Clinical Focus

Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP's guide to this season's influenza vaccines

18th June 2019
We may have been lulled into a false sense of security by last year's mild influenza season, but it looks like Australia…
Read more
Woman with the flu
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

Managing nutritional needs for patients with IBD

17th June 2019
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are chronic, relapsing, unpredictable gastrointestinal disorders collectively known…
Read more
healthy vs junk
Clinical Focus Case Report

Pruritus with no rash points to a rare malignancy

14th June 2019
Stewart, a 27-year-old man, visits his GP complaining of mild generalised itch. This started around two weeks ago and is…
Read more
Itchy man scratching
Clinical Focus Picture Quiz

What felled this footy player?

13th June 2019
A 25-year-old male rugby player presents to ED with left thigh pain and swelling. The symptoms have been worsening for…
Read more
Acute extremity compartment syndrome
sponsored

Survey: How do you treat psoriasis?

12th June 2019
This survey is produced and distributed by Australian Doctor Group on behalf of Leo Pharma. Australian Doctor wants to hear…
Read more
dreamstime_xl_97217
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP's guide to measles: the 'little diseases'

13th June 2019
Measles cases have spiked globally in 2019. Preliminary WHO data shows that the number of cases reported in 2019 is up 300%…
Read more
measles
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

Is pesticide exposure a risk factor for Parkinson's?

12th June 2019
Karen, 48, has a resting tremor and fears it might be early Parkinson’s disease. Her father was a farmer and had severe…
Read more
Sugarcane pesticide
Clinical Focus Dermoscopy

When skin lesions don't follow the rules, dig deeper

11th June 2019
Most skin lesions encountered by experienced dermatoscopists can be effortlessly recognised as falling into one of five…
Read more
dermatoscopy