Pharmacogenomics is a promising field that helps tailor medications to genes. In this article, clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer reviews its impact on clinical practice and the challenges that need to be overcome to adopt it
This article, written by Rosemary Marks, provides information to help ensure the best health and wellbeing outcomes for your patients with Down syndrome and their whānau, by focusing on the care of children and young people. It highlights the most common issues you will need to consider, as well as those that can have serious consequences if missed
This article highlights new ways of understanding mental illness and explores new treatment strategies, including the use of nutrients in carefully targeted patient groups
With the number of recognised rare disorders at more than 8000 and rising, their combined prevalence makes them uncommonly common. In people with these disorders, supportive, long-term, consistent and accessible contact with primary care is central and essential. This article provides a heuristic framework for the care and management of a person with a rare disorder and their whānau
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management