This paper proposes a business model for primary care providers to implement cardiac rehabilitation using current Medicare items.

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

The study aim was to understand Victorian providers’ needs and perspectives about implementing young people’s health assessments.

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).

Sodium–glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors are becoming a cornerstone of therapy for type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and heart failure.

Nocturia is associated with significant morbidity and is likely to be a marker of poor health.

How should GPs and patients prioritise which preventive health activities to undertake?

This study showed that an SMS recall system for Heart Health Checks can be effective and acceptable in general practice.

Menopause is an opportune time for clinicians to assess and promote health, and provide balanced information about treatment choices for symptomatic women.

General practitioners and practice nurses need to be provided with greater support and training to undertake the emotionally challenging role of mandated reporters of child abuse.

Most men who present with non-specific androgen deficiency–like symptoms have functional gonadal axis suppression due to ill health.

Prescribing drugs to reduce the risk of cancer is a new development in primary cancer prevention.

Although COVID-19 primarily affects the respiratory system, cardiovascular involvement is common, especially in individuals who are severely ill.