Dr Hairy’s Research Summaries & Quiz for November 2018 are now online. For more information, visit http://www.drhairy.org/concrete5/index.php/research-summaries/
Subjects covered this month:
GP-delivered brief weight loss interventions: a cohort study of patient responses and subsequent actions, using conversation analysis in UK primary care
Br J Gen Pract 2018; 68 (674): e646-e653. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X698405
Patients’ perspectives on GP interactions after cognitive behavioural therapy for refractory IBS: a qualitative study in UK primary and secondary care
Br J Gen Pract 2018; 68 (674): e654-e662. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X698321
Addressing the needs of patients with medically unexplained symptoms: 10 key messages
Br J Gen Pract 2018; 68 (674): 442-443. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X698813
Localised hypopigmentation: clarification of a diagnostic conundrum
Br J Gen Pract 2018; 68 (674): 444-445. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X698825
Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular events and mortality in old and very old adults with and without type 2 diabetes: retrospective cohort study
BMJ 2018;362:k3359
Diclofenac use and cardiovascular risks: series of nationwide cohort studies
BMJ 2018;362:k3426
Focusing on overdiagnosis as a driver of too much medicine
BMJ 2018;362:k3494
Doctors who turn down flu vaccine could be redeployed
BMJ 2018;362:k3872
Compliance with requirement to report results on the EU Clinical Trials Register: cohort study and web resource
BMJ 2018;362:k3218
Fetal microcephaly
BMJ 2018;361:k2232