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Sep 2023
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S5 E2: Hot Topics 25th birthday intervie...

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Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker.

As we celebrate 25 years of NB Medical and the Hot Topics course, in this podcast we chat with co-founder Dr Simon Curtis about the changes in general practice and medical education since it's inception, we discuss three of the most influential research papers over the era, and what the future may hold for GPs.

In research we examine two new papers. The first in the NEJM is on semaglutide for patients with eart failure and preserved ejection fraction. Can it help improve symptoms and quality of life? Could it improve mortality? The second paper from the Lancet looks at a practice nurse-delivered insomnia intervention using sleep restriction therapy. Could this be a useful, cost-effective option for helping people struggling to sleep?

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NEMJ Semaglutide + HFPEF with obesity
Lancet Nurse-led Insomnia intervention 

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