| Acne |
• Acne
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| Advertising |
• Click, click: the internet and prescription drugs
• Pharmaceutical advertising in clinical software
• The Australian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Code of Conduct: guiding the promotion of prescription medicines
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| Alcohol |
• Alcohol dependence
• Aspirin, alcohol and stomach bleeding
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| Allergy |
• Treatment of urticaria
• Allergy tests
• Coeliac disease
• Immunotherapy
• Sulfur (sulphur)
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| Anal skin care |
• Topical anal preparations
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| Anorexia/Bulimia |
• Eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and related syndromes - an overview of assessment and management
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| Antibiotics |
• Antibiotics
• Ear infections
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| Antidepressants |
• Antidepressants in pregnancy and breastfeeding
• Dentistry and medicines
• Other uses for antidepressants
• Serotonin syndrome
• Stopping antidepressants
• The new antidepressants
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| Arthritis |
• Disease modifying drugs in rheumatoid arthritis
• COX-2 inhibitors
• Glucosamine for osteoarthritis of the knee
• Rheumatoid arthritis
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| Asthma |
• Anti-leukotriene drugs - clinical applications
• Childhood asthma
• Combination inhalers for asthma
• Delivering inhaled asthma therapy
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| Bipolar disorders |
• Bipolar disorders
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| Bites |
• Management of bite injuries
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| Blood |
• Intravenous drips (infections)
• Wanted: Rh negative donors with anti-D antibodies
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| Blood Pressure |
• Hypertension: how low to go?
• Angiotensin receptor antagonists for the treatment of hypertension
• Beta blockers
• Blood pressure
• Hypertension in diabetes
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| Bones |
• Osteoporosis
• Steroids and fractures
• The role of bisphosphonates in osteoporosis
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| Breast cancer |
see Cancer |
| Breastfeeding |
• Antidepressants in pregnancy and breastfeeding
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| Bronchitis |
• Inhalers
• Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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| Calcium |
• Calcium
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| Cancer |
• Cancer antibodies
• Chemotherapy for elderly patients with advanced cancer: is it worth it?
• Drug treatment for lung cancer
• Drug treatment of breast cancer
• Kidney cancer
• New treatments for colorectal cancer
• Prevention of breast cancer
• Side effects of cancer treatment
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| Children |
• Over-the-counter medication in children: friend or foe?
• Treatment of childhood obesity
• Chickenpox vaccine
• Childhood asthma
• Childhood urinary infections
• Genital itch in girls
• Hearing tests
• Interpreting test results in children
• Medicines for mental illness in children
• Non-organic pain in childhood
• Paracetamol: overused in childhood fever
• Withdrawing antiepileptic drugs from seizure-free children
see Croup |
| Cholesterol |
• Assessing the statins
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| Chronic obstructive pulomonary disease |
• Inhalers
• Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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| Cisapride |
• Alternatives to cisapride (Prepulsid)
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| Coeliac disease |
• Coeliac disease
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| Complementary medicine |
• An alternative stream: Serenoa repens for benign prostatic hypertrophy?
• Antioxidant nutrients
• Glucosamine for osteoarthritis of the knee
• St. John's wort - quack medicine or novel antidepressant treatment?
• Traditional Chinese medicines
• Warfarin and complementary medicines
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| Contraception |
• Contraception and thrombosis
• Corticosteroids in autoimmune diseases
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| Corticosteroids |
• Corticosteroids in autoimmune diseases
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| Croup |
• The management of croup
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| Dementia |
• Dementia
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| Dental |
• Management of acute dental pain: a practical approach for primary health care providers
• Dental and oral pain
• Dental problems in diabetes
• Dentistry and medicines
• Drugs and bleeding from the gums
• Gum disease
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| Depression |
• Depression
• Late-life depression: what can be done?
• Postnatal depression
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| Diabetes |
• Dental problems in diabetes
• Diabetes during pregnancy
• Exercise for people with diabetes
• Foot ulcers
• Hyperlipidaemia in diabetes
• Insulin delivery devices
• Kidney disease
• The management of type 2 diabetes
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| Dizziness |
• Dizziness
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| Driving |
• Driving and medicines
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| Drugs, illicit |
• Driving and medicines
• Drug treatment for opioid dependence
• Ecstasy
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| Dry mouth |
• Dry mouth
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| Dying |
• Palliative care
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| Ears |
• Ear infections
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| Epilepsy |
• New antiepileptic drugs
• The use of rectal diazepam for the treatment of prolonged convulsions in children
• Withdrawing antiepileptic drugs from seizure-free children
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| Eyes |
• Drug treatment of macular degeneration
• Drugs for glaucoma
• Treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis
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| Fertility |
see Infertility |
| Flu |
see Immunisation |
| Foot |
• Foot ulcers
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| Gene therapy |
• Gene therapy
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| Glaucoma |
• Drugs for glaucoma
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| Gums |
see Dental |
| Heart |
• Assessing the statins
• Atrial fibrillation
• Digoxin in the 21st century
• Dilemmas in the drug treatment of heart failure / Beta Blockers in heart failure
• Dilemmas in the drug treatment of heart failure / Beta Blockers in heart failure
• Drugs and the QTc interval
• Management of acute coronary syndromes
• Treating blocked arteries
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| Hepatitis B |
• Hepatitis B: issues in laboratory diagnosis and vaccination
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| Hepatitis C |
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis C: diagnosis and monitoring
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| Heroin |
• Drug treatment for opioid dependence
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| HIV infection |
• HIV treatments and highly active antiretroviral therapy
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| Hives |
• Treatment of urticaria
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| Hormone replacement therapy |
• Contraception and thrombosis
• Hormone replacement therapy: where to now?
• Long-term hormone replacement therapy
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| HRT |
see Hormone Replacement Therapy |
| Hypertension |
• Hypertension: how low to go?
• Angiotensin receptor antagonists for the treatment of hypertension
• Beta blockers
see also Blood / Blood pressure, Hypertension |
| Immunisation |
• Meningococcal vaccines
• Chickenpox vaccine
• Flu vaccination
• Influenza (flu) immunisation
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| Impotence |
• The management of erectile dysfunction
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| Infection |
• Antibiotics
• Ear infections
• Intravenous drips (infections)
• Management of bite injuries
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| Infertility |
• Fertility testing
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| Inhalers |
• Inhalers
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| Insomnia |
• Insomnia and sleeping tablets
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| Insulin |
• Insulin delivery devices
• Insulin in 2002
see Diabetes |
| Internet |
• Click, click: the internet and prescription drugs
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| Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
• Drug therapy of irritable bowel syndrome
• Heartburn
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| Jellyfish |
• Injuries from venomous sea creatures
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| Kidneys |
• Everyday drug therapies affecting the kidneys
• Kidney cancer
• Kidney disease
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| Lice |
• Treating head lice
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| Lifestyle |
• Strategies to assist patient compliance with lifestyle changes
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| Macular degeneration |
see Eyes |
| Malaria |
• Malaria prevention in the expatriate and long-term traveller
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| Medication |
• Over-the-counter medication in children: friend or foe?
• Assisting Aboriginal patients with medication management
• Generics
• Generics
• I've missed a dose; what should I do?
• Meals and medicines
• Oral extended-release products
• Pharmaceutical product discontinuations
• Side effects of cancer treatment
• Splitting tablets
• Sulfur (sulphur)
• When to use a new drug
see also Drugs |
| Mental health |
• Antipsychotics in pregnancy and breastfeeding
• Bipolar disorders
• Dentistry and medicines
• New Antipsychotic Medications
• Other uses for antidepressants
• Postnatal depression
• Psychoses
• Serotonin syndrome
• Stopping antidepressants
• The new antidepressants
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| MS |
see Multiple sclerosis |
| Multiple sclerosis |
• Treatment of multiple sclerosis with newer immune-modulating drugs
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| Nutrition |
• Undernutrition in the community
• Antioxidant nutrients
• Appropriate use of tests for folate and vitamin B12 deficiency
• Calcium
• Good nutrition for good surgery
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| Obesity |
• Treatment of childhood obesity
• Obesity
• Obesity and its management
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| Ocular toxoplasmosis |
see Eyes |
| Osteoporosis |
• Osteoporosis
• Steroids and fractures
• The role of bisphosphonates in osteoporosis
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| Pain |
• Management of acute dental pain: a practical approach for primary health care providers
• Aspirin, alcohol and stomach bleeding
• Dental and oral pain
• Does pethidine still have a place in therapy?
• Non-organic pain in childhood
• Pethidine in labour
• The use of anticonvulsants for neuropathic pain
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| Palliative care |
• Palliative care
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| Panic |
• Treatment of panic disorder
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| Parkinson's disease |
• Drugs for Parkinson's disease
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| Pneumonia |
• Aspiration pneumonia and pneumonitis
• Pneumonia in the Nineties
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| Post -traumatic stress disorder |
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
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| Pregnancy |
• Antidepressants in pregnancy and breastfeeding
• Antipsychotics in pregnancy and breastfeeding
• Blood tests for problems in pregnancy
• Diabetes during pregnancy
• Wanted: Rh negative donors with anti-D antibodies
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| Prostate |
• An alternative stream: Serenoa repens for benign prostatic hypertrophy?
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| Scabies |
see Skin conditions |
| Schizophrenia |
• New Antipsychotic Medications
• Psychoses
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| Sea creatures - stings and other injuries |
• Injuries from venomous sea creatures
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| Sinusitis |
• Treating acute sinusitis
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| Skin conditions |
• Treatment of urticaria
• Acne
• Genital itch in girls
• Topical anal preparations
• Treating head lice
• Treatment of scabies
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| Sleeping tablets |
• Insomnia and sleeping tablets
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| Smoking |
• Stopping smoking
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| Snake bite |
• Snake bite
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| Sodium |
• Lack of sodium
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| Spider Bite |
• Spider bite
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| Sport |
• Drugs in sport
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| Steroids |
• Corticosteroids in autoimmune diseases
• Steroids and fractures
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| Strokes |
• Stroke in the era of evidence-based medicine
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| Tablets |
see Medication |
| Teeth |
see Dental |
| Thrombosis |
• Investigations for thrombotic tendencies
• The perioperative management of anticoagulation
• Treatment of deep leg vein thrombosis
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| Thrush |
• The treatment of Candida vaginitis and vulvitis
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| Thyroid |
• Taking care of thyroxine
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| Toxoplasmosis |
see Eyes |
| Travel |
• Health advice for travellers with chronic illness
• Malaria prevention in the expatriate and long-term traveller
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| Tuberculosis |
• Tuberculosis
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| Ulcers, Foot |
• Foot ulcers
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| Ulcers, Stomach |
• Heartburn
• Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
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| Urinary conditions |
• Childhood urinary infections
• Overactive bladder
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| Urticaria |
see Hives |
| Warfarin |
• Managing warfarin therapy in the community
• Warfarin and complementary medicines
• Warfarin, antiplatelet drugs and their interactions
see also Warfarin |
| Wounds |
• Chronic wound management
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