February 2019 Peer Reviewed Feature Articles Schizophrenia: the GP’s crucial management role CPD Judy Hope, Nicholas Keks Sexual health risk assessment in adolescents and young people CPD SUZANNE RIX, DANIELLE SAMMUT, RICK VARMA The vomiting child. Considerations and red flag symptoms Scott Nightingale, ZACHARIAH FULLER Analgesia in home-based rehabilitation. Managing pain for functional gain Steven Faux Advertisement Peer Reviewed Regular Series Psychological medicine Not good as new: how GPs can help cancer survivors live well after treatment JANE TURNER Diabetes clinic Insulin in type 2 diabetes: initiating and titrating treatment MELISSA KATZ, ASHIM SINHA Dermatology clinic A man with erythematous and swollen hands PHILIPPA DICKISON, Gayle Fischer Emergency medicine Rectus sheath haematoma: it’s not just a cough Sascha Fulde, Gordian Fulde Advertisement Supplements Vaccinations for adults 65 years and overCPD OPEN ACCESS In Brief Clinical news with comment from local experts Use of vaginal oestrogen Subfertility and asthma links Dietary fibre benefits Antidepressants and fractures CLINICAL NEWS Study offers reassurance about safety of vaginal oestrogen Is difficulty in conceiving an asthma risk factor in offspring? High dietary fibre intake linked to lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality Increased hip fracture risk found before and after antidepressant initiation Shingles in cancer patients: who is most at risk? Improving pregnancy outcomes in overweight women: new approach needed Smokers with higher C-reactive protein concentrations may have greater lung cancer risk NEWSBITES Strong evidence for benefits of exercise in preventing falls in older people Campaign launched to confront the stigma of lung cancer Advertisement
