Western Australia's Independent Monthly for Health Professionals

Medicinal cannabis for chronic pain – it’s worth a trial

Dr Matthew Moore·March 5, 2021

I get it. I was hesitant too. We work our whole lives for our reputations. Heck, I didn’t want to be known as ‘Dr Pot’. But the overwhelming initial anecdotal evidence is what motivated me to do what I am doing today. And believe me, my patients are better for it. Read More...

Clinical Articles

·3 mins read·

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – a centrally mediated condition?

Dr Philip Finch·March 5, 2021

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is often thought of as a peripheral condition with onset after injury (e.g. limb fracture, surgical procedure). The syndrome dates back at least to the American Civil War when neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell described the presentation of soldiers who developed severe neuropathic pain in a limb after low-velocity musket ball injuries. He coined the term, Causalgia. Read More...

Clinical Articles

·3 mins read·

Reflections on pain

Dr Joe Kosterich, Clinical Editor·March 5, 2021

Pain is the most common symptom presenting to doctors, yet arguably we don’t understand it all that well. It is something felt by all of us at some stage, but the experience is unique to each individual. Read More...

Clinical Opinion Opinion

·2 mins read·

Fibromyalgia and neuroinflammation: shall the twain ever meet?

Dr John Quintner and Ms Melanie Galbraith·March 5, 2021

While medical science debates this question, one thing is for sure, they are not phantoms, write Dr John Quintner and Ms Melanie Galbraith. Read More...

Guest Column

·5 mins read·

It’s vaccination not vaccines that save lives

Catherine Hughes·March 5, 2021

Catherine Hughes and her husband Greg became unexpected vaccination advocates in 2015, after losing their 32-day-old baby son Riley to whooping cough complications. Read More...

Guest Column

·3 mins read·

Can breastmilk protect babies from COVID-19?

Medical Forum·March 5, 2021

Perth researchers are investigating how antibodies in breastmilk could protect babies and young children from COVID-19. Read More...

News

·1 min read·

‘Believe me and my pain’

Pip Brennan·March 5, 2021

Pip Brennan, Executive Director of Health Consumers Council, writes on the results of a nation-wide survey of people living with pain. Read More...

Guest Column

·3 mins read·

As luck would have it

Bruce Powell·March 5, 2021

Bruce Powell was an anaesthetist and head of DonateLife WA when a cycling accident in September 2018 ended his clinical career in an instant. But life is not over. Read More...

Guest Column

·3 mins 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

Updates in the management of common vulval conditions

Updates to the Australian Cervical Screening Program: What you need to know

Dietary nitrate: a natural pathway to cardiovascular health

Cervical disc replacements: the long-term evidence

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

LATEST ARTICLES

Medicinal cannabis for chronic pain – it’s worth a trial

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – a centrally mediated condition?

Reflections on pain

Fibromyalgia and neuroinflammation: shall the twain ever meet?

It’s vaccination not vaccines that save lives

Can breastmilk protect babies from COVID-19?

‘Believe me and my pain’

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