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Vaping - Friend or Foe?
Where are we with vaping? Are e-cigarettes the shining knight who will rid the world of cigarettes or dangerous products wrapped up in clever marketing with the 'unintended consequence' of luring young people into the world of smoking?
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Can I have medical cannabis on PBS doctor?
I’ve been asked this question twice in the last month. Once by a 70 year old patient who has taken up smoking weed to control her neuropathic pain, let’s call her ‘Rachel’. And the other a young man aged 26 (Sean) who is smoking cannabis to help control his chronic anxiety.
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PODCAST: Acute Diverticulitis
Stan, aged 80, comes to see you with left side abdominal pain and a low-grade fever. This is a classic example of a common problem doctors face in General Practice. In our Podcast we discuss Diagnosis, Assessment, Management & Referral.
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Blepharitis
Paul is aged 40, and he comes to see you with persistent, red, sore, scratchy eyes.
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Time to rationalise our use of inflammatory markers
Injudicious use of inflammatory marker testing for non-specific symptoms is likely to cause more harm than good.
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KISS: Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
A 45 year old woman with a painful hip comes to see you. She’s normally fit and active, but is now getting pain that is disturbing her walking and waking her at night.
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KISS: New National Cervical Screening Program
In December 2017 a renewed National Cervical Screening Program was launched in Australia.
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ADHD Prescribing
Inattentive, impulsive, and hyperactive children have always existed, and it’s difficult to quantify the exact effect of labelling children with a disease name, rather than approaching them ‘the old-fashioned way’, whatever that might be.
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Urolithiasis and alpha blockers
What is the evidence for 'medical expulsive therapy' using alpha blockers?
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