Given its frequent facial involvement, melasma has a significant impact on the quality of life of patients.
It is estimated that 600,000 Australians currently self-medicate with cannabis, with chronic pain a leading indication for such use.
The warm Australian climate and outdoor living pose a unique clinical profile for foot burns, with burn injury mechanisms varying across seasons and within patient subgroups.
This study provides insights into the management of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) prior to the release of the HMB clinical care standard.
Long-term management requires an understanding of the range of causes and benefits from a shared decision-making approach, with discussion about potential risks and benefits of therapy.
Diseases of the adrenal gland occur rather more frequently than is appreciated and provide a series of challenges for the treating practitioner.
Increased awareness of the alternative medical abortion models may encourage medical abortion delivery in general practice and increase access for women.
Better defining, integrating and supporting general practitioner roles in disaster systems is likely to improve disaster healthcare.
While general practitioners have concerns about the use of data stored on electronic health records, they also recognise the benefits of using this data for research purposes.
Gamma hydroxybutyrate is associated with a disproportionate burden of harm despite low overall population prevalence of use.
An awareness of disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis as a precancerous skin condition is an important component of any Australian general practitioner’s basic skin knowledge.
Promoting insulin as a normal part of the diabetes continuum and a beneficial change for long-term health will further improve patients’ experience during the commencement of insulin.
Respiratory tract and sleep disorders – including obstructive sleep apnoea, difficult-to-treat asthma in adults, and insomnia – are commonly encountered in general practice.
It is important that a high level of clinical suspicion is maintained when paediatric patients present with a vague history or symptoms that may represent airway foreign bodies.
The connection between sleep and health has been recognised for centuries, but it is only relatively recently that the treatment of sleep disorders has developed as a medical specialty.