It is unlikely that medicinal cannabis will be used as a first-line agent for the management of pain, nausea and other specific symptoms, but it may have a complementary role within palliative care.
Early identification of all skin cancers enables improved patient outcomes and results in a wider range of treatment options being available locally in general practice.
Interconception care is becoming increasingly important, with rising rates of overweight, obesity, diabetes and hypertension among people of reproductive age.
Skin cancer follow-up is most effective when general practitioners establish follow-up strategies suited to the rural populations and supported by evidence-based guidelines for skins cancers.
Diagnosis of insomnia is facilitated by the use of self-report measures to characterise the sleep disorder and elucidate comorbidities.
The aim of this study is to identify persistent symptoms in unvaccinated community-managed patients following COVID-19 infection.
Growing evidence shows that lifestyle interventions are an effective component of management for patients with mental illness to improve mental health, physical health and quality of life.
There is a need to enhance aged care exposure for general practice registrars in ways that build on the competence of registrars and the trust in registrars by older patients and supervisors.
General practitioners are well positioned to take a comprehensive approach to the management of functional decline in older people, aided by a range of funded programs.
MND is a group of neurodegenerative disorders best managed using a multidisciplinary approach, with the general practitioner as an integral part of the team.
Botulinum neurotoxin is an effective treatment for various movement disorders that are disabling and frequently under-recognised.
This paper aims to identify transferable lessons from the implementation of diabetic retinopathy screening that could be applied to rheumatic heart disease echocardiographic detection.
Despite recent exponential growth in research on familial hypercholesterolaemia, there remains a general lack of public and health professional awareness about the disorder.
Although myeloproliferative neoplasms are rare illnesses, the general practitioner is well placed to identify suspicious features and initiate investigations and referral.
There is a great deal of interest in the potential symptomatic benefits of medicinal cannabis for developmental disorders.