The various dementias are a huge cause of death in Australia. Despite some light on the horizon, there are still no effective treatments.

Both common conditions, anal fissures and haemorrhoids require accurate assessment, appropriate treatment, and timely referral when needed.

In many rural and remote communities, the pharmacy is often the first stop for any health care question – whether medicine-related or not.

From 1493 onwards, everyone who was anyone caught syphilis. Ivan the Terrible, Henry VIII, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gauguin, Keats, Oscar Wilde, Beethoven, Manet and Al Capone all allegedly picked up the disease. Given that the ‘Great Pox’ was a known venereal disorder, it is no surprise Casanova also made the ever-growing list.

Endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures are essential, in which adequate bowel preparation and patient counselling improve diagnostic accuracy.

The PSA25 social calendar is always jam packed. And this year, at the biggest national conference yet, certainly didn’t disappoint.