‘COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic’ is the aspirational title of the recently released report by the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.
For medication to be therapeutically effective, it is essential that patients adhere to them. Filling a prescription is the first critical step to establish medication adherence.
The last decade (2010–2019) has seen calls to action to improve the prescribing practice of junior doctors.
Malignant duodenal stenosis is a common presentation of inoperable metastatic pancreatic cancer. It can be observed in up to 15% of patients.
Aspergillus spp. are the most common cause of invasive mould infections globally.
The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that equitable access to quality healthcare is an essential goal of any health system.
Ciguatera poisoning (CP) is the most common non-microbial food-borne illness in the world.
Type 2 diabetes is a major public health issue globally and in New Zealand.
Paediatric functional constipation is a growing medical condition in New Zealand and worldwide, with a reported average prevalence of ~12% (range 0.5% to 32.2%).
A 42-year-old, previously healthy female presented to her local doctor with insomnia, difficulty concentrating and impaired short-term memory.
We write as the Māori Health Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), a collective of Māori physician and paediatrician Fellows and trainees.
While diaphragmatic hernia of traumatic origin is comparatively common, especially since the war, hernia resulting from congenital defects in the diaphragm is only rarely recorded.