In children and adolescents, there exist a variety of congenital and acquired naevi and other pigmented skin lesions that can be diagnostically problematic.

General practice registrars use a dermatoscope in a modest majority of skin checks and pigmented skin lesion consultations, which influences registrars’ diagnoses and increases their confidence.

Assessing pigmented lesions on patients, including opportunistically, is an important part of patient care and can make a significant difference to patient health.

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.

Medication cessation or dose reduction may be required for patients with chronic kidney disease to prevent medication accumulation, adverse medication events and kidney injury.

This article discusses an approach to managing patients with significant solar damage from a primary care perspective, focusing on the assessment and treatment of actinic keratoses.

Diabetic dermopathy is a benign, asymptomatic and likely underdiagnosed skin condition seen in up to 40% of individuals with diabetes.

Although most eyelid lumps are benign, accurate diagnosis and early recognition of sinister lesions leads to improved patient outcomes.

Diagnosis and management of a patient presenting with malodorous, yellowish hair over both axillae is discussed.

This paper describes the overall number of prescriptions and unique medicines dispensed and costs borne by a cohort of patients treated with lipid-lowering therapy.

Asthma presentations are common in general practice, but opportunities to control asthma are often missed.

Strategies to delay progression of chronic kidney disease include lifestyle advice, prevention of acute kidney injury, control of blood pressure and albuminuria, and disease-specific interventions.

Calcium score has been shown to convincingly predict future cardiovascular risk in the asymptomatic population.

The aim of this review is to draw attention to a preventable childhood condition, detailing the clinical presentation, diagnostic pathway and management.

A case presentation of a patient with fatigue and chronic anaemia.