The incidence of melanoma continues to rise in Australia. General practitioners treat the majority of skin cancers affecting Australians. In the past decade, there has been improved uptake of...

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a term that describes a diverse range of lung conditions, which are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in all age groups. Idiopathic pulmonary...

Lactational mastitis is common, affecting one in 5 breastfeeding women. As well as causing significant discomfort, it is a frequent reason for women to stop breastfeeding.

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Hypoglycaemia can have serious consequences for patients. Hypoglycaemia in nondiabetic patients is not a common condition, and is often a diagnostic challenge for general practitioners.

The median age of menopause for Australian women is 51 years,1 and the available data suggest that less than 1 per 100 women conceive when they are aged >50 years.2 For pregnancies in women aged...

Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the oesophagus that leads to oesophageal dysfunction and symptoms including dysphagia and heartburn. The first cases of...

Imaging the thoraxModalities available for imaging chest diseases include chest X-ray, computed tomography (CT) and nuclear medicine, including ventilation–perfusion lung scanning and positron...

Quality in healthcareDear EditorIt is true that quality in healthcare means different things to different people, and that different countries have tried different ways to improve it (AFP March...

CaseJake, 22 months old, presents to your practice for review. Twenty-four hours earlier, he was seen by a colleague and diagnosed with ‘viral-induced wheeze – ? asthma’. The general practitioner...

CaseA man, 84 years of age, presented to the dermatology clinic with a progressively growing and occasionally bleeding lesion on the sole of his left foot. Of note, there was no history of trauma...

CaseA man, aged 32 years, presented to his general practitioner (GP) with a one-month history of increasing bilateral breast swelling (Figure 1). He was distressed by the appearance and said there...

CaseJames Trantor, 45 years of age, is a generally anxious man and has chronic conditions including type 2 diabetes and ischaemic heart disease. Recently, he had an episode of right facial numbness...

Psychiatry: past, present and prospectSidney Bloch, Stephen A Green, Jeremy HolmesAustralia: Oxford University Press, 2014 ISBN 9780199638963In this book, the groundbreaking work of Mendel, Crick...

Scope of the problemA functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) is defined by the Rome III criteria as a variable combination of chronic or recurrent gastrointestinal symptoms, such as diarrhoea,...