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Earlier editions

Chest pain in the surgery: a score plus point-of-care troponin missed one ACS in 740

A Dutch cluster-randomised diagnostic trial tests a rule GPs can apply at the desk. Also: ultra-processed food across eight million adults, simple tests for male urinary symptoms, what continuity saves, and how reassurance lands.

6 findings · 7 min

22 Sep

Three ways of asking about alcohol found three different groups of patients

In nearly 9,000 Swedish primary care records, a questionnaire flagged 26.5% as hazardous drinkers, a blood biomarker 15–18%, and a simple weekly count 8.5% — and each found people the others missed. Meanwhile 677 practitioners describe exactly where their confidence in managing urinary tract infection runs out, and a structured medicines review in over-65s found problems usual care did not.

4 findings · 7 min