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- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever of unknown origin in adults
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of lymphadenopathy
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Pre-eclampsia
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Ebola disease
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Long COVID
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of neutropenia
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Asthma in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of cardiomyopathy
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of liver dysfunction
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of clubbing
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of chronic abdominal pain
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of dysmenorrhoea
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Peptic ulcer disease
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Seborrhoeic keratosis
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute diarrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Stomach cancer
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in adults
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Acute heart failure
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Ulcerative colitis
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Varicocele
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Respiratory syncytial virus infection
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Routine antenatal care
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Muscular dystrophies
- 25 Jul 2025Topic: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Retinal detachment
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Disorders of infant feeding
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Child abuse
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of hirsutism
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Urinary incontinence in women
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic venous insufficiency
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of pancytopenia
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic pelvic pain in women
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of shock
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Deep vein thrombosis
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute abdomen
- 18 Jul 2025Topic: Multiple myeloma
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Contraception
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of polyneuropathy
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Transient synovitis of the hip
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Vitamin B12 deficiency
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of balance disorders
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Sexual abuse and assault
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Oesophageal cancer
- 04 Jul 2025Evidence supports cardiovascular safety of testosterone therapy in men with hypogonadism Topic: Hypogonadism in men
- 14 May 2025Pause in use of live-attenuated chikungunya vaccine in older adults due to safety concernsTopic: Chikungunya virus infection
- 25 Apr 2025WHO reaffirms mpox outbreak in Africa still meets criteria for a public health emergency of international concernTopic: Mpox
- 24 Apr 2025Dapagliflozin approved by FDA for treatment of type 2 diabetes in childrenTopic: Type 2 diabetes in children
- 15 Apr 2025Latest UK asthma guidance provides minimal change to exacerbation managementTopic: Acute asthma exacerbation in adults
- 19 Mar 2025Esketamine approved in the US as the first ever monotherapy for treatment-resistant depression in adultsTopic: Depression in adults
- 14 Mar 2025Guidelines recommend statins for people living with HIV to prevent cardiovascular eventsTopic: HIV in adults
- 14 Mar 2025NICE recommends cytisinicline for smoking cessation, expanding treatment options for clinicians in the UKTopic: Smoking cessation
- 05 Mar 2025FDA approves olezarsen for the treatment of familial chylomicronemia syndromeTopic: Hypertriglyceridaemia
- 18 Feb 2025Gene-editing therapy, exagamglogene autotemcel, available through managed access agreement in National Health Service (NHS) EnglandTopic: Sickle cell anaemia
- 11 Feb 2025First bird flu death reported in the US outbreak; case of human infection detected in the UKTopic: Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection
- Allergy and immunology
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Asthma in children
- Anaesthesiology
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Acute heart failure
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic pelvic pain in women
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of shock
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Deep vein thrombosis
- Assessments
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever of unknown origin in adults
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of lymphadenopathy
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of neutropenia
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of cardiomyopathy
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of liver dysfunction
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of clubbing
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of chronic abdominal pain
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of dysmenorrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute diarrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in adults
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of hirsutism
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of pancytopenia
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of shock
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute abdomen
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of polyneuropathy
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of balance disorders
- Cardiology
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of cardiomyopathy
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of clubbing
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Acute heart failure
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic venous insufficiency
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of shock
- Critical care medicine
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Pre-eclampsia
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Ebola disease
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of cardiomyopathy
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of liver dysfunction
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute diarrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in adults
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Acute heart failure
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Respiratory syncytial virus infection
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Child abuse
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of shock
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Deep vein thrombosis
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute abdomen
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Dermatology
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Seborrhoeic keratosis
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of hirsutism
- Ear, nose, and throat
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of balance disorders
- Emergency medicine
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Pre-eclampsia
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Ebola disease
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of cardiomyopathy
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute diarrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in adults
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Acute heart failure
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Respiratory syncytial virus infection
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Child abuse
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of shock
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Deep vein thrombosis
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute abdomen
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Sexual abuse and assault
- Endocrinology and metabolic disorders
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of cardiomyopathy
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of hirsutism
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- Gastroenterology and hepatology
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of liver dysfunction
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of chronic abdominal pain
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Peptic ulcer disease
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute diarrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Stomach cancer
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Ulcerative colitis
- 25 Jul 2025Topic: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute abdomen
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Oesophageal cancer
- General surgery
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of lymphadenopathy
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of chronic abdominal pain
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Stomach cancer
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Deep vein thrombosis
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute abdomen
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Oesophageal cancer
- Genetics
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of cardiomyopathy
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Muscular dystrophies
- 25 Jul 2025Topic: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- Haematology
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of neutropenia
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of pancytopenia
- 18 Jul 2025Topic: Multiple myeloma
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Health maintenance
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Routine antenatal care
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Contraception
- Hospital medicine
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Pre-eclampsia
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Ebola disease
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of cardiomyopathy
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of liver dysfunction
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute diarrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in adults
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Acute heart failure
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Respiratory syncytial virus infection
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Child abuse
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of shock
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Deep vein thrombosis
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute abdomen
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- Infectious diseases
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever of unknown origin in adults
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of lymphadenopathy
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Ebola disease
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Long COVID
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever in children
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute diarrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Respiratory syncytial virus infection
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Internal medicine
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever of unknown origin in adults
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of lymphadenopathy
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Ebola disease
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of neutropenia
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Asthma in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of cardiomyopathy
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of liver dysfunction
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of clubbing
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of chronic abdominal pain
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Peptic ulcer disease
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute diarrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Stomach cancer
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in adults
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Acute heart failure
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Ulcerative colitis
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Respiratory syncytial virus infection
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Muscular dystrophies
- 25 Jul 2025Topic: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of hirsutism
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic venous insufficiency
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of pancytopenia
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of shock
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute abdomen
- 18 Jul 2025Topic: Multiple myeloma
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of polyneuropathy
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Transient synovitis of the hip
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Vitamin B12 deficiency
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of balance disorders
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Oesophageal cancer
- Neurology
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in adults
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Muscular dystrophies
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of polyneuropathy
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Vitamin B12 deficiency
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of balance disorders
- Neurosurgery
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in adults
- Nutrition
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Disorders of infant feeding
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Pre-eclampsia
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of dysmenorrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Routine antenatal care
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Urinary incontinence in women
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic pelvic pain in women
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Contraception
- Oncology
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of lymphadenopathy
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of chronic abdominal pain
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Stomach cancer
- 25 Jul 2025Topic: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- 18 Jul 2025Topic: Multiple myeloma
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Oesophageal cancer
- Ophthalmology
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Retinal detachment
- Orthopaedics
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Transient synovitis of the hip
- Paediatrics and adolescent medicine
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Asthma in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever in children
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Respiratory syncytial virus infection
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Muscular dystrophies
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Disorders of infant feeding
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Child abuse
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Transient synovitis of the hip
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Sexual abuse and assault
- Palliative care
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of chronic abdominal pain
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute diarrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Stomach cancer
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Muscular dystrophies
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- Primary care
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever of unknown origin in adults
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of lymphadenopathy
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Pre-eclampsia
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of neutropenia
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Asthma in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of cardiomyopathy
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of liver dysfunction
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of clubbing
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of chronic abdominal pain
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of fever in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of dysmenorrhoea
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Peptic ulcer disease
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Seborrhoeic keratosis
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute diarrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Stomach cancer
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in adults
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Acute heart failure
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Ulcerative colitis
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Varicocele
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Routine antenatal care
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Disorders of infant feeding
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Child abuse
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of hirsutism
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Urinary incontinence in women
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic venous insufficiency
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of pancytopenia
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic pelvic pain in women
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of shock
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Deep vein thrombosis
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute abdomen
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Contraception
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of polyneuropathy
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Vitamin B12 deficiency
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of balance disorders
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Sexual abuse and assault
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Oesophageal cancer
- Psychiatry
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- Respiratory disorders
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Asthma in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of clubbing
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Respiratory syncytial virus infection
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Rheumatology
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of unintentional weight loss
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Transient synovitis of the hip
- Surgery
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of lymphadenopathy
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Pre-eclampsia
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in children
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of chronic abdominal pain
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of dysmenorrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Stomach cancer
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute headache in adults
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Varicocele
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Routine antenatal care
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Retinal detachment
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Urinary incontinence in women
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic venous insufficiency
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic pelvic pain in women
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Deep vein thrombosis
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of acute abdomen
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Contraception
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of haemoptysis
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Transient synovitis of the hip
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of balance disorders
- 16 Jul 2025Topic: Oesophageal cancer
- Urology
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Varicocele
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Urinary incontinence in women
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic pelvic pain in women
- Vascular surgery
- 23 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic venous insufficiency
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Deep vein thrombosis
- Women's health
- 31 Jul 2025Topic: Pre-eclampsia
- 30 Jul 2025Topic: Assessment of dysmenorrhoea
- 29 Jul 2025Topic: Routine antenatal care
- 24 Jul 2025Topic: Urinary incontinence in women
- 22 Jul 2025Topic: Chronic pelvic pain in women
- 17 Jul 2025Topic: Contraception