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Current treatments for multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex lifelong condition, with the severity of symptoms varying greatly between patients. In this article, requested by visitors to the BTMH site, Prof Carolyn Young provides an overview of the different sub-types of MS and the diverse treatments which are currently available for this disease. Read…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COPD is a chronic and disabling lung disease which, whilst being common, is also believed to be significantly under-diagnosed. In this article Dr Paul Albert and Professor Peter Calverley provide an overview of COPD and how best to manage this disease. Read…
DVT in hospitals: guideline implementation
While much media coverage of DVT has focussed on long-distance travel, it is perhaps less publicly-known that many patients develop DVTs whilst in hospital and that DVT is the most common form of preventable death in hospital. A number of clinical guidelines have been developed to tackle this problem, but how extensively are they being implemented? Dr Kerstin Hogg, Dr Steve Jones and Professor Kevin Mackway-Jones review the evidence. Read…
The Modern Management of Asthma
Asthma is a common chronic disease, affecting 6% of adults and 10% of children worldwide. Despite this and advances in treatment, asthma is not always well controlled - resulting in almost 70,000 hospital admissions annually, and one death every seven hours, in the UK alone. In this article Dr Graham Douglas provides an overview of the modern management of asthma. Read…
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): a waist problem
Whilst liver disease is normally associated with alcohol abuse there has been a significant increase in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a disease sharing features with alcoholic liver disease, but which is caused by obesity and diabetes rather than by alcohol abuse. Dr Norma McAvoy, Dr Khalida Lockman and Professor Peter Hayes review the evidence in relation to this increasing health problem. Read…