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Wedge excision of the helical rim is a simple surgical method and cosmetically pleasing treatment for treating skin cancer of the ear in the general practice setting.1 It is usually a one step procedure, and in surgery of the ear can be seen as a simple elliptical excision counterpart. However...

Sexuality has become a medical issue in association with aging. This is due to a number of factors, including increasing age of survival, a positive societal construct that promotes sexuality as important for quality of life as we age, and the medicalisation of sexuality with the advent of...

Books reviewed this month are Too fast? Learn to Last Longer by Michael Lowy & Brett McCann, Health Care & the Law, 5th edition by Janine McIlwraith & Bill Madden, Australian Anti-Infection Handbook by Frank Zhu & The Complete nMRCGP Study Guide, 3rd edition by Sarah Gear

Adrenal insufficiency is a rare disease caused by either primary adrenal failure (Addison disease) or by impairment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Steroid replacement therapy normalises quality of life, however, adherence can be problematic.

January in Australia conjures up images of lazy summer days at the beach, long warm evenings, and crisp cool summer salads, made from a bit of this and a bit of that... the wonderful whole so much more than the sum of the individual parts. So we thought for our summer issue of Australian Family...

AFP in Practice questions are designed to get you started in a small group learning (SGL) activity in your practice or with colleagues. Requirements to earn 40 Category 1 CPD points for a SGL activity are: minimum of four and a maximum of 10 people, minimum of 8 hours of discussion in a year, and...

Books reviewed this month are Therapeutic Guidelines: Toxicology & Wilderness by Victoria: Therapeutic Guidelines, 2008 and Therapeutic Guidelines: Cardiovascular - Version 5 by Victoria: Therapeutic Guidelines, 2008

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Case studyA man, 64 years of age, retired and resident on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, without family or personal history of cutaneous tumours, requested primary medical evaluation for a lesion that had been present for a year. The lesion was located on his left ear, and had been growing...