Weight regain after bariatric surgery: Nutritional considerations Dietitian Amanda Clark examines expectations of weight following bariatric surgery.
Old doc, new drugs: Levetiracetam GP Dr Casey Parker writes for newsGP about how levetiracetam fares as an alternative to phenytoin.
How can GPs best decide if a new medication is right to prescribe? Almost 800 new medications came onto the Australian market between 2001 and 2011.
Understanding the ‘health at every size’ paradigm Dietitian Zoe Nicholson examines the ‘health at every size’ model, which she says is ultimately about promoting self-care.
Funding for new action plan to tackle macular disease The Federal Government has announced funding for a national strategic action plan designed to better support patients with macular disease, the leading cause of vision loss in older Australians.
Targeting hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities In the third part of a series focusing on the coming third edition of the ‘National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’, newsGP examines the health effects of hearing loss.