Western Australia's Independent Monthly for Health Professionals

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

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Have You Heard? September 2019

Medical Forum·September 25, 2019

Medical Forum's monthly round up of health headlines. Read More...

WA News

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Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw

Dr Amanda Phoon Nguyen·September 25, 2019

Patients commencing therapy on certain classes of medications should be counselled regarding the risk of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). This is also known as anti-resorptive drug-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (ARONJ) and bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) when associated with those medications. Read More...

Clinical Articles

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Countering Fear of Drug Allergy

Jan Hallam·September 17, 2019

Drug allergy is keeping our allergy services increasingly busy, but Dr Michaela Lucas believes general practice could save the day. Read More...

Uncategorized

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Facing Off to Sleep Apnoea

Medical Forum·September 10, 2019

UWA researchers from the Centre for Sleep Science and the Computer Science and Software Engineering faculty have joined forces to develop 3D imaging to help predict the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Read More...

News & Reports

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GP2GP sharing records

Medical Forum·September 9, 2019

Transferring patient records from one general practice to another isn’t exactly a straight forward and efficient process in Australia. Yet, it soon could be. Read More...

News & Reports

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Nuts and Bolts of Voluntary Assisted Dying

James Knox·September 6, 2019

With heightened emotion swirling around Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation, some of its detail is being lost. Here are some of the key points. Read More...

News & Reports

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A Spoonful of Walking…

Gael Myers·September 6, 2019

Exercise is showing its clinical chops as an effective part of treatment of all manner of chronic diseases, says Cancer Council WA’s Gael Myers. Read More...

Guest Column Opinion

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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

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

State by state abortion requirements and limitations in Australia

Have You Heard? September 2019

Countering Fear of Drug Allergy

Facing Off to Sleep Apnoea

GP2GP sharing records

Nuts and Bolts of Voluntary Assisted Dying

A Spoonful of Walking…

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