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.
Australians want to exercise more, but change can be challenging. Persistent, gentle, evidence-based support can help these resolutions become reality.
This article focuses on the assessment and management of sport-related concussion in general practice, including guidance for returning patients to sport.
This article describes an approach to the assessment and management of the common presentations of acute cervical spine pain.
This article aims to provide an overview of evidence-based assessment, management and referral options for insomnia in Australian general practice.
Climate change is a health issue. As GPs, we need to treat it, and this edition of AJGP shows us how.
The aim of this article is to outline the steps required to achieve and promote sustainability from practice operations through to clinical care and advocacy.
Management is aimed at investigating and managing the primary causes with a focus on sputum clearance, reduction in exacerbations and improvement of quality of life.
Strangulation has potential significant sequelae such as carotid dissection, hypoxic brain injury and laryngeal injury.
This work highlights the important part that general practices play in responding to epidemic thunderstorm asthma events and the need for these practices to be prepared to respond.
A female patient, aged 59 years, presents with an 8 mm slightly raised lump on the right lateral border of the tongue.
A low dietary energy intake relative to exercise energy demands may result in an array of medical issues.
Black salve is promoted as an effective, safe and natural skin cancer treatment, but such claims are not evidence-based, and serious complications have been reported.