as IBS**, delaying diagnosis and treatment; clinical awareness of overlapping gastrointestinal symptoms is essential…
Clinical Update
Strike reduces A&E unit to minor injuries service
Junior doctors' six-day strike action across England is reducing A&E departments to minor injuries services only, with emergency…
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