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This time Nik is joined by Dr Alastair Santhouse, a consultant neuropsychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in London.
SSRIs are on the agenda, as featured on the BBC's 'Panorama -The Antidepressant Story.' They consider the efficacy and side effects of SSRIs, the challenge of withdrawal symptoms, and the evolving perspectives within the medical community. Why might some viewers get echoes of 'Dopesick' when watching it?
There's also the usual look at the medical news headlines and what's on our radar.

News Headlines

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/health/old-age-retirement-generation-exercise-32716271

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/physical-activity-guidelines-older-adults/#:~:text=aim%20to%20be%20physically%20active,or%20a%20combination%20of%20both

RADAR

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/fertility-ozempic-pcos-pregnancy

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/female-health/a60897097/menstrual-hygiene-day-2024/

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/how-to-spot-the-signs-and-symptoms-of-sepsis

Panorama- The Antidepressant Story

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n39z

RCPsych responds to BBC Panorama programme on antidepressants:
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/latest-news/detail/2023/06/19/rcpsych-responds-to-bbc-panorama-programme-on-antidepressants

RCPsych ’Stopping antidepressants’

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/treatments-and-wellbeing/stopping-antidepressants

RCGP response to panorama on antidepressants:

‘Prescription anti-depressants play a vital role in the treatment of mental health conditions, says College Chair’

https://www.rcgp.org.uk/News/BBC-panorama-investigation

Red Whale Primary Care Pod covering Panorama on SSRIs:

https://redwhale.buzzsprout.com/1137521/13163503-who-needs-a-holi

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This time Nik is joined by GP and illustrator, Dr Jamie Hynes. They discuss what we can learn from the film 'It's A Wonderful Life' and from his own RCGP video ' GPs A Wonderful Life'. Amongst other things, they talk about what burnout can look like, cold contacts trying to get us to sell our stake in a partnership, and how continuity of care is lifesaving.
There's also the usual look at the medical news headlines and what's on our radar...

New Headlines

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1847884/kidney-failure-red-flag-ammonia-smell-in-urine

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/health/tell-tale-sign-dementia-people-31713410

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/20/risk-of-penile-fractures-rises-at-christmas-doctors-find

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1843465/mulled-wine-high-cholesterol-blood-pressure#

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15674304/

Radar

https://www.attitude.co.uk/life/majority-of-lgbtqia-people-avoid-holding-hands-in-public-out-of-fear-study-finds-454534/

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/iv-vitamin-drip-combat-hangover-review

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/what-to-do-if-you-fall-ill-over-christmas-and-new-year

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gzj4y9

Gp’s A Wonderful Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujqo2aizOag

https://bjgp.org/content/69/682/e356#:~:text=Patient%20consultations%20with%20own%20GP,with%20the%20patient%27s%20own%20GP.

https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j84

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/6/e021161

https://www.bmj.com/content/318/7197/1515

https://bjgp.org/content/72/715/e84

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This time Nik is joined by GP, broadcaster, author and ambassador lead at the National Academy for Social Prescribing, Dr Radha Modgil. They discuss what we can learn from the BBC's 'Strictly Come Dancing'. Amongst other things, they talk about loneliness, grief and the power of music.
There's also the usual look at the medical news headlines and what's on our radar.

News Headlines

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12844937/Mariella-Frostrup-cholesterol-busting-jab.html

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/health/women-health-gynaecological-cancer-types-31623197

https://www.bodyform.co.uk/break-taboos/discover/eve-appeal-bodyform/

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1845102/heart-disease-symptoms-night-sleep

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/26/dementia-uk-music-projects

Radar

Anastrozole

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/health/a45778496/anastrazole-breast-cancer-post-menopause-women/

Red Whale Primary Care Pod:

https://www.gp-update.co.uk/podcast

Ultra Processed Foods

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/diet-nutrition/a45822192/ultra-processed-foods/

Loneliness helplines

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/older-peoples-helplines

Norovirus

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/how-to-spot-the-signs-and-symptoms-of-norovirus

Strictly Come Dancing & Social prescribing

https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/study-finds-dance-health-project-reduces-falls-in-the-elderly-by-up-to-58-per-cent/

NASP- the national charity that champions social prescribing

https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk

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