Professor Nick Zwar

Professor Nick Zwar

Professor Zwar is a GP and executive dean at the faculty of health sciences and medicine, Bond University, Qld.

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Clinical Focus Therapy Update

COVID-19 and cruises: a match made in hell

14th May 2020
Need to know: Prior to COVID-19, the cruise industry was experiencing remarkable growth. An estimated 30 million people…
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10 minutes to read
Clinical Focus Case Report

Does this lesion indicate cellulitis or Lyme disease?

10th March 2020
Jerome, an otherwise-well 60-year-old man, presents with a red patch on his left thigh. He takes olmesartan for…
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5 minutes to read
Lyme disease
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to the challenges of polio eradication

13th February 2020
Need to know: An international effort to eradicate the polio virus has now been underway for two decades, involving a…
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Clinical Focus Therapy Update

Keeping travellers safe through the major dengue upsurge

4th September 2019
Travellers in the Asia Pacific need to be aware that the region is currently experiencing a major upsurge in dengue fever. …
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Philippines
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP's guide to the pitfalls of medical tourism

27th March 2019
Medical tourism has been defined as people travelling outside their home country for medical treatment.1 Precise…
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Dental procedures
Clinical Focus Case Report

When travellers bring back more than memories

18th March 2019
Andrew is a 27-year-old international student from Canada. He recently returned from a three-week trip to Nepal, where he…
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nepal chitwan
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

How to prevent rabies in travellers

21st November 2018
Rabies occurs in more than 150 countries and is responsible for about 59,000 human deaths worldwide per year.1 Although…
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barbary macaque