April 2018 Peer Reviewed Feature Articles Caring for carers. How GPs can help lighten the load CPD MARY BURBIDGE The floppy baby: a diagnostic challenge CPD MONIQUE RYAN Gallbladder polyps. To treat or not to treat? SARAH Z. WENNMACKER, THOMAS J. HUGH Farewell over-the-counter codeine: the TGA’s upscheduling of low-dose codeine JACINTA JOHNSON Advertisement Peer Reviewed Regular Series Paediatrics clinic Supporting families to introduce solids RENAE REID Drug update What’s new in menopausal hormone therapy: combination oestrogen–bazedoxifene Rod Baber Dermatology clinic Pruritic bullae on a girl’s arms and legs PHILIPPA DICKISON, Gayle Fischer Men's health Prostate cancer detection. Advancing best practice Jeremy Grummet Advertisement In Brief Clinical news with comment from local experts Alcohol use and dementia Effectiveness of antidepressants Childhood vaccination Postnatal depression CLINICAL NEWS Heavy alcohol use ‘a major risk factor’ for all dementia, especially early onset Antidepressants’ effectiveness in major depressive disorders confirmed Early childhood vaccine exposure does not increase risk of non-vaccine-targeted infections Postnatal depression: prioritising treatment for those most in need High-dose inhaled corticosteroids may not avert asthma exacerbations Calcium and vitamin D supplements may increase risk of certain colorectal polyps Cervical lesions – when to treat and when to watch and wait NEWSBITES E. coli: main cause of bacteraemia Indigenous Australians: higher risk of cancer death Advertisement
