Health coaching is an integral part of lifestyle medicine that can be used to facilitate behaviour change in key lifestyle areas.
A man aged 60 years presented with an irregularly shaped erythematous scalp plaque with a 5 cm diameter.
The study confirms under-treatment of Australian adults at high cardiovascular disease risk and indicates potential for health gains with increased implementation of evidence-based guidelines.
Despite international consensus regarding the judicious use of diagnostic spinal imaging, patients continue to be over-referred.
Growing evidence shows that lifestyle interventions are an effective component of management for patients with mental illness to improve mental health, physical health and quality of life.
Effective clinical triage of referrals relies on provision of adequate clinical information (‘red flags’) and investigations.
The enhanced Residential Medication Management Review program will address barriers and support general practitioners to make medication changes for older Australians.
How should GPs and patients prioritise which preventive health activities to undertake?
This article explores the themes of patient choice, safety and optimising success in GP-led withdrawal. The four-step framework outlines how to best support patients to undertake a withdrawal.
The aim of this paper is to enhance general practitioner awareness of problem gambling, its impact, general practice presentations, screening, effective treatment and referral options.
This study shows the importance of sharing and learning from policy differences.
This paper aims to identify transferable lessons from the implementation of diabetic retinopathy screening that could be applied to rheumatic heart disease echocardiographic detection.
The primary care physician has an essential role in providing women with guidance, counselling and assessment regarding fertility concerns.
Faecal incontinence in residential aged care is highly prevalent, distressing and difficult to treat, and the evidence base for treatment remains deficient.
An updated overview of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, including epidemiology, risk factors for infection, spectrum of clinical disease, diagnosis and management.