17 August 2022

 Don Matheson, Johanna Reidy and Rawiri Keenan say the health reforms have not presented a coherent vision for primary and community care. In this, the first of two articles, they fill in some gaps in a bid to spark policy discussion

Sports physician Steve Targett reviews a recent consensus statement that aims to give certainty about safe and effective exercise for people with osteoporosis

“Less schadenfreude; try freudenfreude instead!”

Specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones looks at the range of responses GPs can give when a patient says they use complementary or alternative medicines – from disdain, through scepticism, to understanding

This article discusses the diagnosis of dry eye disease using the most appropriate tests and screening tools. Look out for a follow-up article about the condition’s treatment

Nurse practitioner Tamah Clapham is Green Cross Health’s first NP practice owner, at The Doctors Middlemore

Consultant cardiologist Chris Ellis focuses on two global health problems of epidemic proportions – obesity and atrial fibrillation – and examines the link between them 

GP registrars are the future of general practice, and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa wants to hear from them. We asked Jake Kang 10 questions about general practice, medical school and what excites him about his career ahead

 In praise of GPs, Lucy O’Hagan explains what you might find going on behind closed consultation-room doors any day of the week

Remember the poem about Mrs McCave who had twenty-three sons and named them all Dave?