Primum non nocere - "first, do no harm" - is a fundamental principle of the practice of medicine which we doctors need to remind ourselves of from time to time. When adding to our database of links to clinical guidelines over the last few weeks, the NICE guideline published last week on headaches reminded me of this.
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Dr Tim Kenny is Clinical Editor and co-founder of Patient.co.uk.
Previously a GP for 15 years in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dr Kenny has been the main author of our patient information leaflets since the mid-1990s. He has a particular interest in evidence-based health information, which is aimed at the general public.
His professional qualifications include: BMedSci MB BS MRCGP (1990) DCH
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Warfarin under attack - again
A new era of anticoagulation may well be taking off, if new and revised medical guidelines are anything to go by. Rivaroxaban has just been recommended by NICE (July 2012) as an option for treating deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and preventing recurrent DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE) in adults diagnosed with a DVT. This comes just two months after rivaroxaban was recommended by NICE as a possible treatment for stroke prevention in people with atrial fibrillation (AF) in May 2012 and four months after dabigatran was recommended for the same (March 2012).
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Great knowledge brings better healthcare
We live in a world where communication can in many ways be considered to be louder and faster than ever before. Many people – especially those who regularly use the internet either for work or leisure - talk about suffering from ‘information fatigue’. Putting aside the fact this isn’t a medical condition, it’s a term that’s not too hard to grasp the meaning of.
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