Western Australia's Independent Monthly for Health Professionals

Trials a lifeline for blood cancer patients

Jan Hallam·August 2, 2023

Blood cancer was in the spotlight this month with a new report highlighting national inconsistencies in treatment access. Professor Chan Cheah at Blood Cancer Research WA is addressing that here. Read More...

Features Lead Articles

·5 mins read·

Castelli Estate – the taste of the Great Southern

Dr Craig Drummond – Master of Wine·August 1, 2023

It was in 2004 that the Castelli family purchased their property on Mount Shadforth in picturesque Denmark. Read More...

Lifestyle Wine Review

·2 mins read·

Healing is in the care

Jan Hallam, Acting editor·August 1, 2023

It is not by accident that the theme of the August edition is cancer care – it’s not cancer research, or cancer breakthroughs. It’s care – and it is being delivered every single day, by every single doctor and bench boffin travelling the path alongside a person with cancer. Read More...

Guest Column

·2 mins read·

Health events coming up

Medical Forum·July 27, 2023

Health events coming up: Be resolute and HealthEd’s annual WA seminar Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·1 min read·

Tune pulls no punches in capability audit

Medical Forum·July 27, 2023

David Tune’s report on the capability of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to function under the new Aged Care Act, which is to kick in on July 1 2024, has hit the PM’s desk with a thud. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·2 mins read·

Sydney nears HIV elimination

Medical Forum·July 27, 2023

The 12th conference of the International AIDS Society being held in Sydney this week heard the best of news. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·2 mins read·

GPs take a team leader role in heart failure care

Medical Forum·July 27, 2023

Medical Forum is launching its own podcast this week with the first in a series of presentations by cardiologist Dr Steve Gordon from Western Cardiology who will be talking to journalist Eric Martin on the role of general practice in the management of heart failure. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·2 mins read·

Kids hospice gets green light

Medical Forum·July 27, 2023

The WA Planning Commission yesterday signed off on plans to build a $25.5 million children’s hospice in Swanbourne at the edge of the Allen Park public reserve. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·1 min read·

Features

GP deserts putting patients and practitioners at risk

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

Patient and clinician experiences collide In a Heartbeat

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

Lifestyle

The politics of comedy – He Huang at Perth Comedy Festival

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

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