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Clinical Conversations: Coercive Design and Gaming Addiction | Part two

Online gaming addiction is a growing problem in our society but it is hard to quantify just how big a problem it is. There are currently no accepted formal diagnostic criteria and no symptoms or behaviours that define gaming addiction.

By James Driver

Neurology

Clinical Articles

Clinical Conversations: Myasthenia Gravis – A Practical Approach for GPs | Part two

This article about myasthenia gravis highlights the central role GPs have in the diagnosis and ongoing management of patients with this rare condition. This is part two of a three-part article.

By Dr Fiona Chan

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Who’s doing what right now in general practice?

And what are other practices doing these days in terms of checking staff and screening patients?

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Men's health

Clinical Articles

Future Fathers’ Health Check

What is perhaps less well-known is the importance of the future father’s preconception health.

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

What GPs can do as diphtheria re-emerges

Speaking on a recent Healthed Going Viral podcast, clinical microbiologist Associate Professor Paul Griffin said diphtheria was a disease ‘thought to be confined to the history books.’

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Sexual health

Clinical Articles

Missed a Pill? Here’s what you do

The urgent phone call from a female patient who has just realised she’s missed taking her daily oral contraceptive. What should she do?

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Public health

Clinical Articles

1 in 5 GPs switch from bulk billing to mixed billing

More Australian GPs are moving away from 100% bulk billing as the costs of running a practice continue to outstrip the Medicare rebates offered by the government

By Felicity Nelson

Immunology and allergy

Clinical Articles

Rhinitis: ‘The nose is just the tip of the iceberg’

Rhinitis has a significant impact on quality of life for 50% of people with the condition

By Felicity Nelson

Women's health

Clinical Articles

All the highlights – Healthed webcast 16 August 2022

The latest Healthed webcast on Tuesday 16 August 2022 featured a number of high quality talks. Each fortnight Healthed provides a free webcast for GPs and healthcare professionals on relevant clinical topics. They're presented by leading independent voices, and feature valuable information for your practice.

By Healthed

Gastroenterology

Clinical Articles

Managing number twos in under ones

One in five infants will be constipated at any one time, which speaks to just how common this condition is, says paediatric gastroenterologist Dr Rupert Hinds.

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Paediatrics

Clinical Articles

Ethics of growth hormone prescribing in kids

It is an ethical question without always a clear answer, says paediatric endocrinologist Associate Professor Gary Leong, who is lecturing on paediatric growth disorders on 30th August

By Ben Falkenmire

Dermatology, Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

What counts as ‘immunocompromised’ for Zostavax?

When deciding whether to administer Zostavax or not, it’s useful to keep the three types of immunocompromised patients in mind – the mild, the moderate and the severe, says infectious disease physician and virologist Professor Tony Cunningham.

By Rosalyn Page

Articles

Clinical Conversations: Coercive Design and Gaming Addiction | Part two

Online gaming addiction is a growing problem in our society but it is hard to quantify just how big a problem it is. There are currently no accepted formal diagnostic criteria and no symptoms or behaviours that define gaming addiction.

Clinical Conversations: Myasthenia Gravis – A Practical Approach for GPs | Part two

This article about myasthenia gravis highlights the central role GPs have in the diagnosis and ongoing management of patients with this rare condition. This is part two of a three-part article.

Who’s doing what right now in general practice?

And what are other practices doing these days in terms of checking staff and screening patients?

Future Fathers’ Health Check

What is perhaps less well-known is the importance of the future father’s preconception health.

What GPs can do as diphtheria re-emerges

Speaking on a recent Healthed Going Viral podcast, clinical microbiologist Associate Professor Paul Griffin said diphtheria was a disease ‘thought to be confined to the history books.’

Missed a Pill? Here’s what you do

The urgent phone call from a female patient who has just realised she’s missed taking her daily oral contraceptive. What should she do?

1 in 5 GPs switch from bulk billing to mixed billing

More Australian GPs are moving away from 100% bulk billing as the costs of running a practice continue to outstrip the Medicare rebates offered by the government

Rhinitis: ‘The nose is just the tip of the iceberg’

Rhinitis has a significant impact on quality of life for 50% of people with the condition

All the highlights – Healthed webcast 16 August 2022

Managing number twos in under ones

One in five infants will be constipated at any one time, which speaks to just how common this condition is, says paediatric gastroenterologist Dr Rupert Hinds.

Ethics of growth hormone prescribing in kids

It is an ethical question without always a clear answer, says paediatric endocrinologist Associate Professor Gary Leong, who is lecturing on paediatric growth disorders on 30th August

What counts as ‘immunocompromised’ for Zostavax?

When deciding whether to administer Zostavax or not, it’s useful to keep the three types of immunocompromised patients in mind – the mild, the moderate and the severe, says infectious disease physician and virologist Professor Tony Cunningham.

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Online gaming addiction is a growing problem in our society but it is hard to quantify just how big a problem it is. There are currently no accepted formal diagnostic criteria and no symptoms or behaviours that define gaming addiction.

This article about myasthenia gravis highlights the central role GPs have in the diagnosis and ongoing management of patients with this rare condition. This is part two of a three-part article.

And what are other practices doing these days in terms of checking staff and screening patients?

What is perhaps less well-known is the importance of the future father’s preconception health.

Speaking on a recent Healthed Going Viral podcast, clinical microbiologist Associate Professor Paul Griffin said diphtheria was a disease ‘thought to be confined to the history books.’

The urgent phone call from a female patient who has just realised she’s missed taking her daily oral contraceptive. What should she do?

More Australian GPs are moving away from 100% bulk billing as the costs of running a practice continue to outstrip the Medicare rebates offered by the government

Rhinitis has a significant impact on quality of life for 50% of people with the condition

One in five infants will be constipated at any one time, which speaks to just how common this condition is, says paediatric gastroenterologist Dr Rupert Hinds.

It is an ethical question without always a clear answer, says paediatric endocrinologist Associate Professor Gary Leong, who is lecturing on paediatric growth disorders on 30th August

When deciding whether to administer Zostavax or not, it’s useful to keep the three types of immunocompromised patients in mind – the mild, the moderate and the severe, says infectious disease physician and virologist Professor Tony Cunningham.

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