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.

Effective clinical triage of referrals relies on provision of adequate clinical information (‘red flags’) and investigations.

This paper quantifies the burden of high psychological distress in primary carers of Australians with disability and identifies modifiable factors to improve mental healthcare in this population.

Respiratory tract and sleep disorders – including obstructive sleep apnoea, difficult-to-treat asthma in adults, and insomnia – are commonly encountered in general practice.

It is important that a high level of clinical suspicion is maintained when paediatric patients present with a vague history or symptoms that may represent airway foreign bodies.

Medicare Benefits Schedule rules regarding sleep study eligibility have recently changed and incorporate validated questionnaires of obstructive sleep apnoea risk and subjective sleepiness.

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.

Various contributing factors to obstructive sleep apnoea have resulted in the development of a number of potential treatment modalities, some of which are in evolution.

Despite the availability of effective therapies and a national medicines subsidy scheme, a significant burden of disease still exists in Australia, with high mortality by international standards.

Diagnosis of insomnia is facilitated by the use of self-report measures to characterise the sleep disorder and elucidate comorbidities.

There is weak evidence that diet affects tinnitus symptoms, but current literature does not support use of dietary supplements or caffeine and salt restriction for treating patients with tinnitus.

This paper presents the findings of one of the largest studies of bisexual people, and significantly contributes to the limited knowledge relating to poor mental health in these people.

There is room for improvement in monitoring patients with early chronic kidney disease when considering alignment with national guidelines.

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