The rationale for promoting exercise for both primary and secondary health prevention benefits is unequivocal.

Despite the availability of effective therapies and a national medicines subsidy scheme, a significant burden of disease still exists in Australia, with high mortality by international standards.

An update on the genetic basis of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the young and the clinical aspects of caring for families affected by SCD.

The Focus articles in this issue highlight the diagnosis and management of neurological conditions in general practice.

Morgan’s organisational metaphors are one example of a management conceptual model that might help us illuminate the prisms of presupposition and assumption that we hold about organisations.

A large proportion of communicable diseases have an animal origin. The focus articles in this issue cover the more ‘traditional’ zoonotic diseases, which are notifiable in Australia.

Many issues related to catheters can be safely and adequately managed in the community, resulting in timely management and increased patient satisfaction.

Participants indicated that WMG-E could empower clinicians and parents by enhancing health literacy about child developmental issues, but that it could also be disempowering if not used carefully.

Issues confronting the athlete and their primary care physician are the potentially serious risks, responsibilities and challenges facing those involved with sport and physical activity.

Respiratory inhalers contribute significantly to climate change, principally because the propellant gases in pressurised metered-dose inhalers are potent global warming gases.

When reported adequately and interpreted correctly, placental histopathology provides useful information that may explain adverse pregnancy outcomes and guides further management.

There is now global recognition of the importance of enhanced chlamydia case management to reduce the risk of repeat infection and minimise harms of pelvic inflammatory disease.

This study investigated GPs attitudes to promoting and managing the sexual health of young men and showed a disparity of whether young men or GPs felt they were responsible in initiating the topic.

Street-based general practice services are critical to facilitate easy access to primary and secondary management of chronic multimorbid conditions in marginalised patients.

General practitioners are ideally placed to identify high-risk infantile haemangiomas and coordinate their management.