Finances for Doctors in Training – Starting Right
Doctors on the threshold of their careers are encouraged to visualise where they want to be at the end of their working life, says accountant Michael Deeny. Read More...
Opinion
Keeping the Doors Wide Open
Three Bunbury women decided to create a support group to help other families who get caught in the drug abuse spiral. Group chair Dr Jane Anderson explains how it works. Read More...
What’s That Buzz?
What a month! The world has seen a picture of a real black hole somewhere out there in space. We had an election campaign which uncovered many other types of black holes. Read More...
WA: The State of STIs
STIs and syphilis, in particular, are posing serious challenges to public health and doctors need to ask questions, says physician Dr Sally Murray. Read More...
Knowing the Costs of Cancer
A diagnosis of cancer brings with it physical and mental anguish but Cancer Council WA’s Melanie Marsh argues that financial hardship shouldn’t be part of the mix. Read More...
Bullying – Changing Medical Culture
Dr Sarah Newman, Assistant Director of the Doctors’ Health Advisory Service of WA, provides her take on this problem within the profession. Read More...
Bid to Lift Flu Jabs in Under-5s
Department of Health’s Dr Paul Effler urges GPs to help lift influenza vaccination rates among younger children. Read More...
Heart to Heart
The Clinical Updates focus squarely on cardiovascular matters in the April Edition of Medical Forum. The technology and education and training advances have been extraordinary in this field and stand in stark contrast to ancient ways of identifying and dealing with coronary heart disease. But was coronary heart disease common among pre-modern humans? Did people describe it? Read More...