Integrating Digital AI Assistance (ChatGPT) into General Practice Workflow: A Practice-Based Reflection on Efficiency and Patient Safety

General practitioners face growing administrative workloads, with clinical documentation contributing significantly to stress and burnout. This practice-based reflection describes the supervised introduction of an artificial-intelligence (AI) language model (ChatGPT) into routine documentation at a single Irish general practice. The initiative aligns with WONCA’s values of liberty, equity, fraternity, and humanism by exploring responsible innovation that…

Reviving Ancient Ayurvedic Procedures for Modern Pain Management: Clinical Reflections on Agnikarma(therapeutic cauterization) and Viddhakarma(controlled micro-needling)

Context: Ayurveda, the science of life, describes comprehensive methods for maintaining health and managing disease through medicinal, surgical, and parasurgical approaches. Among these, Agnikarma (therapeutic cauterization) and Viddhakarma (controlled micro-needling) are classical interventions indicated in various musculoskeletal, neurological, and pain-related disorders. Their application in modern integrative pain management has shown encouraging outcomes.   Keywords: Ayurveda,…

Triglyceride–Glucose Index as a Potential Indicator of Metabolic Syndrome

Triglyceride–Glucose Index, a simple proxy of Metabolic SyndromeThe triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index has recently been proposed as a surrogate marker of metabolic syndrome risk, but its association with individual metabolic risk components has not been clearly established. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the TyG index and various metabolic risk variables in a representative…

Continuing Medical Education of General Practitioners in XXX – An Observational Study Conducted in XXX in 2025

Continuing medical education (CME) is a professional duty and a legal requirement for physicians in many European countries. However, in Country XXX, no structured national framework for CME accreditation, evaluation, or financial support currently exists. Understanding current CME practices is essential to guide the development of an effective and equitable system.This study aimed to describe…

Thyroid diseases in men

The thyroid gland acts as an internal thermostat and the main regulator of metabolism. In addition to functional disorders, the pathological morphology of the thyroid is a serious problem, from micronodous, polynodous goiters to carcinoma (Ca). Women suffer from thyroid autoimmune diseases 5-10 times more often than men, and 3 times more often from malignancies.The…

Essential but Overlooked: The Global Story of Immigrant Clinicians in the XXX Primary Care Workforce

Across XXX, primary care relies heavily on immigrant clinicians—family physicians, nurse practitioners, and aides who sustain access in communities that would otherwise go without. Yet the very people who keep clinics open often face the narrowest pathways to leadership, fair pay, and professional belonging. This study quantifies their contribution and the inequities that persist within…

Systematic literature review of non-surgical treatments for Osgood-Schlatter disease

Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) is a common traction apophysitis of the tibial tuberosity in adolescents, typically associated with sports participation and repetitive strain of the patellar tendon. Despite its frequency, current management is largely empirical, relying on expert consensus rather than high-level evidence. Since 2018, several studies have explored new conservative and minimally invasive treatments, yet…

Lack of training means that sarcomas are diagnosed late.

Sarcomas are tumors that represent 1% of all malignant neoplasms in adults. Despite well-defined referral guidelines, the diagnosis of sarcoma is often delayed, due to the rarity of the disease and inconspicuous presentation, as well as other patient- and physician-dependent factors.A 58-year-old male patient underwent minor surgery for a fibroid (2017) on the anterior aspect…

Lifestyle factors and cardiometabolic diseases as possible predictors of accelerated muscle loss in Korean middle-aged and older men

Preservation of muscle mass during aging reduces the risk of frailty and age-related chronic diseases. Preservation of muscle mass during aging reduces the risk of frailty and age-related chronic diseases.We aimed to evaluate lifestyle factors and common cardiometabolic diseases as possible predictors of accelerated muscle loss in middle-aged and older men.Men aged 40 years and…

Ultrasound in Primary Care: A Diagnostic Tool

Thyroid ultrasound has proven to be a highly valuable diagnostic tool when performed directly in primary care. Although hypothyroidism and thyroid disorders are often considered functional diseases, ultrasound enables rapid and non-invasive identification of structural abnormalities that can guide the etiological diagnosis and help rule out more serious conditions. Thyroid ultrasound can reveal chronic thyroiditis…