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RSV the skyborne stowaway

Eric Martin·June 5, 2024

Understanding how respiratory syncytial virus behaves is the first step in discovering how to stop its nasty impact on the young and not-so-young. Vaccine research is ramping up but this tricky ‘quiet one’ will need vigilance and caution. Read More...

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The stigma of stomas

Eric Martin·May 16, 2024

There are 46,000 people in Australia living with a stoma and many of them struggle to live freely without shame. The WA Ostomy Association wants to change that. Read More...

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WA gears up for a digital world

Eric Martin·May 16, 2024

The time for head scratching is coming to an end as major WA health providers sign up for a digital revolution. Read More...

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Menopause and mental illness – it is a thing!

Cathy O’Leary·May 14, 2024

A series of papers in a prominent medical journal claiming menopause is being over-medicalised has set the cat among the pigeons in one of the most debated areas of women’s health. Read More...

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The business of sleep

Cathy O’Leary·April 11, 2024

As the science of sleep develops, so, too, do the business opportunities and the confusions and pitfalls of what works. Read More...

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Hope for a slowdown of mesothelioma

Cathy O’Leary·April 11, 2024

As a disease that is incurable and deadly, mesothelioma is rarely a good news story, but two initiatives originating out of Perth offer some optimism. Read More...

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A cure for peripheral artery disease?

Eric Martin·April 1, 2024

Excitement is palpable among Harry Perkins Institute researchers as they progress the approval stages of a drug that may have the damaging peripheral artery disease on the run. Read More...

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Aligning robots and business with surgical precision

Eric Martin·March 8, 2024

With the Da Vinci robotic surgery unit recently celebrating its 20th anniversary in Australia, Medical Forum talks to one expert on issues preventing wider use of medical robots. Read More...

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Features

Beyond hot flushes – the HRT debate

GP deserts putting patients and practitioners at risk

Meet Professor Livia Hool – a champion of cardiac disease research and advocacy

Patient and clinician experiences collide In a Heartbeat

Clinicals

Sexually transmissible infections in WA: stay up to date and keep testing

Updates in the management of common vulval conditions

Updates to the Australian Cervical Screening Program: What you need to know

Dietary nitrate: a natural pathway to cardiovascular health

Guest Columns

Reframing HIV prevention for WA’s diverse communities

Screening for child abuse in rural WA emergency departments

The emotional side of money – how to avoid biases to become a better investor

Lifestyle

The politics of comedy – He Huang at Perth Comedy Festival

Read all about the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival

Round out summer at Sculpture at Bathers

The iX1 BMW EV offers a different kind of turbocharge

Features

RSV the skyborne stowaway

The stigma of stomas

WA gears up for a digital world

Menopause and mental illness – it is a thing!

The business of sleep

Hope for a slowdown of mesothelioma

A cure for peripheral artery disease?

Aligning robots and business with surgical precision

Wembley Family Medical Practice

GP – Sage Medical Consulting – Bentley

General Practitioner – DR7 Medical Centre – Yokine

BURSWOOD – Earn 100% of Billings for the First 3 Months! – VR GP

Luma – Joondalup & Northbridge – General Practitioner

MOUNT LAWLEY – General Practitioner