Pearls

Body image concerns and pursuing an increasingly muscular appearance is becoming a growing issue, particular for men and boys. Today marks the end of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, so we are sharing a Pearl about a related issue – anabolic steroid use.

Tomorrow is Rare Diseases Day. To acknowledge this challenge, we thought we would share with you a Pearl on Behçet’s syndrome, a rare multisystem inflammatory condition.

One of the joys and challenges of general practice is that anything can make its way onto the triage list or limp through the door. And many of us have presentations we feel less confident about! In the Red Whale GP team, one of those things is feet!

In 2025, Ramadan is expected to start on 1 March and end on 30 March (exact dates depend on moon sighting). How can we best support those with long-term conditions during this time?

Dance isn’t just an art form; it’s a proven tool for physical and mental wellbeing. Backed by Angela Rippon and leading organisations including the NHS and BBC, we bring you, the Let’s Dance! initiative

For this month’s trainee pearl we are highlighting some personality traits you may recognise in yourself or in colleagues and will explore how to look after ourselves if we recognise any of these characteristics!

In this week’s Pearl, we unpack all 106 pages of the new NICE guidance on menopause, published in December 2024. Much stayed the same, but we focus on the bits that may change our practice!

Spinal cord compression and cauda equina syndrome are on our (long!) list of things we never want to miss. They’re uncommon presentations, but they cause us a lot of anxiety.

It’s been a week when tech and AI have been all over the news – so we thought we would share a Pearl from our Lifestyle Medicine course on technology to support health and wellbeing. 

It’s a new calendar year and, for some, this means increased focus in preparing for the Simulated Consultation Assessment (SCA). So, this month, we’re providing a comprehensive Pearl that is all about the SCA!

When under pressure, separating the sick from the self-limiting on the triage list can feel even more difficult! We don’t have all the answers, but, in this week’s Pearl, we wanted to share our article on acute cough and pneumonia in adults.

For this week’s Pearl, the last of 2024, we wanted to share an article from our Lifestyle Medicine course. It offers a roadmap to wellbeing that we can use to support ourselves, family members and patients as we embark on 2025.

In 2021, the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and UKHSA published a joint position statement against using antibiotics for STIs other than HIV. But what is our role in primary care if a patient approaches us for advice?