Religion
How Good Do we have to be?
This is a question that most of may have asked ourselves at some point in our lives. I am reading a book by the same name. The majority of us may think that we have to be the best and Read more
EBM
Music‐based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia
Dementia is a clinical syndrome with a number of different causes. It is characterised by deterioration in cognitive, behavioural, social and emotional functioning. Pharmacological interventions are available but have limited effect on many of the syndrome’s features. However, receptivity to Read more
Economics
Lessons from the happiest countries in the world
The World Happiness Report is more a study of life satisfaction than smiles and laughter. It is based on a survey by Gallup, where participants are asked to rate their lives out of ten. Finland (7.7) and Scandinavian countries were Read more
EBM
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 – GLP1
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a natural hormone secreted by the intestinal – L cells in response to food that enhances insulin secretion, suppresses glucagon rerelease, delays gastric emptying, acts on the brain to promote satiety. GLP-1 plays a vital role Read more
AI
Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment -a RCT
BACKGROUND Generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) chatbots hold promise for building highly personalized, effective mental health treatments at scale, while also addressing user engagement and retention issues common among digital therapeutics. METHODS A RCT with (N=210) with clinically significant symptoms of Read more
EBM
Effectiveness and safety of drugs for obesity
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) guidelines are the first to make priority recommendations for antiobesity medication selection on the basis of available evidence from individual agent trials explicitly recommending the use of (a) semaglutide 2.4 mg because of the magnitude of Read more
EBM
Non-pharmaceutical treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome – IBS
International guidelines support the use of diet based interventions as front line therapy from increased soluble fiber to more general dietary changes (eg, NICE guidance, low-FODMAP diet). Guidelines overall support psychological and behavior based interventions with caveats to patient selection Read more
EBM
Antidepressants for low back pain and spine‐related leg pain – small effects
Antidepressants are commonly used to treat low back pain and spine‐related leg pain. However, their benefits and harms are uncertain. The Cochrane review included 26 randomised controlled trials. Eighteen studies included 2535 participants with non‐specific low back pain, seven studies Read more
PHIL
Being mortal, dying and death
*The picture is from YG2D.COM ‘Being Mortal: Medicine and what matters in the end’ is a new book by the best-selling US surgeon and author Atul Gwande. Death, dying or being mortal is not a favourite topic of doctors. Although this book Read more
