A 64-year old lawyer makes a follow-up appointment with you to discuss his blood pressure medications. He has been having treatment for raised blood pressure over the last eight years and has also been encouraged to maintain the “lifestyle” methods
A comprehensive review of the pathogenesis, diagnostic characteristics and available treatments for psoriasis was outlined in a previous How to Treat (New Zealand Doctor, 13 February 2019). This article expands on changes in therapies since then
A 64-year old lawyer makes a follow-up appointment with you to discuss his blood pressure medications. He has been having treatment for raised blood pressure over the last eight years and has also been encouraged to maintain the “lifestyle” methods
The ongoing shortage of oral contraceptive pills is causing frustration for pharmacists, doctors and patients, and the lockdown made the situation worse
Artemisia annua extract is being classified as a prescription medicine from today, following a recommendation from the Medicines Classification Committee (MCC).
Opposition health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse claims health minister David Clark has used creative accounting to make old funding seem new, while injecting little into the drug-funding agency’s now billion-dollar annual budget
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