DV’s impact on the female brain
The largest brain autopsy study of female victims of intimate partner violence has revealed a unique brain injury pathology unlike that seen among male contact sports athletes. Read More...
Medical Forum Weekly
Storm in a teacup, or the end of affordable care?
The recommendation to increase the cost of the average GP consult up to $100 in the AMA’s latest update to ‘The Fees List’ has caused a minor furore, with concerns that given the tough economic environment many Australians now face, practices may face backlash for passing on the increasing costs of healthcare. Read More...
Australia’s health spend increases
Spending on health goods and services continued to increase in the fiscal year 2021-22, according to the latest Medical Expenditure report released by the AIHW, though while governments spent more, individuals spent less. Read More...
Nutritional crisis brewing?
While the price of fuel and electricity have been making headlines for their impact on a potential rate rise next month, the health impacts of the budgetary decisions many Australians are being forced to make could be fuelling a nutritional crisis, with 380,000 WA households struggling to put food on the table. Read More...
First taste of COVID
“Don’t worry about it mate, it’s just a cold,” seems to be the most common advice that I hear from people when it comes to COVID, but as a family who managed to avoid catching it throughout the height of the pandemic, encountering the virus at the tail end of 2023 was an experience with all the symptomatic hallmarks of the first waves to cross our shores. Read More...
Microbiome impacted by severe COVID
Gut microbiota may contribute to the excessive inflammatory immune response of severe COVID, revealing implications regarding the potential therapeutic value of antifungal treatment in response to infection, new research has found. Read More...
45 is the new 50 for screening
Rising rates of bowel cancer in Australians under 50 have prompted a long-awaited reduction in the recommended age to begin screening according to Bowel Cancer Australia, with the newly updated clinical practice guidelines recently endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Read More...
Sepsis trial comes to town
Perth will be one of six Australian cities to host the next stage of a research project using a vitamin C-based treatment for deadly sepsis. Read More...