Medical Forum Weekly Archives - Page 24 of 157

Curtin spearheads national genetic registry

Medical Forum·August 15, 2024

Curtin University’s Professor John Olynyk has played a leading role in establishing a new national patient registry launched in Federal Parliament, which could help improve the lives of Australians living with haemochromatosis. Read More...

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Fractures emerge in pharmacy care plan

Medical Forum·August 15, 2024

The WA Government has announced a commitment to expand the role of pharmacists in treating a range of health conditions including shingles, acne, dermatitis, musculoskeletal pain and inflammation, nausea and vomiting, and wound management. Read More...

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WHO issues ‘superbug’ warning

Medical Forum·August 8, 2024

The World Health Organisation has issued a warning about a superbug, hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 23 (hyKp ST23), which has been reported in at least one country in all six WHO Regions - including Australia. Read More...

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GP support for antidepressant withdrawal

Medical Forum·August 8, 2024

Australians have been urged to see their GP for help stopping long-term use of antidepressants following the Royal Australian College of GP endorsement of the new Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines. Read More...

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GLP-1 agonists – suspect online sales boom

Medical Forum·August 8, 2024

With everything from diabetes to obesity, smoking and CVD positively impacted by using GLP-1 agonists, it is no surprise that online, and sometimes highly questionable sales have surged across here and abroad. Read More...

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2024 Medical Training Survey now open

Medical Forum·August 8, 2024

The sixth iteration of the Medical Training Survey (MTS) is open now, giving trainees the chance to help improve the experience for others. Read More...

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Deadly Legionnaires outbreak contained

Medical Forum·August 8, 2024

With one woman in her 90s and a man in his 60s dead, and another 77 confirmed cases, Victoria's recent incident of Legionnaires disease has become the second largest Australian outbreak on record. Read More...

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Kids absorb less nicotine from second-hand e-cig vapour

Medical Forum·August 1, 2024

According to new research, second-hand indoor vapour from e-cigs resulted in 83.6% less nicotine absorption than in children exposed to indoor cigarette smoke over seven days. 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

Curtin spearheads national genetic registry

Fractures emerge in pharmacy care plan

WHO issues ‘superbug’ warning

GP support for antidepressant withdrawal

GLP-1 agonists – suspect online sales boom

2024 Medical Training Survey now open

Deadly Legionnaires outbreak contained

Kids absorb less nicotine from second-hand e-cig vapour

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