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U.S. to Commit $500 Million, Deploy 3,000 Troops in Ebola Fight

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

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Ebola : USA To The Rescue

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The Global Problem With Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

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The Worried Well, Doctors And Overdiagnosis

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Stopping America’s Hidden Overdose Crisis

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

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Overdose of Prescription Medications Becoming a Global Issue

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This Is What It Feels Like to Survive Ebola

07 Sunday Sep 2014

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A Doctor Who Survived Ebola Tells His Story.

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Desperate WHO Calls Ebola Drug Summit As Crisis Worsens

03 Wednesday Sep 2014

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Race To Find Cure For Ebola.

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New Heart Drug Saves More Lives Than Standard Treatment

31 Sunday Aug 2014

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European Society Of Cardiology Announces New Heart Drug.

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Cutaneous Larva Migrans — NEJM

29 Friday Aug 2014

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Cutaneous Larva Migrans — NEJM.

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Face to Face with Ebola — An Emergency Care Center in Sierra Leone — NEJM

28 Thursday Aug 2014

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Face to Face with Ebola — An Emergency Care Center in Sierra Leone — NEJM.

A race against a killer disease courtesy New England Journal of Medicine. 28 August 2014.

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Here’s How Ebola Spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo: WHO

27 Wednesday Aug 2014

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Ebola Spreads across to Central Africa.

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Limiting Scope of Practice in GP: A Philosophical Dilemma

19 Tuesday Aug 2014

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A very thought Provoking Blog by Nomadic GP

Nomadic GP

Most GPs I know pride themselves on being true generalists, and have gravitated towards this area of medicine because they enjoy the challenge and variety that comes with the territory. They also tend to value holistic, patient-centered care and the satisfaction that comes with long term doctor-patient relationships.  

Inevitalby, though, each GP has strengths and weaknesses when it comes to their clinical expertise. For me personally, I’m very confident with women’s health, pretty good with infants and neonates, comfortable with suturing and minor procedures, but much less assured when it comes to men’s reproductive health, elderly patients with complex mutli-comorbiditiy, and skin cancer checks, for example. 

I’m not overly concerned by this, and nor should my patients be. I feel that I’ve got enough of a grasp of the basics that I can at least make the first steps towards investigating and managing pretty much any presenting complaint, and am happy to do some…

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