Myopia in children
Myopia is considered a public health epidemic in many Southeast Asian countries where its prevalence has increased rapidly to affect nearly 90% of school leavers. Read More...
LATEST ARTICLES
Youth-onset Type 2 diabetes – a future crisis
In December 2018, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) published a position statement on evaluating and managing youth-onset Type 2 diabetes (T2D) in response to the worrying increase in the number of children and adolescents being diagnosed. Read More...
Rethinking growing pains
Traditionally, conditions such as Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease (OSD) and Severs Disease have been described as self-limiting, as an apophysitis not negatively affecting growth, and thought to resolve on growth plate closure. However, this is not what we are seeing in clinics and research. Read More...
Getting a Diagnosis
Most doctors who treat children have become worried about increasing childhood mental health and developmental diagnoses. The causes are probably many but blaming an increase in the stresses of modern life should not accepted without question. We may be inadvertently training our children to fail in coping with everyday life. Read More...
Meningococcal vaccination in WA
Children under five have more than double the rate of meningococcal W infections of any age group, and Aboriginal children under 12 months of age have 40 times higher rates of invasive meningococcal disease than non-Aboriginal children. Read More...
Palliative Care in the Spotlight
Between September 10 and 13, palliative care experts from around the region will be coming to Perth for the first Oceanic Palliative Care Conference. Read More...
Joke Turns Terribly Serious
Keeping a community healthy starts a long time before a medical degree can be employed. Public Health physician Dr Bret Hart explains. Read More...
Baby health – our approach to management
Dr Leon Levitt as a GP Obstetrician with a special interest in the early months of mother and baby health, explains some of the GP-Specialist divide when it comes to kids. Read More...