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Acne
Practical advice and recommendations for treatment

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Asthma
Diagnosis, trigger factors, achieving good asthma control, treatment of acute attacks (adults and children)

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Coeliac disease
Presentation, diagnosis, prevalence, associated conditions and management

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Constipation
Definition, causes, treatment (diet, lifestyle, laxatives); management considerations in older people, pregnant women and children

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Contact dermatitis
Causes and general management issues; treatment of contact dermatitis of the hands, face, genital area and feet

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Cosmetic dermatology
Features, prevention and management of aged and photoaged skin; indications for laser therapy; scarring; tattoo removal; cellulitis

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Dermatitis
Specific types and general treatment considerations

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Diverticular disease
Management of mild, severe and complicated diverticulitis; diverticular bleeding

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Epilepsy and seizures
Management of epilepsy and seizures, and principles of antiepileptic drug therapy (including use in women and drug monitoring)

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Gastro-oesophageal reflux
Symptoms (eg heartburn, regurgitation), diagnosis and treatment; indications for endoscopy; management considerations in pregnant women and children

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Gout
Presentation, assessment and management of acute gout, subacute gout, chronic gout

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Hair disorders
Characteristics and treatment of different types of hair loss; hair restoration surgery; hirsutism (excessive facial and body hair) in women

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Headache
Treatment and prevention of various headache syndromes, including tension headache, cluster headache and medication-overuse (rebound) headache. Migraine is available as a separate single topic

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Helicobacter pylori infection
Effects of Helicobacter pylori infection, eradication of Helicobacter pylori and ulcer healing, and Helicobacter pylori in children

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Inflammatory bowel disease
Treatment of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease; osteoporosis, fertility and pregnancy in inflammatory bowel disease

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Irritable bowel syndrome
Criteria, diagnosis and treatment (diet, cognitive behavioural therapy, hypnotherapy, pharmacotherapy)

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Lactose intolerance
Cause, symptoms and diagnosis; lactose content of milk, milk products and infant formulas

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Lice
Head lice treatment, treatment failure, pubic lice and body lice

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Low back pain
Nonspecific low back pain, symptomatic back conditions and low back exercises

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Migraine
Management of acute migraine and persistent migraine, prophylaxis of migraine attacks, and migraine in women and children

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Multiple sclerosis
Management of acute relapses, principles of immunotherapy, management of symptoms (including fatigue, tremor, spasticity), and multiple sclerosis in children

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Neck pain
Assessment and treatment of acute and chronic neck pain; characteristics of spinal pain; neck pain and rheumatoid arthritis; neck exercises

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Neuropathic pain
Features and treatment of neuropathic and refractory neuropathic pain; grading; shingles; post-herpetic neuralgia; phantom limb pain

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Osteoarthritis
Risk factors, symptoms, management principles and treatment

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Palliative care: gastrointestinal symptoms
Management of oral symptoms, swallowing difficulties, anorexia, weight loss, cachexia, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, bowel obstruction and malignant ascites

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Palliative care: paediatric principles and practice
Special factors to consider in children and adolescents

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Palliative care: pertinent practical points
Answers to frequently asked questions, advice to locums and use of complementary and alternative therapies

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Palliative care: principles
What is palliative care; who should receive palliative care; when, how and where should palliative care be provided?

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Palliative care: respiratory symptoms
Management of dyspnoea, cough, noisy breathing, secretions haemoptysis, hiccups and abnormal patterns of breathing

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Parkinson's disease
Treatment of early and advancing disease, motor and nonmotor complications, and 'Parkinson plus' disorders

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Psoriasis
Types of psoriasis and management (topical and systemic therapies, phototherapy); psoriasis in children

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Rheumatoid arthritis
Diagnosis, early inflammatory arthritis, general management approach, prognosis and management

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Stroke and transient ischaemic attack
Assessment and treatment of acute ischaemic stroke, transient ischaemic attack, subarachnoid and intracerebral haemorrhage; poststroke rehabilitation, mood disturbance and driving

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Traveller's diarrhoea
Prevention, treatment, and persistent diarrhoea in returned travellers

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Upper limb conditions
Shoulder pain (rotator cuff disease, frozen shoulder); elbow pain (tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow); wrist and hand pain (carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic wrist pain, trigger finger); shoulder stretching and strengthening exercises

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Urinary tract Infections
Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections in nonpregnant and pregnant women, men and children; pyelonephritis; catheter-associated bacteriuria and urinary tract infections; candiduria; prostatitis

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Vertigo
Features and management of acute vertigo, recurrent vertigo, motion-induced vertigo, and psychogenic vertigo and dizziness; various exercises and manoeuvres

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Viral hepatitis
Hepatitis A, hepatitis B (acute and chronic), hepatitis C (acute and chronic), hepatitis D and hepatitis E

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