A monthly audio round-up detailing the contents of the latest issue of DTB.

Articles:

The mad world of epilepsy drugs DTB 2009; 47: 49

Update on treatments for head lice DTB 2009; 47: 50 - 52

What role for colesevelam in cardiovascular prevention? DTB 2009; 47: 53 - 5

Why look at an SPC? DTB 2009; 47: 56 - 58

Understanding statistical terms: 3 DTB 2009; 47: 59 - 60

A monthly audio round-up detailing the contents of the latest issue of DTB.

Articles:

What are you on? DTB 2009; 47: 37

Preventing recurrent venous thromboembolism. DTB 2009; 47: 38 - 41

Drospirenone in HRT? DTB 2009; 47: 41 - 4

The licensing of medicines in the UK. DTB 2009; 47: 45 – 48

Drugs prescribed and administered solely under specialist care or as part of clinical trials, without being specifically recorded in GPs’ prescribing systems, can have serious consequences for patient safety. Here, in our second podcast, Dr Pawan Randev, general practitioner and primary care cancer lead, and Dr Ike Iheanacho, DTB Editor, discuss these issues. This is an extension of our April 2009 Editorial, What are you on? (DTB 2009; 47: 37).

Early diagnosis in malignant melanoma is crucial to long-term survival. With this knowledge have come new imaging technologies for assessing suspect pigmented lesions. These, in turn, have led to privately run ‘high street mole clinics’. Here, in our first podcast, Dr Julia Schofield, Principal Lecturer in Dermatology at the University of Hertfordshire and member of the DTB editorial board, and Dr Ike Iheanacho, DTB Editor, discuss the place of these clinics. This is an extension of our March 2009 Editorial, Mole checks on the high street (DTB 2009; 47: 25).

DTB articles you may be interested in:

Mole checks on the high street. DTB 2009; 47: 25

Minocycline for acne – an update. DTB 2009; 47: 7 - 8

How should fungal nail infection be treated? DTB 2008; 46: 3 - 8

Managing scalp ringworm in children. DTB 2007; 45: 89 - 92

Bath emollients for atopic eczema: why use them? DTB 2007; 45: 73 - 5