Why is it that some patients with diabetes are able to stick to the ‘straight and narrow’ while others fall off the rails? I decided to look at my client group to see if I could pick up on any particular issues that made people either forget that they have diabetes, or struggle to continue to control their blood glucose levels as they had previously been doing. This article reviews what I found and offers some suggestions on how to help patients get back in control.
The metabolic syndrome: myth or clinically useful marker?
The European perspective
Leave nothing to chance
A case of severe aortic stenosis
Cardiovascular risk management series: 2 – Using guidelines as a framework for cardiovascular risk management
Reducing the impact of vascular disease: the proposed Vascular Risk Programme for risk assessment and management
Measurement of baseline total cholesterol: new data from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database
Ambulatory ECG monitoring in primary care
Cardiac arrhythmia affects more than 700,000 people in England and is consistently in the top ten reasons for hospital admission, consuming significant accident and emergency time and bed days.1 In the general population, arrhythmias are normally quite minor, silent, and typically benign. Symptoms may affect the patient enough to be both disruptive and distressful. In […]
The HYVET study: answering the question of whether or not to treat hypertension in the very elderly
Statin therapy for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: an update (part 2)
Using neurolinguistic programming to help patients achieve their goals
How can you help patients to achieve their goals when trying to improve their health? In this article, we explore the neurolinguistic programming (NLP) technique of defining “keys to an achievable outcome”. The theory is that the more specific you are about the goal you are aiming for, the more achievable it becomes. This follows two articles in previous issues where we examined how to develop rapport with patients using linguistics and body language effectively (see www.bjpcn.com if you missed them).
