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Sophia Auld

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Managing skin tears in GP: A step-by-step guide

While skin tears are a common GP presentation, doctors don’t get much training in how to manage them, and delayed or failed healing and progression to a chronic ulcer can occur....

Mental health, Paediatrics, Psychiatry

Clinical Articles

OCD in children – often intentionally hidden

Here’s what to look for and how to get kids to open up about it

Obstetrics and gynaecology, Women's health

Clinical Articles

Is it fibroids, or something else?

Practical tips to diagnose and manage fibroids – and what are the signs you may be dealing with something more sinister…

Cardiology

Clinical Articles

Heart failure test now on the MBS

Expert explains how NT-proBNP test works and how to use it in GP

Women's health

Clinical Articles

$573 million for women’s health: what will it mean in practice?

New PBS-listings, rebates and clinics - experts discuss the implications for GPs and women...

Mental health, Neurology

Clinical Articles

Is it dementia or depression? How to tell the difference 

Overlapping symptoms can make it hard to distinguish between depression and dementia, and the two can co-occur, further complicating assessment.  

Endocrinology, Women's health

Clinical Articles

Lipoedema: Mythbusting a mysterious condition

The psychological impact can be massive - experts advise on how to detect and manage to reduce its harms...

Respiratory and sleep

Clinical Articles

GLP-1s for sleep apnoea – are they a game-changer?

How the advent of effective obesity drugs could change how we manage OSA – and what it means for CPAP…

Gastroenterology

Clinical Articles

Fatty liver disease: The canary in the coal mine

When to suspect, how to assess, why it’s worth actively managing…

Rheumatology

Clinical Articles

Osteoporosis update: key changes

What recently updated guidelines and changes to the PBS-listing for an important osteoanabolic agent mean for patients and GPs...

Women's health

Clinical Articles

Telehealth company markets ‘useless’ menopause blood test

Telehealth company InstantScripts has just launched a Menopause and Perimenopause Blood Test, the latest in its stable of $20 pathology tests for conditions ranging from erectile dysfunction to IBS. 

Women's health

Clinical Articles

Menorrhagia in the perimenopause

What other causes need to be considered, and what management options are available…

Managing problematic behaviour in dementia

Nearly four in ten Australian aged care residents are prescribed an antipsychotic, despite the fact they often don’t work, have serious adverse effects, and are only recommended for managing dementia-related behaviours when other strategies have failed...

Clinical Articles

Neurology

Managing leg ulcers: A step-by-step guide

Compression therapy is usually key...

Clinical Articles

Public health

Evidence-based practice tips for IBS

An update on recent reviews, guidelines and studies that you can use now…

Clinical Articles

Gastroenterology

51% of clinics have had unfair online reviews – survey

One in four GPs say they’ve personally had one - here’s what to do

Clinical Articles

Lifestyle

Endometriosis update: new drugs, diagnostics, subsidies & guidelines coming

Parallel advances promise significant improvements

Clinical Articles

Endocrinology, Women's health

MHT for women with co-morbidities – which option for whom?

Migraine, VTE and cancer history are just some of the curve balls we need to tackle…

Clinical Articles

Women's health

Managing iron deficiency in the elderly

Expert advice on assessment, investigating the cause, pros and cons of oral vs IV iron and more...

Clinical Articles

Geriatric medicine, Haematology

Preconception metabolic health – the consult with lifetime benefits

Why preconception health should be on every GP’s radar...

Clinical Articles

Women's health

Alzheimer’s blood test coming soon to Australia 

GPs overseas are already using Alzheimer's blood tests - here's how it will work in Australia...

By Sophia Auld, Lynnette Hoffman

Clinical Articles

Neurology

Endometriosis – rethinking the role of surgery

Overused in the past, experts are debating where surgery fits into modern management of persistent pelvic pain and endometriosis…

By Sophia Auld, Dr Sarah Wood, Lynnette Hoffman

Clinical Articles

Obstetrics and gynaecology, Women's health

Radiotherapy as good as surgery for most prostate cancers

Expert busts four major myths about modern radiation therapy for this disease...

Clinical Articles

Men's health, Oncology

Reducing the risk of long COVID

The role of metformin, antivirals and other prevention strategies...

Clinical Articles

Infectious diseases

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