Patient handouts

Browse and download our Patient Handouts covering a range of medical issues. All Patient Handouts are available free of charge to nonsubscribers as well as subscribers. These patient handouts have been published in Medicine Today, Endocrinology Today, Cardiology Today or Pain Management Today and are provided only for general information purposes. The information may not apply to everyone and the handouts are not a substitute for professional medical care and advice. Please discuss the information with your doctor.

Adolescent medicine
Assessing heavy periods
Cardiovascular medicine
Dietary tips for people with heart and kidney disease
What to do if you have chest pain or discomfort
Eating well to improve your blood fats
Angina and coronary artery diseases
What to do if you have chest pain or discomfort
Heart diseases
Dietary tips for people with heart and kidney disease
What to do if you have chest pain or discomfort
Lipid disorders
Eating well to improve your blood fats
Vascular diseases
What to do if you have chest pain or discomfort
Dermatology
Sun protection and skin cancer prevention
Occupational contact dermatitis: looking after your hands
How to prevent and manage nappy rash
Helping your child with atopic dermatitis
Frequently asked questions about psoriasis
Eczema, dermatitis and allergies
How to prevent and manage nappy rash
Helping your child with atopic dermatitis
Frequently asked questions about psoriasis
Drug and alcohol medicine
Alcohol and diabetes
Codeine and your headaches
Managing your withdrawal from alcohol at home
Endocrinology and metabolism
Foot care FAQs
Osteoporosis and bone fragility fractures in women
Beat the heat: facts about heat-related illness
The glycaemic index and diabetes
Foot care in diabetes: foot care and footwear for healthy feet
Foot care in diabetes: nerve damage
Your foot report
Dietary fibre
Alcohol and diabetes
Reduce salt in your diet
Choosing healthy foods: how to read food label nutrition panels
Insulin therapy and air travel
Eating well to improve your blood fats
Exercising to help prevent osteoporotic fractures: exercises
Exercising to help prevent osteoporotic fractures: guidelines
How to inject insulin
Blood glucose monitoring: a user’s guide
Bone and mineral metabolism disorders
Osteoporosis and bone fragility fractures in women
Exercising to help prevent osteoporotic fractures: exercises
Exercising to help prevent osteoporotic fractures: guidelines
Diabetes
Foot care FAQs
The glycaemic index and diabetes
Foot care in diabetes: foot care and footwear for healthy feet
Foot care in diabetes: nerve damage
Your foot report
Dietary fibre
Alcohol and diabetes
Reduce salt in your diet
Choosing healthy foods: how to read food label nutrition panels
Insulin therapy and air travel
Eating well to improve your blood fats
How to inject insulin
Blood glucose monitoring: a user’s guide
Lipid metabolism disorders
Eating well to improve your blood fats
Gastroenterology
Bowel and stool charts
Dietary fibre
Geriatrics
Osteoporosis and bone fragility fractures in women
Exercising to help prevent osteoporotic fractures: exercises
Exercising to help prevent osteoporotic fractures: guidelines
Vaccinations for people aged 65 years and over
Immunology and allergy
Gardasil and cervical cancer: common questions and answers
Infectious diseases
Vaccinations for people aged 65 years and over
Vaccination
Vaccinations for people aged 65 years and over
Men’s health
Testicular self-examination
Neurology
Foot care in diabetes: nerve damage
Codeine and your headaches
Nutrition
The glycaemic index and diabetes
Dietary fibre
Alcohol and diabetes
Reduce salt in your diet
Choosing healthy foods: how to read food label nutrition panels
Dietary tips for people with heart and kidney disease
Eating well to improve your blood fats
Obstetrics and gynaecology
Assessing heavy periods
What you need to know about your diaphragm
Ectopic pregnancy
Gardasil and cervical cancer: common questions and answers
Contraception
What you need to know about your diaphragm
Occupational health
Occupational contact dermatitis: looking after your hands
Oncology
Sun protection and skin cancer prevention
Testicular self-examination
Cancer pain management
Gardasil and cervical cancer: common questions and answers
Paediatrics
How to prevent and manage nappy rash
Bowel and stool charts
Childhood enuresis: time and volume chart
Helping your child with atopic dermatitis
Frequently asked questions about psoriasis
Pain medicine
Cancer pain management
What to do if you have chest pain or discomfort
Codeine and your headaches
Addiction and dependence
Codeine and your headaches
Cancer pain
Cancer pain management
Headache and migraine
Codeine and your headaches
Pain medication
Codeine and your headaches
Pharmacology and therapeutics
Codeine and your headaches
Podiatry
Foot care FAQs
Foot care in diabetes: foot care and footwear for healthy feet
Foot care in diabetes: nerve damage
Your foot report
Pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy
Psychiatry and psychology
Social anxiety disorder
Anxiety
Social anxiety disorder
Public and environmental health
Sun protection and skin cancer prevention
Renal medicine
Dietary tips for people with heart and kidney disease
Rheumatology
Osteoporosis and bone fragility fractures in women
Useful exercises for ankylosing spondylitis
Fibromyalgia
Exercising to help prevent osteoporotic fractures: exercises
Exercising to help prevent osteoporotic fractures: guidelines
Managing your gout: simple steps to long-term control
Arthritis
Managing your gout: simple steps to long-term control
Travel medicine
Insulin therapy and air travel
Urology
Testicular self-examination
Childhood enuresis: time and volume chart
Women’s health
Osteoporosis and bone fragility fractures in women
Assessing heavy periods
What you need to know about your diaphragm
Exercising to help prevent osteoporotic fractures: exercises
Exercising to help prevent osteoporotic fractures: guidelines
Gardasil and cervical cancer: common questions and answers