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Childhood asthma – what has obstetrics got to do with it?

Dr Joo Teoh·September 25, 2019

There is emerging evidence that epigenetic paradigms, particularly DNA methylations affecting gene expression, influence the likelihood of children having asthma and other allergic diseases. Read More...

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New approaches to metastatic lung cancer

Dr Wei-Sen Lam·September 25, 2019

Lung cancer is the fifth most common cancer in Australia and the leading cause of cancer deaths, accounting for 20% of the total. There has been limited treatments for metastatic lung cancer previously, with chemotherapy being the mainstay of treatment. Five-year survival for stage IV lung cancer was 1%. Read More...

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Long-term management of pulmonary embolus

Dr David Manners·September 25, 2019

While initial management of Pulmonary Embolus (PE) focuses on short-term risk stratification and anticoagulation, long-term management decisions include relative benefits and harms of ongoing anticoagulation, being vigilant for complications and addressing comorbidities. Read More...

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Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw

Dr Amanda Phoon Nguyen·September 25, 2019

Patients commencing therapy on certain classes of medications should be counselled regarding the risk of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). This is also known as anti-resorptive drug-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (ARONJ) and bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) when associated with those medications. Read More...

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Exercise after lung surgery important for recovery

Dr Vinicius Cavalheri·September 5, 2019

The treatment offering the best chance of cure for people with early stage non-small cell lung cancer is surgical tumour resection (with or without adjuvant chemotherapy). However, this treatment compounds the decrements in exercise capacity and quality of life that patients commonly have when diagnosed. Read More...

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Myopia in children

Dr Antony Clark·August 20, 2019

Myopia is considered a public health epidemic in many Southeast Asian countries where its prevalence has increased rapidly to affect nearly 90% of school leavers. Read More...

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Youth-onset Type 2 diabetes – a future crisis

Dr Nicholas Forgione·August 16, 2019

In December 2018, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) published a position statement on evaluating and managing youth-onset Type 2 diabetes (T2D) in response to the worrying increase in the number of children and adolescents being diagnosed. Read More...

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Rethinking growing pains

Nicole Pates·August 16, 2019

Traditionally, conditions such as Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease (OSD) and Severs Disease have been described as self-limiting, as an apophysitis not negatively affecting growth, and thought to resolve on growth plate closure. However, this is not what we are seeing in clinics and research. Read More...

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Childhood asthma – what has obstetrics got to do with it?

New approaches to metastatic lung cancer

Long-term management of pulmonary embolus

Exercise after lung surgery important for recovery

Myopia in children

Youth-onset Type 2 diabetes – a future crisis

Rethinking growing pains

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