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Immunology and allergy

Clinical Articles

What Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) can do for GPs and their patients

What can Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) do for your patients?

By Maria Said

Public health

Clinical Articles

78% of GPs don’t understand the new CPD

This week, Healthed asked GPs how they felt about the upcoming changes to CPD

By Yasmin Clarke, Felicity Nelson

Accreditation

Clinical Articles

Cardiac failure, chronic inflammation and iron

Iron deficiency in heart failure is not only common but represents a serious risk of poorer outcomes. It may sound unlikely, but heart failure is increasingly being considered as a chronic inflammatory condition.

By Leigh Dayton

Cardiology

Clinical Articles

Managing heart failure in general practice – an update

Heart failure is an incredibly common condition managed in general practice. One of the commonest causes for hospitalisation of heart failure patients is non-adherence to therapy and/or dietary or fluid restriction.

By Dr Aajuli Shukla

Sexual health

Clinical Articles

Myth-busting long-acting reversible contraceptives

Every GP clinic should have at least one doctor who can insert an IUD or have a clear referral pathway, says Professor Deborah Bateson.

By Thomas Crow

Women's health

Clinical Articles

Thyroid disease need not be a pain in the neck

As soon as a woman being treated for hypothyroidism falls pregnant, she needs her thyroxine dose increased, says Australian expert, Professor Creswell Eastman.

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Haematology

Clinical Articles

Iron deficiencies can potentially be managed by nurses

Iron deficiency is a common condition in primary care affecting 12% of the population and around 40% of women under the age of 50. However, it is sometimes difficult to detect in patients clinically, and treatment can be a time-consuming process for GPs.

By Ben Falkenmire

Urology

Clinical Articles

GPs can provide care for childhood nocturnal enuresis

Parents concerned about their child’s bedwetting is a common issue encountered in general practice.

By Rosalyn Page

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Preparing for the next COVID wave

GPs should plan antivirals for high- risk patients

By Ben Falkenmire

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

From Centaurus to XBB: your handy guide to the latest COVID subvariants (and why some are more worrying than others)

The Omicron variant of concern has splintered into multiple subvariants.

By Healthed

Immunology and allergy

Clinical Articles

Lactose intolerance and dispelling myths

Lactose intolerance, a condition where the body cannot digest a milk sugar due to enzyme deficiency, is commonly considered in patients presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms including diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and bloating. It may occur in isolation or alongside other intolerances or irritable bowel syndrome.

By Dr Sarah Tedjasukmana

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Why haven’t I had COVID yet?

Throughout the pandemic, Australia has recorded 10.4 million cases of COVID-19, with the majority occurring this year.

By Prof Nathan Bartlett

Articles

What Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) can do for GPs and their patients

What can Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) do for your patients?

78% of GPs don’t understand the new CPD

This week, Healthed asked GPs how they felt about the upcoming changes to CPD

Cardiac failure, chronic inflammation and iron

Iron deficiency in heart failure is not only common but represents a serious risk of poorer outcomes. It may sound unlikely, but heart failure is increasingly being considered as a chronic inflammatory condition.

Managing heart failure in general practice – an update

Heart failure is an incredibly common condition managed in general practice. One of the commonest causes for hospitalisation of heart failure patients is non-adherence to therapy and/or dietary or fluid restriction.

Myth-busting long-acting reversible contraceptives

Every GP clinic should have at least one doctor who can insert an IUD or have a clear referral pathway, says Professor Deborah Bateson.

Thyroid disease need not be a pain in the neck

As soon as a woman being treated for hypothyroidism falls pregnant, she needs her thyroxine dose increased, says Australian expert, Professor Creswell Eastman.

Iron deficiencies can potentially be managed by nurses

Iron deficiency is a common condition in primary care affecting 12% of the population and around 40% of women under the age of 50. However, it is sometimes difficult to detect in patients clinically, and treatment can be a time-consuming process for GPs.

GPs can provide care for childhood nocturnal enuresis

Parents concerned about their child’s bedwetting is a common issue encountered in general practice.

Preparing for the next COVID wave

GPs should plan antivirals for high- risk patients

From Centaurus to XBB: your handy guide to the latest COVID subvariants (and why some are more worrying than others)

The Omicron variant of concern has splintered into multiple subvariants.

Lactose intolerance and dispelling myths

Why haven’t I had COVID yet?

Throughout the pandemic, Australia has recorded 10.4 million cases of COVID-19, with the majority occurring this year.

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What can Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) do for your patients?

This week, Healthed asked GPs how they felt about the upcoming changes to CPD

Iron deficiency in heart failure is not only common but represents a serious risk of poorer outcomes. It may sound unlikely, but heart failure is increasingly being considered as a chronic inflammatory condition.

Heart failure is an incredibly common condition managed in general practice. One of the commonest causes for hospitalisation of heart failure patients is non-adherence to therapy and/or dietary or fluid restriction.

Every GP clinic should have at least one doctor who can insert an IUD or have a clear referral pathway, says Professor Deborah Bateson.

As soon as a woman being treated for hypothyroidism falls pregnant, she needs her thyroxine dose increased, says Australian expert, Professor Creswell Eastman.

Iron deficiency is a common condition in primary care affecting 12% of the population and around 40% of women under the age of 50. However, it is sometimes difficult to detect in patients clinically, and treatment can be a time-consuming process for GPs.

Parents concerned about their child’s bedwetting is a common issue encountered in general practice.

GPs should plan antivirals for high- risk patients

The Omicron variant of concern has splintered into multiple subvariants.

Throughout the pandemic, Australia has recorded 10.4 million cases of COVID-19, with the majority occurring this year.

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