This article aims to explore and address the treatment options that primary care practitioners can offer for melasma.

A man aged 73 years presented for a routine full skin examination and reported a new erythematous lesion, which occasionally bled, on the dorsal shaft of the penis.

This paper summarises some of the more common reasons for intraocular injection, as well as some common and/or more serious complications.

This issue of AJGP examines musculoskeletal conditions – how these cause pain and how to manage the multitude of ways in which these impairments affect the lives of our patients.

Pain due to musculoskeletal conditions is difficult to express and define and is often overlooked in consultations.

General practitioners are in a prime position to screen and diagnose common comorbidities of psoriasis and have the experience and knowledge to manage them accordingly.

This article discusses the process of performing biopsies and excisions from the skin to diagnose or treat skin cancers.

A man aged 35 years with a 14-pack year history of smoking presented to his general practitioner with a 12-month history of progressive dyspnoea.

Clinicians should be alert to factors contributing to increased non-melanoma skin cancers.

Radiation therapy may be used as definitive treatment for low-risk cancers, as an adjuvant treatment for high-risk disease or alone for inoperable cases.

VMAT does not have a clearly established role in the management of field cancerisation. Suitably powered, controlled, long-term trials are needed before its routine use can be recommended.

Practitioners can improve diagnostic accuracy of skin biopsies and hasten appropriate management for patients by adopting some simple but effective steps during each biopsy procedure.

This paper describes a clinical approach to chronic respiratory disorders for clinicians working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, particularly in the remote Australian context.

Lifestyle medicine might offer an adjunct approach to better managing chronic disease.

This study investigates the effectiveness of two interventions to prevent surgical site infection after below-knee surgery.