Objective: Despite the prevalence of doping in sport and the need for doping prevention strategies, information about doping awareness among medical professionals is limited. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the knowledge and attitude of South African pharmacists (Ps) and general practitioners (GPs) towards doping in sports. Methods: An online survey questionnaire was completed by...

OBJECTIVE Early diagnosis and treatment of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HeFH) is known to be associated with reduced mortality from premature coronary artery disease, but HeFH remains underdiagnosed. This survey aims to determine knowledge and current management of HeFH in general practice. SETTING An online questionnaire was administered to general practitioners' (GPs') in th...

OBJECTIVE To assess the general practitioners (GP) knowledge regarding the diagnosis and initial drug therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS A questionnaire-based survey was conducted in randomly selected GPs of Karachi. Doctors working in community as GPs who were registered medical practitioners having a Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery degree were included in the ...

This brief paper is written for GPS engineers or systems designers who need to know about space weather. Just as an architect might need to know about hurricanes or tornadoes, characterizing space weather enables designers to understand vulnerabilities in their designs, to create more robust designs, and to determine how best to avoid risk. Space weather is a somewhat arcane topic studied by a ...

BACKGROUND In the Netherlands, there is a lack of knowledge about general practitioners' (GPs) perception of their role regarding patients' occupation and work related problems (WRP). As work and health are closely related, and patients expect help from their GPs in this area, a better understanding is needed of GPs' motivation to address WRP. OBJECTIVES To explore GPs' opinions on their role...

BACKGROUND Collaboration between general practitioners (GPs) and specialists has been the focus of many collaborative care projects during the past decade. Unfortunately, quite a number of these projects failed. This raises the question of what motivates GPs to initiate and continue participating with medical specialists in new collaborative care models. The following two questions are addresse...

INTRODUCTION Postnatal depression affects 14% of women, occurring also antenatally, with potential long-term consequences, making it an important disorder to detect and manage early. In this study we sought to examine knowledge and awareness of perinatal depression in health professionals involved in perinatal care throughout Australia prior to the implementation of a comprehensive screening pr...

Cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) is the most common food allergy in infants and can affect a family's quality of life. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the knowledge and experience of general practitioners (GPs) in terms of CMPA diagnosis and management and to explore the views of parents on the current diagnostic process. Two surveys were conducted in June 2014, which collected data f...

BACKGROUND Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common, is associated with substantial morbidity, and is often not recognised in primary care. AIM To explore whether general practitioners (GPs) have significant gaps in their knowledge of PTSD. DESIGN OF STUDY A controlled study. SETTING Primary care in two Scottish regions. METHOD A validated postal questionnaire consisting of clini...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The epidemic diffusion of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents an emerging problem in family medicine. General Practitioners (GPs) should pay attention to patients with fatty liver, look at associated conditions, identify causal factors and patients at risk of evolution. This study aimed to assess GPs' knowledge and practice and a training project impact about NAF...