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Coming up in CPD:  Tricky question... What do Ralph Stewart, Samantha Newman, Ben Chan, Hannah Giles, Ryan Paul, Buzz Burrell (and about 60 others) all have in common? Here's the answer   Post-partum hypertension; practical management WEBINAR 2 December: Dr Jamie Kitt, dual accredited Cardiology & General Internal Medicine Consultant on how to achieve optimal blood pressure control in women puerperium.  Register here   Cannabis-based products The March Medicines Amendment Act

Smarter consults, better care: What to expect at the 2026 Symposium Need a fast and simple toolkit for mental health consults? Sophie Ball can help with that. Insomnia: a very common complaint within general practice. Alex Bartle will walk us through medication options and strategies to deliver some behavioural treatments within a short consultation. Prostate cancer care is changing fast. Discover how to lead smarter testing, engage in better conversations, and follow up more

A 2025 BMJ review found that a range of exercises were helpful for knee osteoarthritis 1 . The findings demonstrated that exercise was effective at improving pain, function, gait performance, and quality of life in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. There is a lack of studies comparing different types of exercise. None of the exercise interventions resulted in more adverse safety events than the control group, suggesting that exercise therapy is a safe treatment approach.

Coming up in CPD:  Goodfellow Symposium 2026 21/22 March 2026: Practical, evidence-based clinical skills you can use next week:  Check it out here .  Asthma update: latest treatments and practical tips WEBINAR 18 November: Angela Moran reviews the NZ Asthma guidelines and discusses the types of asthma and which treatments may be appropriate for these, including biologic therapies.    Register here   Updates in gout and weight management WEBINAR 25 November: Join Lisa Stamp, R

Sleep is something we are frequently asked about in primary care. One interesting study 1 , albeit dated, used a cohort of patients with self-reported sleep problems. Participants consumed two medium-sized kiwifruit one hour before bedtime for four weeks and tracked activity using actigraphy and sleep diaries. There was an association with improvements in sleep quality, sleep onset latency, total sleep time, and sleep efficiency. The proposed mechanism includes the presence

Coming up in CPD: Goodfellow Symposium 2026 21/22 March 2026: Practical, evidence-based clinical skills you can use next week:  Check it out here . Herpes zoster and cardiovascular disease WEBINAR 4 November: Hasan Bhally and Rachael Niederer on understanding the burden and prevention of herpes zoster in patients with cardiovascular risk. Register here Beyond borders: Challenges in bariatric surgical tourism WEBINAR 11 November: Equipping clinicians to provide safe, non-judge

Pānui October 2025 Message from the Chief Executive Kia ora koutou katoa, I’m writing this hard on the heels of the recent Valuing Life: NZ Medicines Access Summit  – which means that improving access to rare disorder medicines is very much top of mind. It’s all the more poignant with James McGoram’s recent resignation as RDNZ’s Chairperson, and his imminent move to Australia as a medical refugee, solely because that’s where he’ll be able to access the lifesaving medicines he

There has been a theoretical concern that the starting DOACs after an ischaemic stroke with known AF may cause an increase in haemorrhagic transformation of the acute infarct. A review of four RCTs examining the question of starting within the first 4 days or waiting 5 or more days 1 . There was an improvement of the primary outcome, a composite of recurrent ischaemic stroke, symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage 30 days 57 cases (2.1%) versus 83 (3.0%). This an NNT of 111 c

Coming up in CPD: Goodfellow Symposium 2026 21/22 March 2026: Curated specifically for Primary Care:  Check it out here . Breast health in midlife: Risk assessment & cancer detection WEBINAR 21 October: Magdalena Biggar, Carla Pajak and Sugania Reddy in this comprehensive session on midlife breast health. Register here Back to basics: Sun, sunscreen, skin cancer prevention WEBINAR 28 October: Dr Sam Mayhew, GP Specialist and Skin Cancer Doctor, on skin cancer prevention. Regi

There is a (currently free) clinical information AI tool called Open Evidence 1 . It has been developed by the New England Journal of...

Coming up in CPD: Unlocking Options: Insulin Use in Type 2 Diabetes Management WEBINAR 14 October: Ryan Paul on the current role of...

Lemborexant for Insomnia Lemborexant (DAYVIGO) is a dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA) used to treat insomnia in adults by helping...

Coming up in CPD: Navigating radiology: Referral to result WEBINAR 30 September: Learn about the new Community Radiology Programme and...

Anxiety is just a prediction error of the brain Prof. Lisa Feldman Barrett likens the brain to an energy-budgeting, prediction-making...

Let YOUR voice be heard! Our 2025 Voice of Rare Disorders Survey is now open  and this year we need YOUR participation more than ever.  ...

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Stay updated, earn CPD points, and hear from frontline experts who understand the pressures and priorities of primary care including:...

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