With a rising global burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors among young adults, there is an urgent need to improve awareness and increase screening.

In this issue of AJGP, we cover a wide range of cardiovascular conditions that GPs encounter in everyday practice, providing up-to-date information and management guidelines based on current evidence.

Sleep is an essential human need and one of the three key pillars of good health, yet sleep disorders and their symptoms are incredibly common.

This article describes an online clinical resource providing evidence-based information on the aetiology, assessment, management, referral and ongoing care for obstructive sleep apnoea and insomnia.

This article discusses the common risk factors for and clinical presentation of obstructive sleep apnoea in primary care with the aim of improving patient health outcomes.

This article describes the management options for a patient with an established diagnosis of OSA and provides a guide for driving licensing requirements.

This article provides general practitioners with an evidence-based, biopsychosocial approach to managing common sleep problems in infants and preschool-aged children.

This article provides an overview of the key issues encountered in adolescent patients relating to sleep and summarises approaches to assessment and evidence-based management of sleep problems.

This article discusses the mental and physical health consequences of sleep disorders in shift workers and highlights the need to consider undiagnosed sleep disorders in shift workers.

These questions are based on the Focus articles in this issue. Please choose the single best answer for each question.

Sleep is an essential human need and one of the three key pillars of good health, yet sleep disorders and their symptoms are incredibly common.

Readers express their opinions on published articles and topics of interest.

This article discusses shave procedures and their role in diagnosing an array of benign, inflammatory and malignant skin conditions.

For this article, qualitative interviews were conducted with heavy drinkers to explore their experiences of discussing alcohol use with their general practitioner.

This paper explores the main issues associated with the use of primary care data for research and proposed solutions to address them.