NZ GP Practice Review Issue 17

In this issue:
– Statin therapy for primary prevention in very old adults
– Effects of semaglutide on chronic kidney disease in patients with T2D
– Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia
– Early diagnosis and treatment of COPD and asthma
– Medicines and food: interacting combinations
– Drug-induced tendinopathy
– Management of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids in primary care
– Continuous glucose monitors for people with T1D funded
– Severe disease invasive Group A Strep now a ‘notifiable’ disease
– Medsafe recent approvals: new active ingredients or new indications
– WHO declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
– 2023 Annual STI surveillance report published
– Closing after hours clinics is a health concern for rural New Zealand
– Australian GPs charging patients membership fees