This study examined the effectiveness of a general practice nurse intervention to reduce blood pressure in adults with hypertension who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

This study discusses the potential adverse effects on women’s health of pharmacists diagnosing and treating urinary tract infections and other disease due to the shortage of general practitioners.

Explicit, focussed, and repeated teaching of clinical reasoning and the systematic diagnostic approach is needed to promote timely, correct and complete diagnosis, and the reduction of mistakes.

This issue of AJGP examines breathing – how to measure it and how to preserve it, both while awake and while asleep.

Dedicated men’s sexual and reproductive health clinics have the potential to improve health outcomes for men by overcoming barriers to healthcare and engaging men in healthcare services.

This article provides an overview of feminist principles for responding to mental distress in women, considering the connections between gender inequality and women’s mental health.

The study aim was to understand Victorian providers’ needs and perspectives about implementing young people’s health assessments.

Exposure to domestic and family violence has lifelong impacts on physical health and life expectancy and increases hospitalisation and healthcare usage.

A stepwise approach to a patient with renal tract pain can aid immensely in formulating an accurate diagnosis and providing optimal care.

Achieving good outcomes for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease requires a concerted effort to manage and monitor diabetes and associated comorbidities.

A good diagnosis provides a valid interpretation of a person’s experience and is respectful and empowering.

Most GPs surveyed had used a placebo in practice at least once, with active placebos (active treatments used primarily to generate positive expectations) more commonly used than inert placebos.

If a benefit of oral corticosteroids is not proven, then physicians currently prescribing it need to be advised of this finding.

An update on the various treatment methods available today to tackle pilonidal disease.

The aim of achieving equitable access to bulk billing for those living in rural and regional Victoria has not yet been met, and may be under increasing pressure.