No insulin needed
Researchers from the US have found that after treatment with a drug typically used for Type 2 diabetes, newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes patients required little to no insulin. Read More...
Medical Forum Weekly
Senate report on concussion released
The Senate has tabled its report on concussions and repeated head trauma in sport, including 13 recommendations for addressing the issue, including improvements to data collection on sports injuries, additional research pathways, and increased education for the community and healthcare practitioners. Read More...
Global surge in early-onset cancers
Between 1990 and 2019 the global number of cancer cases in under 50s increased by 79%, and the number of cancer deaths in under 50s increased by 28%, according to an international team of Chinese, American and British researchers. Read More...
Korean mask study reignites debate
The need to wear a mask emerged as one of the most controversial and politicised aspects of the pandemic and new research from South Korea has rekindled debate, as the new COVID variant spreads, about the safety of wearing the universally recommended N95. Read More...
Sleepy FIFOs
Previous research has found FIFO shift workers are particularly sleep-deprived and at risk of developing sleep disorders, and a new study by ECU will look at where remote workers in the resources industry are sleeping to see how it impacts their quality of sleep. Read More...
Urgent care pulls pollies to Clarkson
Clarkson Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has opened its doors, with much fanfare and in the presence of the Federal Minister for Health, Mr Mark Butler. Read More...
Podcast: Reinventing the service model with Saturn Pathology
Medical Forum's journalist, Eric Martin, sits down for a discussion about the impact of values and life experience on the creation of a new model for the delivery of pathology services with Dr Jonathan Grasko, the managing director of Saturn Pathology. Read More...
Intergenerational report 2023
Over the next 40 years as the population ages, real total health spending on those aged over 65 years is expected to increase around six-fold, while spending on those aged over 85 years is expected to increase around nine-fold, according to the Intergenerational Report 2023, released last week. Read More...