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Lifestyle choices may help combat genetic risk of dementia: Study

Lifestyle choices may help combat genetic risk of dementia: Study

People at high risk of dementia who adopt healthy habits could be 32% less likely to contract the disease than those with an unhealthy lifestyle.


GPs ‘central’ to reducing polypharmacy

GPs ‘central’ to reducing polypharmacy

Almost one million Australians aged 70 and over take five or more medications daily, placing them at increased risk of unwanted side effects, more frequent hospital admissions and falls.


Professor Anthony Radford: A passion for general practice

Professor Anthony Radford: A passion for general practice

Professor Radford reflects on an almost 60-year career which has taken him throughout Australia and all around the world.


GP visits can help avoid health ‘black hole’

GP visits can help avoid health ‘black hole’

New research finds the average person aged 40 and over has five unidentified health problems that can be reversed with early intervention.


‘The future of general practice’: Practice-based research networks

‘The future of general practice’: Practice-based research networks

Michelle Guppy conducts research with ‘questions relevant to GPs, being generated by GPs, and investigated on general practice patients’.


Study paints clearer picture of cancer risk

Study paints clearer picture of cancer risk

A new study has reportedly identified nearly 100 genetic variants that increase the risk of breast cancer, but how useful will it be for GPs?


Millions for research into eating disorders

Millions for research into eating disorders

The Federal Government has pledged $5 million for research into the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders.


Can Wi-Fi devices affect male fertility?

Can Wi-Fi devices affect male fertility?

A new study has examined the effects of Wi-Fi devices’ electromagnetic waves on human sperm.


Addressing preventive health measures in older patients

Addressing preventive health measures in older patients

newsGP talks to a researcher about the efficacy of aspirin as a preventive therapy for older people.


Boosting cultural respect in mainstream health services

Boosting cultural respect in mainstream health services

Researchers have designed an intervention to help make mainstream general practice more accessible to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.


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