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.

The knowledge produced by Cochrane reviews informs the guidelines that shape our responses to clinical presentations in general practice.

General practitioners should be aware that physical activity might exacerbate symptoms of diabetic peripheral neuropathy when encouraging their patients to be active.

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition defined as endometrial-like tissue proliferating outside the uterus. This paper summarises recommendations for diagnosing and managing endometriosis.

Dysmenorrhoea is the most common gynaecologic condition affecting people assigned female at birth. This article discusses the management of dysmenorrhoea in a primary care setting.

It is reasonable to consider including exercise-based services in the care team to enable patients with non-specific chronic low back pain to transition to self-management.

Many challenges exist in providing best-evidence treatments that promote an active approach facilitating self-efficacy and physical activity, and align with a contemporary understanding of pain.

Comorbidities, multimorbidity and frailty are increasingly becoming a major focus of care as a result of the ageing population of people with human immunodeficiency virus.

General practitioners are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team to help manage pelvic girdle pain.

In the absence of organic aetiology, childhood constipation is almost always functional and is often due to painful bowel movements that prompt the child to withhold stool.

Temporomandibular dysfunction represents a major cause of orofacial pain. The focus of this article is to provide an overview of this disorder and management considerations in general practice.

The article discusses the case of a woman aged 43 years who was admitted to the emergency department with hypertension and hypoglycaemia on point-of-care testing.

A girl aged 11 years had multiple visits to the general practitioner and emergency department with unusual episodes of sudden-onset respiratory distress associated with stridor.

General practice terms diversify the prevocational experiences of interns and help consolidate rural career pathways.