Managing chronic pain: Different approaches to a complex issue Chronic pain affects one in five Australians. newsGP spoke with a patient and a GP about some of the best ways to tackle the situation.
Hope for ice users as researchers trial new medicine to treat addiction In a world-first, Australian researchers are trialling a new medication to help people who are dependent on crystal methamphetamine, or ‘ice’.
GPs and physiotherapists: Teaming up to fight chronic pain During National Pain week, newsGP looks at how physiotherapists and GPs can work together in an interdisciplinary approach to help patients with chronic pain to get moving.
Who are the hidden victims of drug dependence? Parents What can GPs do to help parents with children who are dependent on drugs?
What GPs need to know about tackling female genital mutilation Australian GPs are exposed to female genital mutilation but they just don’t know it, according to survivor Khadija Gbla. Here is how GPs can help fight this practice.
When the plague came to Australia’s shores More than 1300 Australians died from the plague last century, as Dr Gillian Riley writes.
Females with autism – From diagnosis to research Diagnosed at the age of 30, Pia Bradshaw is an example of how women with autism are often overlooked by the medical establishment. She is now conducting her own research to help educate GPs in identifying others like her.
Australian researchers develop world-first blood test to detect melanoma early The world’s first blood test able to detect early stage melanoma has been developed by Edith Cowan University researchers.
Gender identity affirmation: What GPs need to know More people are presenting with gender diversity issues and experts say GPs are best placed to help.
New technology may help predict if children are at risk of type 1 diabetes An early detection technology being developed for type 1 diabetes could herald an exciting breakthrough in the future.