Western Australia's Independent Monthly for Health Professionals

New approaches to metastatic lung cancer

Dr Wei-Sen Lam·September 25, 2019

Lung cancer is the fifth most common cancer in Australia and the leading cause of cancer deaths, accounting for 20% of the total. There has been limited treatments for metastatic lung cancer previously, with chemotherapy being the mainstay of treatment. Five-year survival for stage IV lung cancer was 1%. Read More...

Clinical Articles

·2 mins read·

Long-term management of pulmonary embolus

Dr David Manners·September 25, 2019

While initial management of Pulmonary Embolus (PE) focuses on short-term risk stratification and anticoagulation, long-term management decisions include relative benefits and harms of ongoing anticoagulation, being vigilant for complications and addressing comorbidities. Read More...

Clinical Articles

·3 mins read·

A Great Dame of Opera

Medical Forum·September 25, 2019

Soprano Antoinette Halloran was in Perth in July playing the scheming widow Mrs Lovett in WA Opera’s sell-out season of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. The Melbourne-based singer is back in Perth next month to sing the role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth. Medical Forum put these questions to her. Read More...

Lifestyle

·4 mins read·

When e-Cigs Cloud the Scene…

Nicholas Wood·September 25, 2019

Nicholas Wood from Cancer Council WA says it’s safer to keeping the focus on proven methods for smoking cessation. Read More...

Guest Column Opinion

·2 mins read·

Glamping it up at Rotto

Karen Walsh·September 25, 2019

Doing it tough at the Discovery Rottnest Island Village at Pinky Beach Read More...

Lifestyle

·2 mins read·

Beneath the drapes – September 2019

Medical Forum·September 25, 2019

Who's making headlines in WA Health. Read More...

WA News

·1 min read·

Sleep, snacks and shiftwork

Medical Forum·September 25, 2019

Research is looking into whether altering food intake during the nightshift could optimise how workers feel during the night and perhaps reduce their sleepiness. Read More...

News & Reports

·1 min read·

State by state abortion requirements and limitations in Australia

Medical Forum·September 25, 2019

As each state in Australia has its own disparate abortion legislation with variances in time frames and approval processes, Medical Forum compiled a succinct list of each state’s requirements and limitations on abortion Read More...

News & Reports

·1 min 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

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

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

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

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

New approaches to metastatic lung cancer

Long-term management of pulmonary embolus

A Great Dame of Opera

When e-Cigs Cloud the Scene…

Glamping it up at Rotto

Beneath the drapes – September 2019

Sleep, snacks and shiftwork

State by state abortion requirements and limitations in Australia

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