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News & views: July 2022

Medical Forum Newswire·July 5, 2022

News & views – July 2022: Boxing lending a hand to Parkinson’s; Aboriginal post a first; What’s an emergency?; Be happy, avoid court; Take no prisoners; ED milestone; Take thirty; Funding reprieve; Cancer research boost; Brain health recognised; Going green; TB treatment safety. Read More...

News & Reports Research News WA News

·10 mins read·

New Hope in Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer

Associate Professor Tom Shannon·July 5, 2022

Surgery is the only curative treatment for prostate cancer. If we can remove every last cancer cell, we achieve cure, proven by an undetectable PSA. Read More...

Clinical Articles Promoted Clinicals

·3 mins read·

Warne sparks a ripple effect in heart checks

Eric Martin·July 5, 2022

The ‘Warnie effect’ has raised awareness of heart disease risks in middle-aged men and sent many off to their GP. Read More...

Features Lead Articles

·7 mins read·

Fast and mysterious reasons to go back to the cinema

Ara Jansen·July 5, 2022

Grab the popcorn, there is a string of winter flicks and some blockbusters on the big screen to warm you up. Read More...

Arts & Entertainment Lifestyle

·2 mins read·

Evans & Tate – quality control

Dr Louis Papaelias·July 5, 2022

The Evans & Tate story began in 1971 when John Evans and John Tate planted vines in the Swan Valley. In 1974, they planted the Redbrook vineyard in Wilyabrup, just over the road from Moss Wood and Woodlands. Read More...

Lifestyle Wine Review

·2 mins read·

Skinny dipping?

Dr Joe Kosterich, Clinical Editor·July 5, 2022

As you read this we will be in the middle of winter – which is shaping up grey and wet. Up until 2019, each year there were predictions around Easter that the upcoming flu seasonwould be the worst on record. Read More...

Clinical Opinion Opinion

·1 min read·

Men – heart to heart

Cathy O’Leary, Editor·July 5, 2022

Are men as hopeless at going to the doctor’s as urban legend suggests? Read More...

Guest Column

·1 min read·

Eating disorder online resource launched

Medical Forum·June 30, 2022

Australia’s first online national directory of Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinicians, connect·ed, has just been launched to help people experiencing eating disorders identify and access the right treatment at the right time. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·2 mins read·

Features

The ongoing pain of medicine shortages

Beyond hot flushes – the HRT debate

GP deserts putting patients and practitioners at risk

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

Clinicals

Fertility concerns for Australia – how to manage them

Advances in breast cancer treatment and surgery

Sexually transmissible infections in WA: stay up to date and keep testing

Updates in the management of common vulval conditions

Guest Columns

Avoiding the retirement red zone – planning for your best retirement

Reframing HIV prevention for WA’s diverse communities

Screening for child abuse in rural WA emergency departments

Lifestyle

It’s all about the chemistry – meet Optus Stadium’s executive chef

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

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News & views: July 2022

New Hope in Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer

Warne sparks a ripple effect in heart checks

Fast and mysterious reasons to go back to the cinema

Evans & Tate – quality control

Skinny dipping?

Men – heart to heart

Eating disorder online resource launched

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