Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death. Prioritising the conversations, providing support and using Quitline can make all the difference. Find the transcript here: www.nps.org.au/podcast/episode-51-quit-smoking.-what-makes-a-difference Further reading Quit Centre www.quitcentre.org.au Quitline www.quit.org.au

In this episode, Dr Caroline West speaks with GP Registrar Dr Rebecca Davison, Nurse Jamie Maney and Sarah about ways to build engagement with young people with mental health issues in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Episode 50: Mental health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people By NPS MedicineWise is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

In this episode Dr Caroline West, medical adviser and GP speaks with Dr Li-Chuen Wong, member of the Australasian College of Dermatologists and is the head of the Dermatology Department at Children's Hospital, Westmead. They discuss the management of skin conditions like eczema and acne and the latest treatment approaches. Find the transcript here: https://www.nps.org.au/podcast/episode-49-all-about-the-skin-eczema-acne-and-antibiotics Further reading Help, helps resource hub - includes links to and information to: https://www.dermcoll.edu.au/helphelps/ The A to Z of Skin - information on common skin, hair and nail conditions, their symptoms, causes and how they are diagnosed and treated https://www.dermcoll.edu.au/a-to-z-of-skin/ Find a dermatologist - make it easier for health professionals and patients to locate a dermatologist by geographic location or expertise https://www.dermcoll.edu.au/find-a-derm/ Patient support group and mentional health support organisations https://www.dermcoll.edu.au/for-community/find-support-group/ Communicating with your healthcare provider https://www.choosingwisely.org.au/resources/consumers-and-carers/communicating-with-your-healthcare-provider

Dr Kate Annear, medical adviser and GP, NPS MedicineWise speaks with Dan and Jody who have a lived experience with chronic kidney disease. They discuss the resources they have found helpful, and advice they have for health professionals and for consumers in making this journey easier for others. Further reading Chronic kidney disease: early detection and management https://www.nps.org.au/professionals/chronic-kidney-disease Find the transcript here https://www.nps.org.au/podcast/episode-48-chronic-kidney-disease-a-consumer-perspective-on-navigating-a-new-diagnosis

Dr Caroline West, medical adviser and GP, NPS MedicineWise talks to Dr Jess Tidemann about the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) and how GPs can access unapproved therapeutic goods. Further reading Accessing unapproved products www.tga.gov.au/accessing-unapproved-products Find the transcript here www.nps.org.au/podcast/episode-47-tga-access-to-unapproved-goods-access

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise Medical Advisor Dr Kate Annear speaks with Prof Pamela Macintyre – a pain medicine specialist – about the safe use of opioid analgesics in the management of acute pain in the emergency or post operative setting, with a focus on optimising patient outcomes and reducing the potential for opioid related harm. Further reading: https://www.nps.org.au/safe-use-of-opioids-in-acute-pain Find the transcript here: https://www.nps.org.au/podcast/episode-46-the-safe-use-of-opioids-in-acute-pain

Dr Caroline West, medical adviser and GP, NPS MedicineWise talks to Professor Sarah Hilmer and Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe about the use of oral COVID antivirals in vulnerable people.

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Dr Nicola Holmes, an experienced GP who specialises in the mental health of young people. Dr Holmes gives her perspective and practical tips on what she feels makes a real difference to engagement and management. Find the transcript here: https://www.nps.org.au/podcast/episode-44-engaging-with-young-people-on-their-mental-health

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Professor Rachelle Buchbinder and Professor Ian Harris and discuss the increasing pressure in modern medicine to do more tests, more scans and are we at danger of over diagnosing and overtreating.

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Dr Michael Millard, director of the clinical research unit for anxiety and depression at St. Vincent's Hospital. They discuss how early interventions with effective support, engagement and management can make all the difference to young people and their mental health.

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Associate Professor Lisa Lampe about burn out and the high cost for health professionals and patients.

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Nic Juniper and Rebecca Langman, two young people with lived experience

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Prof Sarah Hilmer and Prof Josh Davis, members of the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce Guidelines Leadership Group. They give an update on the new antiviral treatments now available and answer some frequently asked COVID management questions.

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks to Dr Kate Annear, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor and Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe, GP, head of general practice at Notre Dame University, and chair of the New South Wales ACT faculty of the RACGP discuss the new oral antiviral COVID medications that have been provisionally approved for use.

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Dr Karen Price, RACGP President on how being involved with shared decision-making can make a difference.

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Dr Richard O’Regan, an addiction medicine consultant with the Royal Perth Bentley Group about opioid addiction and how to have those very useful, but sometimes very difficult, conversations with patients.

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West interviews Debra Letica and Ricky Spencer talk about how about Choosing Wisely and the 5 questions are resulting in empowering conversations between Health Professionals and patients and more appropriate care

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West talks to our other medical adviser Dr Kate Annear about the cumulative effects of anticholinergic medicines. Not always front of mind, these medicines can cause many problematic side effects and can lead to poor health outcomes including increased risk of falls and cognitive decline. We cover what these medicines are and what can be done. Reviewing people’s multiple medicines and considering deprescribing or finding alternative treatments can reduce ‘anticholinergic burden’.

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West interviews Professor Julie Leask to discuss the COVID 19 vaccination and it’s availability to children over the age of 12. They discuss the hesitancy some parents have toward the vaccines and how to address the questions parents have. Professor Leask works with the Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, the Sydney Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases, is a Visiting fellow for the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance and works at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia

In this episode, NPS MedicineWise educational visitor and pharmacist Kara Joyce interviews NPS MedicineWise medical advisor and GP Dr Anna Samecki to discuss the recent TGA alert around varenicline (marketed as Champix) and the implications for practice.