Issues confronting the athlete and their primary care physician are the potentially serious risks, responsibilities and challenges facing those involved with sport and physical activity.

Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate among all main cancer types and is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in Australia.

This paper gives an overview of the breast skin changes commonly seen in general practice, with guidance on treatment and management.

This article discusses an approach to managing patients with significant solar damage from a primary care perspective, focusing on the assessment and treatment of actinic keratoses.

This article explores the impact of genetics on cardiovascular diseases and its implications for GPs.

This article provides a framework for the general practitioner to assess and manage a child presenting with a red eye.

Appropriate education of patients regarding the nature of the illness, lifestyle modifications to avoid aggravating activities and appropriate use of analgesics are critical in effective management.

This procedure is a simple, quick and cost-effective option which, when used appropriately and correctly, has shown excellent clinical efficacy and favourable cosmetic outcomes.

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.

The clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of patients with Paget’s disease of bone are described in this article.

Some of the issues with which patients present to their primary healthcare provider may be resolved using skills and techniques of maxillofacial surgery.

The aim of this article is to provide a guide to clarifying complaints of visual distortions, outlining the common ocular causes, with a focus on macular pathologies.

Black salve is promoted as an effective, safe and natural skin cancer treatment, but such claims are not evidence-based, and serious complications have been reported.

Despite international consensus regarding the judicious use of diagnostic spinal imaging, patients continue to be over-referred.