Achieving good outcomes for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease requires a concerted effort to manage and monitor diabetes and associated comorbidities.

Early use of these inexpensive and readily available tools can significantly affect important clinical outcomes for these young patients.

When detected early, nine in 10 Australians with bowel cancer can be successfully treated, yet participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program remains low.

A calculation of absolute fracture risk is commonly provided with bone mineral density reports in Australia, usually using either FRAX (Australia) or Garvan Fracture Risk Calculator (Garvan).

Collective efforts worldwide have focused on the identification of people at highest risk of poor outcomes if they contract COVID-19.

Evidence supports some beneficial effects of antibiotics prescribed to patients with a sore throat and proven presence of group A streptococci.

Ensuring general practitioners receive timely discharge medication information will enable them to safely continue the patient’s care in the community.

It is important for medical students to learn how to conduct sound medical research by implementing their own research projects.

Predominantly hospital-based prevocational paediatric training offers limited exposure to – and, thus, confidence in – managing behavioural, mental health and developmental issues.

Characterising the general practice response to the COVID-19 pandemic is important for ongoing policy planning.

Prognostic uncertainty delays discussions and leads to unnecessary treatments for older patients who are dying.

This review aims to bring some clarity to the case fatality rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection and SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in the paediatric population.

General practice terms diversify the prevocational experiences of interns and help consolidate rural career pathways.

Increasing the numbers of people with hepatitis B being tested, regularly monitored and treated in primary care settings will require additional systems-strengthening activity.

This study provides evidence of general practitioners’ desire to be involved in supporting the healthy exercise and nutrition habits of their patients with cancer.