Clinical Articles

Very low-calorie diets as a therapy for obesity

Sophie McGough·
Obesity is a chronic, relapsing condition requiring ongoing self-management and support. People living with obesity need empathy, not judgment. They need recognition that the root cause of obesity is more complex than energy in versus energy out and that weight management is challenging in our obesogenic environment. They need a supportive team offering multiple options for medical nutrition therapy and the opportunity to be guided through these options to determine the best fit. Read More...
Clinical Articles
·3 mins read·

Lifestyle and fertility

Dr Rose McDonnell·
One in six couples suffer infertility, defined as the inability to conceive a pregnancy after 12 months of unprotected sexual intercourse. Infertility is attributed to male and female factors including ovulatory disorders, ageing, endometriosis, fallopian tube damage, uterine fibroids, autoimmune disorders plus lifestyle and environmental factors including geographical challenges such as fly-in-fly-out working. Read More...
Clinical Articles
·4 mins read·

Breast cancer updates

Dr Louisa Lo·
Prevention of breast cancer is medically possible. In Australia, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. In women with moderately (1.5 to 3 times average) and highly (3 times average or greater) increased lifetime risk of breast cancer, personalised risk reducing strategies are available. For example, five years of tamoxifen has been shown, in international studies involving thousands of women, to reduce the relative risk of breast cancer by at least 40% for those who have moderate to high lifetime risk of breast cancer. Read More...
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·4 mins read·