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...
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Paving the path to better Alzheimer’s treatments
Hopes have been raised by a Curtin University discovery of a probable ‘blood-to-brain pathway’ that causes Alzheimer’s disease, but Kathy Skantzos explains why progress has been slow to find treatments. Read More...
Making a new difference
Earlier this year, Dr Jagadish Krishnan made the jump into State politics. As the longtime GP and businessman explains to Ara Jansen, it is another way to serve his community. Read More...
Focus on palliative care for kids
With WA’s first children’s hospice due to turn the sod next year, efforts are underway to promote holistic palliative care for children, as Dr Karl Gruber (PhD) discovers. Read More...
Adrenal incidentaloma – practical steps in management
Adrenal incidentalomas are adrenal lesions greater than or equal to 1cm identified serendipitously on imaging performed for unrelated indications. The widespread use of cross-sectional imaging has highlighted this entity. Read More...
Age and wisdom
The website statistica.com has a chart showing life expectancy in Australia steadily increasing since 1870. A person born in Australia in 2020 can expect to live for 83.2 years (females 85.4 and males 81.5). Some enjoy good health in later years. Read More...
Music for dementia: Current evidence, future direction
In the past two years, dementia has been the major cause of death in Australia (7,519 deaths: January to July 2021), passing ischemic heart disease (6,703 deaths for the same period) as the historically primary cause of death in previous decades. Read More...
Q&A with… Dr Mark Duncan-Smith
Q&A with... Stephen Dawson, who took on the Mental Health portfolio in the last State Cabinet reshuffle. Read More...