Medical Forum Weekly Archives - Page 22 of 157

New rural health unit for the South-West

Medical Forum·September 5, 2024

The University Department of Rural Health South West opened at Edith Cowan University’s Bunbury campus this week, with the promise of providing a major boost to rural and regional health education and training. Read More...

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Malnourishment crisis in aged care

Medical Forum·September 5, 2024

A new report has revealed that elderly Australians are facing a malnourishment crisis in residential aged care facilities across the country. Read More...

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Bone scan for dementia

Medical Forum·September 5, 2024

A WA study has shown that a simple and common scan can reveal if people are at increased risk of developing dementia later in life. Read More...

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The Liver Cancer Collaborative conference

Medical Forum·August 29, 2024

The sixth Australia Primary Cancer Forum will be held next month (23-25 October) with a focus on one of the most significant developments for Australian liver cancer researchers in decades – the Liver Cancer Collaborative Digital Research Environment (LCC DRE). Read More...

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Whooping cough – new strains and old vaccines

Medical Forum·August 29, 2024

The increasing number of whooping cough cases and fatalities globally has raised the spectre of new strains emerging that are increasingly resistant to the acellular vaccines introduced to tackle pertussis in the late 1990s. Read More...

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ECU’s Yanchep Health Centre opens

Medical Forum·August 29, 2024

Edith Cowan University has officially launched the ECU Health Centre Yanchep East, offering a range of primary care,...

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Blood test for kidney decline in Type 1 diabetes

Medical Forum·August 29, 2024

People living with type 1 diabetes may be able to manage, treat and potentially avoid kidney decline in the future, with the assistance of a simple blood test developed here in WA. Read More...

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West Australian AMR breakthrough

Medical Forum·August 29, 2024

One out of every 10 children with a bloodstream infection are infected with a multi-drug-resistant organism in the nation’s first-ever surveillance study investigating the prevalence of paediatric AMR. Read More...

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Features

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

Patient and clinician experiences collide In a Heartbeat

The new approaches needed to autism care in WA

Clinicals

Dietary nitrate: a natural pathway to cardiovascular health

Cervical disc replacements: the long-term evidence

Cardio-metabolic renal syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk

Managing cardiovascular disease in pregnancy

Guest Columns

Screening for child abuse in rural WA emergency departments

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

Low iron among WA children – what doctors need to know

How to secure our future GP workforce – a student’s perspective

Lifestyle

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

Lights, camera, action! The Alliance Française French Film Festival is back

Medical Forum Weekly

New rural health unit for the South-West

Malnourishment crisis in aged care

Bone scan for dementia

The Liver Cancer Collaborative conference

Whooping cough – new strains and old vaccines

ECU’s Yanchep Health Centre opens

Blood test for kidney decline in Type 1 diabetes

West Australian AMR breakthrough

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