NZ GP Research Review Issue 248
In this issue:
– Resistance training vs. total hip replacement for severe hip osteoarthritis
– Semaglutide for obesity with knee osteoarthritis
– E-cigarettes for smoking cessation in older adults
– Coronary flow reserve impairment in NAFLD
– Cost-effectiveness of ACE inhibitors vs. ARBs for heart failure
– Single-inhaler triple therapy vs. dual bronchodilators in COPD with diabetes
– Visceral adipose tissue and gout
– An intervention to improve antibiotic prescribing in paediatric pneumonia
– Thyroid function status in hypothyroidism with thyroxine replacement
– COPCOV trial: hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for COVID-19 prevention
– Bacillus coagulans probiotic for IBS
– Tai Chi for drug cravings
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Associate Professor Jim Reid
Jim Reid graduated in medicine at the University of Otago Medical School. He previously trained as a pharmacist. After finishing medicine, he undertook postgraduate work as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Miami in the USA. Back in NZ he headed the Dept of General Practice and Rural Heath at the Dunedin School of […]
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Dr Christopher Tofield
Dr Tofield complete his medical training at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital in London. He has extensive experience in General Practice, spent several years in clinical research, has published several medical papers, and practices skin cancer medicine and surgery. Chris also has a background in medical writing and editing and while at medical […]
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