Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management
RAT worship and its effects on the discontinuous human mind
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Jim Vause takes a closer look at rapid antigen tests – partly for personal reasons – but finds them a flawed solution for limiting COVID-19 spread
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