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We'll be starting near St Paul's cathedral and our walk will include the Apothecaries' Hall, St Sepulchre, the Old Bailey, St Barts Hospital, St John's Gate, the C...

Ann Robinson reviews the latest research
Use of tranexamic acid for postpartum bleeding
Postpartum haemorrhage kills around 70 000 women a year. Since the results of the WOMAN trial in 2017, intravenous tranexamic acid given within three hours of birth has been the treatment of choice. Whether it can prevent postpartum haemorrhage remains unclear.
Two important studies in the Lancet offer different perspectives. The WOMAN-2 trial, conducted in low and middle income countries, found that, in w...

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Digging in the wardrobe: a new look for metformin?
Repurposing drugs is a bit like digging out an old jacket from your wardrobe and finding that it looks good with a new pair of trousers; it’s trustworthy, cheap, and offers a novel solution. And so to metformin, the carthorse of diabetes treatment that has reportedly been associated with potential benefits in breast cancer patients in some observational studies. In women with diabetes and breast cancer, the question is whether metformin has a...

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Living long enough to benefit from treatment
Bisphosphonates are the main drugs on offer for fracture prevention in osteoporosis. But they can be a hard sell to patients who are concerned about the rare (1 in 100 000) side effect of osteonecrosis of the jaw, or the more common, but less scary possibility of indigestion and joint pains. We know that the optimal maximum time to stay on bisphosphonates is 3-5 years, but how long does it take for the benefits to kick in? The answer is just over a...

Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals
Patient centred intensive care
This important US prospective quality improvement study looked at the outcomes of training staff to use time-limited trials (TLTs) as the default communication and care planning approach for critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICU). It found that the use of TLTs was associated with significant reductions in duration of ICU stay (7.4 v 8.7 days), fewer invasive procedures, and no ...