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January 2019

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Peer Reviewed Feature Articles

Assessing patients with seizures

CPD

TANIA FARRAR, CHONG H. WONG, Andrew Bleasel

Vulval lichen sclerosus – diagnosis and treatment

CPD

Gayle Fischer

The atypical opioids: buprenorphine, tramadol and tapentadol

STEPHAN A. SCHUG

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Drug update

Dermatology clinic

Travel medicine update

Men's health

Drug update

Dexamethasone intravitreal implant for macular oedema and uveitis

ELISA E. CORNISH, PETER J. McCLUSKEY

Dermatology clinic

A 6-month-old boy with a vesicular rash

PHILIPPA DICKISON, Gayle Fischer

Travel medicine update

An update on travel vaccinations

CATHERINE STREETON

Men's health

Male fertility. Improving sperm health and chance of pregnancy

OPEN ACCESS

SHANNON H.K. KIM, VICTORIA NISENBLAT

Sports medicine

ACL injuries in children: prevention and management

JANE GRAYSON, CHRISTOPHER VERTULLO

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In Brief Clinical news with comment from local experts

Hypnotherapy for IBS

Breast cancer chemoprevention

Therapy after heart attack

Brief cognitive assessments

CLINICAL NEWS

Hypnotherapy effective for IBS symptom treatment in primary and secondary care

Why women at high breast cancer risk reject chemoprevention

Many patients not on optimal lipid-lowering therapy in year after heart attack

Brief cognitive assessments are screening tools only

Further evidence of a link between psychotic experiences and suicidality

Association shown between obesity and paediatric asthma

Reasons patients withhold information from their doctor examined

NEWSBITES

Regular GP visits after heart attack reduces rehospitalisation and death risks

National Health Survey finds two-thirds of Australian adults obese or overweight

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A child with severe wrinkling of the skin of the palms

Date Posted: Friday, February 1, 2019

Figure. The girl’s wrinkled palms after exposure to a stream of tap water.

A 12-year-old girl presents with rapid and severe skin wrinkling that affects her palms after exposure to a small amount of water.

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