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

This study assesses the influence of baseline body mass index and baseline knee pain on improvements in patients participating in a weight loss program for knee osteoarthritis.

This article outlines an approach for understanding, explaining and managing chronic pelvic pain in women with a normal laparoscopy.

Lifestyle management should be included in communication plans, with referrals to other healthcare professionals as appropriate.

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.

Management provides a key contribution to lowering individual risk of tuberculosis and reducing Australian tuberculosis incidence towards elimination.

Retina-predicted cardiovascular disease scores offer an accurate and convenient way to measure atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk.

VMAT does not have a clearly established role in the management of field cancerisation. Suitably powered, controlled, long-term trials are needed before its routine use can be recommended.

This month’s issue spotlights a common movement disorder in general practice – Parkinson’s disease – in addition to discussing assessment of gait and the importance of posture.

Parkinson’s disease is now recognised as a whole-body disorder, not a motor disorder with accompanying non-motor features.

An open and engaging discussion will assist patients in making an informed decision on whether pre-exposure prophylaxis is suitable for them.

Physical inactivity is a major modifiable contributor to the global burden of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality.

An absolute risk–based approach is superior to the traditional individual risk factor approach when calculating cardiovascular disease risk.

This study provided a timely assessment of general practitioner knowledge and attitudes to prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV.