Respiratory tract and sleep disorders – including obstructive sleep apnoea, difficult-to-treat asthma in adults, and insomnia – are commonly encountered in general practice.
The connection between sleep and health has been recognised for centuries, but it is only relatively recently that the treatment of sleep disorders has developed as a medical specialty.
Patient-centred practice is needed to build a treatment plan that works for individual patients.
This study shows the importance of sharing and learning from policy differences.
Living with haemochromatosis is an individual journey that requires consistent, medically supported self-management guided by a positive attitude and awareness of the condition.
In September 2021, South Sudanese Australians in Canberra, ACT, piloted a community-led COVID-19 vaccination program.
The aim of this study is to identify persistent symptoms in unvaccinated community-managed patients following COVID-19 infection.
A man aged 60 years presented with an irregularly shaped erythematous scalp plaque with a 5 cm diameter.
Interconception care is becoming increasingly important, with rising rates of overweight, obesity, diabetes and hypertension among people of reproductive age.
The primary care physician has an essential role in providing women with guidance, counselling and assessment regarding fertility concerns.
Young people experience higher rates of sexually transmissible infections and lower screening rates than the general population in Australia.
Diagnosis of insomnia is facilitated by the use of self-report measures to characterise the sleep disorder and elucidate comorbidities.
Involving patients in the clinical decision-making process is integral to providing individualised care and is promoted as a hallmark of good clinical practice.
This paper aims to identify transferable lessons from the implementation of diabetic retinopathy screening that could be applied to rheumatic heart disease echocardiographic detection.
The enhanced Residential Medication Management Review program will address barriers and support general practitioners to make medication changes for older Australians.