

Cholesterol and Lipids - What's new? PCSK9 inhibitors
Endocrinologist Dr Philip Kelly of LondonSwissMedical discusses therapy for lipid disorders including new treatments to keep the risk of car


Thirst and passing too much water
Differentiating the causes of thirst and polyuria is critical as the treatment is completely different dependent on the cause. Diabetes mell


Heavy periods - menorrhagia, what can I do about them?
Dr Philip Kelly discusses the options for patients with heavy periods, including simple non-hormonal options, hormonal treatment, interventi


Canagliflozin for Type 2 Diabetes - reduces cardiovascular events.
Canagliflozin reduces major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with T2DM. Big paper in the NEJM, (the trials sponsored by...


Thyroid Eye Disease/ Graves' Ophthalmopathy - new treatment being studied
Teprotumumab is a new monoclonal antibody against the IGF-I receptor that has shown promise at reducing proptosis in moderate to sever Grave


Graves Hyperthyroidism - information for patients
Dr Philip Kelly, consultant endocrinologist at King's College Hospital discusses Graves' thyrotoxicosis, what is it, how does it pre


Excess Sweating - Hyperhidrosis
Excess sweating is common - it is important to distinguish primary from secondary hyperhidrosis. This often requires assessment by an experi


Pulmonary Embolism & Chronic Thromboembolic Hypertension
PE, who gets it and what can we do about it? What to do if chronic breathlessness develops and chronic pulmonary thromboembolic hypertension


Breast Cancer - ovarian function, oestrogen, fertility and the menopause
How does having breast cancer affect the ovaries and how might ovarian function and oestrogen affect treatment options - particularly the u


Menopause - general diagnostic advice for professionals and patients
Do not use laboratory tests routinely to diagnose menopause or perimenopause in healthy women over 45 years of age. In younger women the FSH