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We’ve published a draft guideline on chronic pain. It says that people with a type of chronic pain called chronic primary pain should be offered supervised group exercise programmes, some types of psychological therapy, or acupuncture. Find out more here: bit.ly/3k8LRyC
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Understandably, there is great public expectation that trials investigating vaccines and passive immunity approaches will be successful, but we have good reason to be cautious about these high profile options, says this #BMJEditorial @ProfEmer ow.ly/KvU650AtOgL
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Masks don’t make you hypoxic. COVID does. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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Coronavirus immunity: Can you catch it twice? bbc.in/3gSzXqh
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NEW #BMJEducation article offers guidance to GPs on the assessment of patients presenting with varicose veins, how to recognise chronic venous insufficiency, when to refer, and appropriate management strategies that can be initiated in primary care ow.ly/jYGY50AvhQ4
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"Despite attempts to weaponise the pandemic to justify market based approaches to healthcare, the more likely response, after reflection and inquiries, will be a greater commitment to publicly funded and provided healthcare" @mancunianmedic ow.ly/1lVv50AvNY9
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Time Course of Events During the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome . #meded #foamed #medtwitter #medical
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Physical distancing of at least a metre is associated with a “large reduction” in covid-19 infection, and keeping apart two metres may be even more effective, a study funded by @WHO has found ow.ly/by3050zXR8b
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Patients, clinicians and researchers need to understand minimal important differences to Interpret results from patient reported outcome measures. Researchers @TahiraDevji have developed an instrument to help users evaluate the credibility of MID estimates ow.ly/7zZK50zYDJg
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My brilliant neighbour Joey is a mental health nurse. Last night her bike was stolen. It turned up on Gumtree - but when she gave police the name and address of the thief, they said they couldn't help because her investigative work would make it entrapment. This is NUTS.
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The covid-19 pandemic has dramatically curtailed the provision of health services for non-communicable diseases, says a survey of 155 countries by @WHO conducted over three weeks in May. NCDs killed about 41 million people last year ow.ly/whsi50zXBe5