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This time Nik is joined by Dr Alastair Santhouse, a consultant neuropsychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in London.
SSRIs are on the agenda, as featured on the BBC's 'Panorama -The Antidepressant Story.' They consider the efficacy and side effects of SSRIs, the challenge of withdrawal symptoms, and the evolving perspectives within the medical community. Why might some viewers get echoes of 'Dopesick' when watching it?
There's also the usual look at the medical news headlines and what's on our radar.

News Headlines

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/health/old-age-retirement-generation-exercise-32716271

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/physical-activity-guidelines-older-adults/#:~:text=aim%20to%20be%20physically%20active,or%20a%20combination%20of%20both

RADAR

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/fertility-ozempic-pcos-pregnancy

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/female-health/a60897097/menstrual-hygiene-day-2024/

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/how-to-spot-the-signs-and-symptoms-of-sepsis

Panorama- The Antidepressant Story

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n39z

RCPsych responds to BBC Panorama programme on antidepressants:
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/latest-news/detail/2023/06/19/rcpsych-responds-to-bbc-panorama-programme-on-antidepressants

RCPsych ’Stopping antidepressants’

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/treatments-and-wellbeing/stopping-antidepressants

RCGP response to panorama on antidepressants:

‘Prescription anti-depressants play a vital role in the treatment of mental health conditions, says College Chair’

https://www.rcgp.org.uk/News/BBC-panorama-investigation

Red Whale Primary Care Pod covering Panorama on SSRIs:

https://redwhale.buzzsprout.com/1137521/13163503-who-needs-a-holi

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This time Nik is joined by GP and illustrator, Dr Jamie Hynes. They discuss what we can learn from the film 'It's A Wonderful Life' and from his own RCGP video ' GPs A Wonderful Life'. Amongst other things, they talk about what burnout can look like, cold contacts trying to get us to sell our stake in a partnership, and how continuity of care is lifesaving.
There's also the usual look at the medical news headlines and what's on our radar...

New Headlines

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1847884/kidney-failure-red-flag-ammonia-smell-in-urine

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/health/tell-tale-sign-dementia-people-31713410

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/20/risk-of-penile-fractures-rises-at-christmas-doctors-find

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1843465/mulled-wine-high-cholesterol-blood-pressure#

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15674304/

Radar

https://www.attitude.co.uk/life/majority-of-lgbtqia-people-avoid-holding-hands-in-public-out-of-fear-study-finds-454534/

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/iv-vitamin-drip-combat-hangover-review

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/what-to-do-if-you-fall-ill-over-christmas-and-new-year

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gzj4y9

Gp’s A Wonderful Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujqo2aizOag

https://bjgp.org/content/69/682/e356#:~:text=Patient%20consultations%20with%20own%20GP,with%20the%20patient%27s%20own%20GP.

https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j84

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/6/e021161

https://www.bmj.com/content/318/7197/1515

https://bjgp.org/content/72/715/e84

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This time Nik is joined by GP, broadcaster, author and ambassador lead at the National Academy for Social Prescribing, Dr Radha Modgil. They discuss what we can learn from the BBC's 'Strictly Come Dancing'. Amongst other things, they talk about loneliness, grief and the power of music.
There's also the usual look at the medical news headlines and what's on our radar.

News Headlines

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12844937/Mariella-Frostrup-cholesterol-busting-jab.html

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/health/women-health-gynaecological-cancer-types-31623197

https://www.bodyform.co.uk/break-taboos/discover/eve-appeal-bodyform/

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1845102/heart-disease-symptoms-night-sleep

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/26/dementia-uk-music-projects

Radar

Anastrozole

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/health/a45778496/anastrazole-breast-cancer-post-menopause-women/

Red Whale Primary Care Pod:

https://www.gp-update.co.uk/podcast

Ultra Processed Foods

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/diet-nutrition/a45822192/ultra-processed-foods/

Loneliness helplines

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/older-peoples-helplines

Norovirus

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/how-to-spot-the-signs-and-symptoms-of-norovirus

Strictly Come Dancing & Social prescribing

https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/study-finds-dance-health-project-reduces-falls-in-the-elderly-by-up-to-58-per-cent/

NASP- the national charity that champions social prescribing

https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk

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This time Nik is joined again by the Red Whale Women's Health team: Dr Lucy Cox and Dr Helen Barnes . They discuss 'Davina McCall's Pill Revolution' which was recently on Channel 4. Amongst other things, they consider the side effects of hormonal contraception, and also how it’s important to dig a bit deeper to think about the reason that someone might tell us that certain services aren’t available on the NHS- when they are!…
There's also the usual look at the medical news headlines and what's on our radar.

Davina McCall's Pill Revolution:

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/davina-mccalls-pill-revolution

Brook contraception advice;

https://www.brook.org.uk/topics/contraception/

RCOG statement on Davina McCall's 'Pill Revolution':

https://www.rcog.org.uk/news/rcog-statement-on-davina-mccalls-pill-revolution/

FSRH President features in Davina McCall's 'Pill Revolution':

https://www.fsrh.org/news/fsrh-president-features-in-davina-mccalls-pill-revolution/

FSRH response to new study on use of combined and progestogen-only hormonal contraception and breast cancer risk:

https://www.fsrh.org/news/fsrh-response-to-new-study-on-use-of-combined-and-progestogen/

FSRH CEU response to published study:

Association of Hormonal Contraception with Depression:

https://www.fsrh.org/documents/ceu-response-to-published-study-association-of-hormonal/association-of-hc-with-depression.pdf

'You don't get to tell me that!' Naga Munchetty enraged at criticism of her painful memory:

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1454623/naga-munchetty-coil-pain-health-Twitter-backlash-BBC-5-Live-news-latest-update/amp

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This time Nik is joined by Zoë Williamson, the Bereavement Services Team Lead: Scotland for Child Bereavement UK. They discuss the heartbreaking, yet inspirational ITV documentary 'Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie' in which actor Jason Watkins and his wife Clara Francis tell the emotional story of their daughter Maudie, who died suddenly from sepsis aged just two and a half in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2011. Amongst other things, they discuss what support there is for parents and siblings who find themselves in this tragic situation. They also cover how we can talk to little ones about death, and how everyone has their own unique journey when it comes to grief .
There's also the usual look at the news headlines and what's on our radar at the moment.

News Headlines

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/soup-and-shake-diet-can-reverse-diabetes-ttlnb7kkq

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-truth-about-gel-manicures-beauty-facts-2023-9pvlw8x6m

https://www.bad.org.uk/dermatologists-reiterate-artificial-nails-warning-and-risk-of-at-home-kits/

Child Bereavement UK

https://www.childbereavementuk.org

https://www.childbereavementuk.org/Pages/Events/Category/festivals?Take=21

Radar

Emergency Phone Alerts

Women’s health magazine

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/a43640679/sunday-national-alert-test-domestic-abuse/

Asthma on This Morning :Dr Nighat Arif

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/as-heat-and-humidity-begin-to-rise-heres-how-to-cope-with-asthma

Dr Philippa Kaye on Instagram: why you need progesterone with oestrogen for HRT if you have a womb

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrJIuCaI4MK/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1weekweek-13-2023-sat-25-mar-fri-31-mar/jason-clara-memory-maudie

https://www.itv.com/watch/jason-and-clara-in-memory-of-maudie/10a1660

Sepsis Trust

https://sepsistrust.or

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This week Cheshire GP Dr Ali Smith, who has an interest in autism joins Nik to talk about the recent BBC documentary series 'Inside Our Autistic Minds' with Chris Packham. They discuss how four autistic people created their own short films to reveal to their family and friends how they're truly feeling inside- what's really going on in their autistic minds. Amongst other things, they talk about lightbulb moments, masking and sensory overload.
There's also the usual look at the medical news headlines and what's on our radar at the moment.

Radar

This Morning breast self examination

https://twitter.com/drcakeykate/status/1640599883093557255?s=46&t=k1KgCXhurFPqMW660HXmaA

Joint BMS FSRH RCGP RCOG SfE and RCN Women’s Health Forum safety alert

https://thebms.org.uk/2023/04/joint-bms-fsrh-rcgp-rcog-sfe-and-rcn-womens-health-forum-safety-alert/

High doses of HRT

https://twitter.com/boggleddocs/status/1642442444477280258?s=46&t=k1KgCXhurFPqMW660HXmaA

Red Whale Pearl on HRT and requests to prescribe high doses by HRT clinics

https://twitter.com/gp_update/status/1643931560675098624?s=46&t=k1KgCXhurFPqMW660HXmaA

Inside our autistic minds BBC iPlayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0bbnh47/inside-our-autistic-minds

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bbnh47

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2637nQGtTK1D8YPkCSnlyDN/information-and-support-autism

BBC morning live shared resources on autism including Ambitious about Autism

Ambitious about Autism offers information for parents of children with autism and 16 to 25 year olds, including an on line forum.

Phone: 020 8815 5444

Visit the Ambitious about Autism website

National Autistic Society:

https://www.autism.org.uk/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw27mhBhC9ARIsAIFsETE7TE3F1Hd80NOAkp1sdZdxdOucvSW6DcgVw7csaTYZfHb5_sowbgcaArq_EALw_wcB

Fern Brady ‘Strong Female Character’

https://www.waterstones.com/book/strong-female-character/fern-brady/9781914240447

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This week Nik is joined by Dr Caroline Greene who is a GP by background and lives in Cambridge. She's always had an interest in medical education, and has worked as a programme director supporting GP trainees. Now she spends most of her time working for Red Whale, developing their product and supporting their clinical team.
They discuss the opiate crisis, how it originated across the pond and how it has impacted on the way we manage patients with chronic pain. They also talk about misbranding, misrepresenting data, and the destruction of relationships, careers, families and entire communities.
Red Whale have kindly given us some of their chronic pain resources to share with you.
There's also the usual look at the news headlines and in our new feature we see what's on our radar at the moment.

News Headlines

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11881541/Six-warning-signs-stomach-cancer-revealed.html

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1748362/frontotemporal-dementia-symptoms

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64987074

Dopesick on DisneyPlus

https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/dopesick/vaEHfF8OZHUP

On our radar

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a42460848/epilepsy/

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/which-cough-medicines-have-been-withdrawn-from-sale-and-why

https://twitter.com/deeksj/status/1637866410616446979?s=46&t=k1KgCXhurFPqMW660HXmaA

https://twitter.com/georgebellstarr/status/1637160554673451009?s=46&t=k1KgCXhurFPqMW660HXmaA

Red Whale resources

Chronic pain: communication skills and self-management

https://www.gp-update.co.uk/SM4/Mutable/Uploads/medialibrary/Chronic-pain-communication-skills-and-self-management_March-2023_final.pdf

Chronic pain: opiates and dependence-forming medications

https://www.gp-update.co.uk/SM4/Mutable/Uploads/medialibrary/Chronic-pain-and-dependence-forming-me

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For this episode, Nik is joined by Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi, a GP based in Warwickshire with a very keen interest in lifestyle medicine. He's a lifestyle and physical activity champion for the RCGP, he's regularly on 'Steph's Packed Lunch' on Channel 4, he's also a Team GB AG Triathlete and SWIM England clinical advisor. They talk about lifestyle medicine and physical activity and also the Netflix film " The Swimmers". Amongst other things, they discuss what drives someone to risk their life in an inflatable dinghy that isn’t fit for purpose; how a strong sense of self can help you, even in the gravest situations; and how a young woman from Syria fled her country and ended up competing in the Refugee Olympic Team.
There's also the usual look at the medical news headlines and our new feature explores what's on our radar...

UNICEF Earthquake appeal:

https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/syria-turkiye-earthquake/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgfuMmdbP_QIVwevtCh1itQJgEAAYASAAEgIyhPD_BwE

Red Cross Earthquake appeal:

https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/turkey-syria-earthquake-appeal?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgfuMmdbP_QIVwevtCh1itQJgEAAYAiAAEgLg-fD_BwE

RCGP Active Practice Charter

https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=12583

RCGP Physical Activity Hub

https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=12610

Resources from The Refugee Council:

https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/get-support/services/therapeutic-wellbeing-resources/

BMA Refugee and asylum seeker patient health toolkit:

https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/ethics/refugees-overseas-visitors-and-vulnerable-migrants/refugee-and-asylum-seeker-patient-health-toolkit

RCGP

https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/policy-areas/asylum-seekers

Full show notes: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1300702/12410927-swimming-against-the-tide

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