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The move comes after a request from RACGP President Dr Karen Price.
New research, focusing on middle-aged and older men, has found one to be more effective than the other.
The flesh-eating infections are the result of bacteria that is thought to be transmitted by mosquitoes.
The benefits of social wellbeing are an ‘often neglected’ intervention for people with neurocognitive disorders.
Osteoporosis Australia has rebranded to raise further awareness about bone health and the need to prevent the ‘silent disease’.
But it’s not all bad news. Study co-author Professor Henry Brodaty speaks to newsGP about how GPs can help patients be proactive.
Researchers have found synthetic cannabidiol can kill bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and Legionnaires’ disease.
A study examining the efficacy and safety of this line of medicine compared with placebo indicates otherwise.
The new research could help GPs identify patients at risk of cardiovascular disease years before symptoms arise.
But one expert says that while ‘diet change is part of the story, carbohydrates are not the only sentence in this book’.