Western Australia's Independent Monthly for Health Professionals

Healthcare in civil war – tragedy unleashed

Medical Forum·September 29, 2023

Medical Forum is privileged to present an exclusive interview with Dr. Zhao Wai Sao, the exiled Health Minister of Myanmar, who worked in Aung San Su Kyi’s government before it was overthrown by the military junta in February 2021, during the height of the pandemic. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·1 min read·

COVID’s deadly impact confirmed

Medical Forum·September 29, 2023

According to statistics released this week by the ABS, COVID was the third leading cause of death in 2022, accounting for more than one in 20 deaths. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·4 mins read·

Less red tape for overseas trained doctors

Medical Forum·September 29, 2023

The Government is cutting red tape to make it easier to recruit doctors from overseas – a major step forward to ease skills shortages. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·4 mins read·

When immune cells hit retirement age

Medical Forum·September 29, 2023

The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and researchers from UNSW Sydney have found that while immune cells in older adults resemble those in newborns and children, they have clocked out when it comes to virus detection. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·3 mins read·

Switching off muscular dystrophy?

Medical Forum·September 29, 2023

Researchers have gained insight into how a toxic protein, known to trigger muscular dystrophy, could be ‘switched off’ – a pre-clinical discovery that could spearhead a treatment for the debilitating disease which affects around 870,000 people worldwide, including more than 1,000 Australians. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·3 mins read·

Increasing the cost of selling tobacco

Medical Forum·September 29, 2023

New research into the impact of tobacco retailer licensing fees on tobacco availability has prompted public health experts to call on all Australian Governments to adopt a higher minimum standard of licensing to help drive down smoking rates. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·4 mins read·

Taurine, the anti-pathogenic fart machine

Medical Forum·September 21, 2023

An international team of scientists has discovered a new intestinal microbe that feeds exclusively on taurine and produces the foul-smelling gas hydrogen sulphide - Taurinivorans muris. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·3 mins read·

How much weed in an Aussie joint?

Medical Forum·September 21, 2023

The amount of cannabis used in joints (purely cannabis), spliffs (cannabis and tobacco), and cones (pipes or bongs) in Australia varies a lot based on an individual's own preparation techniques, according to Australian research. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

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Features

Meet future GP Navya Nukamreddy and her desire to help

A surge in cancer cases – are we prepared?

Keeping abreast of cancer care

Passionate about prostates – meet Dr Tom Shannon

Clinicals

Clinical quiz: worsening hip pain over months

Expanding the acute stroke treatment window

Focal therapy for prostate cancer: precision with fewer side effects

Clinical quiz: chronic knee pain worse with walking

Guest Columns

Supporting our rural GPs – the help they really need

The untapped power of mental health OTs

Keeping watch on mental health support for men

Lifestyle

Mr Barval Fine Wines – an evolving Margaret River gem

Meet the artist in their studio at Margaret River Region Open Studios

Throwing a left and a write hook

Ampersand Estates – we should have it all

LATEST ARTICLES

Healthcare in civil war – tragedy unleashed

COVID’s deadly impact confirmed

Less red tape for overseas trained doctors

When immune cells hit retirement age

Switching off muscular dystrophy?

Increasing the cost of selling tobacco

Taurine, the anti-pathogenic fart machine

How much weed in an Aussie joint?

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