Chronic non-cancer pain management illustrates the case for reconceptualising chronic condition management using a generic lifestyle-based approach.

Continued support by public health nurses may lead to a comprehensive reduction in the risk of lifestyle diseases.

Lifestyle medicine might offer an adjunct approach to better managing chronic disease.

An investigative study into whether using the Modified Centor Criteria reduces antibiotic prescribing in a general practice setting.

Reaching blood pressure targets in patients with chronic kidney disease is a challenge, but can be more easily achieved with greater continuity of care.

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

Medications may be used in conjunction with non-pharmacological treatments to manage cognition, function and behaviour in people with Alzheimer’s disease.

This study suggests that there is a role for better communication of the gradual but practical changes of Australian sore throat management guidelines to GPs.

Factors to be considered when assessing the burden of treatment and a patient’s capacity to cope with this workload are outlined.

The majority of referrals to a regional outpatient nephrology service contained insufficient detail to meet Australian guidelines.

Healthcare professionals would generally like to increase their electronic correspondence, yet most are currently faxing or posting their correspondence.

This paper aims to identify transferable lessons from the implementation of diabetic retinopathy screening that could be applied to rheumatic heart disease echocardiographic detection.

Australia’s outdated definition of obesity likely hinders management and contributes to the observed gap between clinical guidelines and current practice.

This review provides GPs with an understanding of acute severe ulcerative colitis evaluation and risk assessment, emphasising surgical management and complementing existing medical methods.

This study showed that an SMS recall system for Heart Health Checks can be effective and acceptable in general practice.