Dr Taqi

Archive for January 2009

Breast cancer risk without BRCA – how much?

Posted by: drtaqi on: January 30, 2009

6 year prospective Canadian study following 1492 women in 365 families. All negative for BRCA1 and 2 mutations. Families followed up had 2 or more breast cancer diagnosis under 50y or 3 diagnosis at any age. 65 women developed breast cancer instead of the expected 15 expected for a population without a family history. Giving [...]

Family Medicine Symposium lectures

Posted by: drtaqi on: January 10, 2009

Here is the final lecture list for this year’s seminar on Family Medicine organised by the King Faisal Hospital Jeddah’s Family Medicine department. An assortment of lectures reflecting the multiplicity of roles of the Family Physician.

Ethics mnemonic iMRCGP – ABCDE

Posted by: drtaqi on: January 6, 2009

In the i/nMRCGP you may get a patient that presents an ethical dilemma. The patient who has had a stroke and is now not fit to drive, should you breach your confidentiality and tell the authorities or not? A male patient who has come for a vasectomy because his female partner would like him to [...]