Oral and dental health, as well as dental services, are important to our patients and need to be better integrated into our own thinking and practice.

Oral and dental health, as well as dental services, are important to general practice patients and need to be better integrated into general practitioners' thinking and practice.

Economic drivers have changed the way in which patients seek attention for oral and facial conditions.

Tobacco use remains a global health issue, and effective evidence-based smoking cessation programs continue to be a core component of the public health response to smoking.

This issue focuses on risk factors for cardiovascular disease, with particular reference to smoking and lack of physical activity, as well as methods used to calculate cardiovascular disease risk.

An area as fundamental to the human experience as sexology must be considered when providing whole-person care.

An area as fundamental to the human experience as sexology must be considered when providing whole-person care.

Preventing unintended pregnancies and optimising maternal and fetal outcomes are important public health imperatives.

Preventing unintended pregnancies and optimising maternal and fetal outcomes are important public health imperatives.

The Focus articles in this month's issue discuss conditions affecting the lower limbs, including peripheral artery disease, diabetic foot ulcers, paediatric pes planus and various skin conditions.

Diabetic foot remains a global public health challenge and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality.

The rationale for promoting exercise for both primary and secondary health prevention benefits is unequivocal.

The rationale for promoting exercise for both primary and secondary health prevention benefits is unequivocal.

The host immune system appears to have a fundamental role in almost all human disease.

The host immune system appears to have a fundamental role in almost all human disease.