NB Hot Topics Podcast
The Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical brings you the latest in general practice current affairs, reviews the latest research relevant to primary care, explores interesting and important topics in-depth, and looks at cutting edge medicine.
Episodes
85 episodes
S6 E3: "GP Trainee ARRS Song"; Semaglutide & Knee OA; SLGT2i & Kidney Stones; Interview with Drs Alex Norman & Oliver Hulson on role of PSA Testing
Welcome to the latest Hot Topics Podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we look at two new papers on the drugs de jour: GLP1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors. Can the former reduce pain in knee os...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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39:50
S6 E2: Acute Migraine; Prostate Cancer Screening; 1st Contact Physio
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we have three exciting new papers. Firstly, in the BMJ a network meta-analysis on acute migraine treatments - can the new GEPAN...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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23:55
S6 E1: SGLT2i & Dementia; De-Escalating Anti-Platelets Post-MI; RSV Vaccination
Welcome to Season 6 of the Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. The summer holidays are over and it’s back to work so time for a new podcast. In this episode, we look at research on whether SGLT2i might prevent dementia, on if it is ...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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15:51
S5 E15: Nasal sprays for the common cold; what is 'full time GP'; walking for back pain
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. Have you ever walked into a pharmacy and wondered whether those nasal sprays suggesting they can stop the common cold actually do anything? Ahead of the inevitable c...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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23:18
S5 E14: Discontinuing Antidepressants; Helping Persistent Symptoms; CVD In the UK
Welcome to a new episode of the Hot Topics Podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. Today is election results day but we're not talking about politics, we're focusing on the research. We look at a paper in the latest BJGP whi...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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21:15
S5 E13: The "We're Making It Up" Election Song; Post-attack asthma f/up; Repeat Antibiotics for Cough; Aspirin After Breast Cancer
Welcome to the Hot Topics Podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. It's election time but we're going to put aside politics and focus on the latest medical research! In this episode, we look at an important BJGP paper highlighting t...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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23:21
S5 E12: Does less GPs matter? PCNs & continuity; best drug in T2DM after metformin
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode we think about the GP workforce courtesy of four papers in this month's BJGP - does more GPs boost life expectancy (of the patients...)? do PCNs help health ...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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29:13
S5 E11: AF, Hypertension & Future Cardiac Disease; DRE and Prostate Cancer Screening: Is It Time to Stop? Interview with Amy Rylance & Sam Merriel
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. To DRE or not to DRE? This is the question and the main event in this episode. We have a fantastic interview with Amy Rylance, Head of Improving Care at Prostate ...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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34:32
S5 E10: Doctors Are Cheaper than Nondoctors; Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Under-Recognised; Helping Older People Stay at Home
Welcome back to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with host Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we start by thinking about the news. Firstly, the overwhelming consensus from GPs in England to not support the imposed contract. Secondly...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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21:58
S5 E9: “The Strike Song”; Maintaining Weight Loss; Exercise & Depression; Microplastics in Your Arteries
Welcome back to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode we think about another year of imposed GP contract on practices in England, the BMA response and where it may lead. In research, we h...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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32:38
S5 E8: "Pharmacy First Song"; Rehab for Long Covid; Urate to Predict Acute Gout
Welcome back to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we think about the pay offer for practices in England, a new King’s Fund report on the under-funding of primary care for three decades, and the introdu...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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25:12
S5 E7: Patient Experience of General Practice; Weight Loss and Cancer; Testosterone and Fractures
Welcome back to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we consider the current state of general practice in the UK and what lessons the countries can learn from each other. We examine a new paper in...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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25:57
S5 E6: "Signing Scripts For Xmas" song; "Great Expectations - time required to deliver BMJ’s 10 minute consultations": interview with Dr Stephen Bradley & Dr Alice Harper
Welcome to the Christmas Hot Topics Podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. It’s time for a bit of light-hearted festive fun so if you’ve finished signing all your scripts for Ch...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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19:51
S5 E5: Interview with Prof Hazel Everitt - amitriptyline for IBS; methotrexate for hand OA; leaflets for LUTs
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we talk to Prof Hazel Everitt, a GP and lead author of a recent Lancet paper exploring whether amitriptyline is effective for IBS, and where it might...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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36:25
S5 E4: Interview with Prof Miriam Santer on BMJ Spironolactone for acne in GP; physician associates; once-weekly insulin; tirzepatide vs insulin for T2DM
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. The highlight of this episode is our interview with Prof Miriam Santer, lead author of recent research in the BMJ exploring the effectiveness of spironolactone for acne in w...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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31:56
S5 E3: "Three Coats" song; interview with Dr Jessica Watson on BJGP "WHY Test" study; rosuva vs atorvastatin; DNA cancer blood tests
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode we talk to Dr Jessica Watson, lead author of the Why Test study, published in the BJGP exploring the use of blood tests in general practice and how often the...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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34:34
S5 E2: Hot Topics 25th birthday interview with Simon Curtis; semaglutide in heart failure and obesity; nurse-led sleep restriction therapy for insomnia
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr. Neal Tucker. As we celebrate 25 years of NB Medical and the Hot Topics course, in this podcast we chat with co-founder Dr Simon Curtis about the changes in general practice and medical ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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37:10
S5 E1: GP motivations; morning after pill & NSAIDs; cancer risk with non-erosive GORD
Welcome to Season 5 of the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. Despite celebrating our 25th birthday (don't forget to check out our NB Plus birthday special here) the world of medical...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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21:38
S4 E16: "Summertime Blues" song
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. Wondering where the sunshine is? Then this song is for you. Have a good summer everyone and the podcast will be back in September. In the meantime have a look ...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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3:40
S4 E15: Donanemab & Alzheimer's Disease; Diet Against Dementia; Weekend Exercise; Opioids & Acute Back Pain
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. School's out for summer but general practice never stops. This week we look at the medical news story of the week: donanemab for Alzheimer's disease - ca...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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16:35
S4 E14: The Stethoscope Song; HRT & Dementia, HF Monitoring, New Obesity Meds
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is all over the news today. In this episode we have a look at some of the key statements, seeing what is positive for general pract...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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26:27
S4 E13: JOMT: CVD with Dr Jim Moore; Methotrexate Monitoring, Opioid Withdrawal Strategies
Welcome to a new Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In Just One More Thing we are joined by Dr. Jim Moore, chair of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, where we discuss cholesterol lowering therapies, new ways t...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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40:59
S4 E12: "GP Access Song"; JOMT Interview with Dr Matt Doyle on Allergy; Predictors of Post-covid fatigue; Peanut allergy patch
Welcome back to the Hot Topics podcast. In this episode we reflect on the Prime Ministers Primary Care Recovery Plan, then move on to more useful things like research. We have new papers in the BJGP on who may be more likely to deve...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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41:07
S4 E11: Inflammation vs Cholesterol and CVD; Bempedoic Acid; Coffee & Tea for T2DM
Welcome to another Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. With general practice becoming an increasingly popular political battleground, we focus on the latest research. In this edition, we look at whether bempedoic aci...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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18:35
S4 E10: "The Grass Ain't Always Greener" Song; Removing QOF, Caffeine & Acute Cardiac Issues; New Menopause Drugs
Welcome to the latest Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we have the latest news including how the public view the NHS and what's happening to the GP contract for English practice. In r...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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27:10