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Information to assist with differentiating Lyme disease from other causes of rash, neurological or non-specific symptoms.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Information for healthcare professionals to protect the public from pressure ulcers (bed sores).
Protocol, questionnaire and quarterly return form for the enhanced surveillance of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), a complication of shingles.
Employers guide to assessing fitness to work, including asking for medical evidence, fit notes, and dealing with long term or frequent absences.
The epidemiology, symptoms, diagnosis and management of monkeypox virus infections.
We want to remind healthcare professionals that use of systemic (oral and injectable) NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, naproxen, and diclofenac is contraindicated in the last trimester of pregnancy (after 28 weeks of pregnancy).
An analysis of self-reported chronic pain from 2017 Health Survey for England data.
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