Hand-wash fail despite COVID
Not even a global pandemic can stop poor hand hygiene, Curtin University research has found. Read More...
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Cruel consequences of time delay
Dementia care specialist Theresa Bates explains the steps for a patient diagnosed with dementia once they leave their doctor’s rooms. Read More...
Building a safe place to grow old
Plans are underway for a hub for Aboriginal people in which to grow old, in a culturally appropriate environment. Health Consumers’ Council’s Rachel Seeley explains. Read More...
AOD help just a call away
Dr Richard O’Regan explains how a drug and alcohol support service for WA doctors is helping patients and reducing doctor-shopping. Read More...
Facing a geriatric juggernaut
Curtin University’s Professor Tanya Chikritzhs warns that people living longer and using prescription drugs and alcohol will challenge Australia’s health sector. Read More...
ERCP: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has evolved from a diagnostic tool to an almost exclusively therapeutic procedure. ERCP is performed with a side-viewing duodenoscope that allows identification of the major papilla. The bile duct is cannulated under endoscopic and fluoroscopic guidance (image 1) and a variety of catheters, balloons, baskets, guidewires, and stents are used for therapeutic interventions (image 2). Read More...
Varicella zoster and pneumococcal vaccine counselling in elderly patients
Pneumococcal disease and herpes zoster represents considerable health burden both in Australia and globally accounting for 25% and 7% of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) of vaccine preventable disease burden. Between 1997 and 2016, pneumococcal disease resulted in 622 deaths and 2434 hospitalisations. Read More...
Putting aged care in the picture
In the wash-up of a landmark inquiry into the aged care sector, Cathy O’Leary looks at what is being done to protect some of society’s most vulnerable. Read More...