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Ben Falkenmire

GPs should plan antivirals for high- risk patients

Dr Aajuli Shukla

Iron deficiency should be considered within a spectrum of deficiency and anaemia, says Dr Pradeep Jayasuriya, a specialist General Practitioner who has recently set up a community-based iron infusion facility and does research in the area.

Healthed

A new type of COVID test is set to be available from November for Australians to use at home.

Dr Aajuli Shukla

Many more asthma sufferers stand to benefit from biologics but have not yet been put into the right referral pathways.

Dr Linda Calabresi

Which oral contraceptive pill is best for PMS? Or acne? Or avoiding weight gain?

Rosalyn Page

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

Healthed

A bombshell from the RACGP this week highlighted the financial pressures GPs are under, but what about rude and demanding patients and the perception of GPs as second-class citizens in a dysfunctional health system?

Ben Falkenmire

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.

Healthed

Featured on the Clinical Takeaway podcast with various leading experts, this five-part series will equip you with practical and important information for the management of migraines.

Dr Linda Calabresi

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

Yasmin Clarke

Increasingly difficult working conditions are pushing GPs out of the profession. Half of GPs recently surveyed by Healthed have seriously considered leaving general practice earlier than planned.

Ben Falkenmire

Under national guidelines, patients with COVID at high risk of serious illness should be prescribed nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid) by GPs, with the less effective molnupiravir (Lagevrio) a second-line option.