Western Australia's Independent Monthly for Health Professionals

Tech enlisted to help brain injury care

Eric Martin·October 4, 2024

While professional contact sports have garnered most attention, when it comes to concussion, researchers are keen to learn of the experiences of the 80% who are injured in the course of their daily lives. Read More...

Features

·8 mins read·

The dignity in medicine

Ara Jansen·October 4, 2024

ENT specialist Dr Peter Friedland describes a rather wild life in his recently released memoir, which also explains how he came to care for Nelson Mandela’s hearing in his post-presidential years. Read More...

Close-Up Features Lead Articles

·7 mins read·

Call for health-led subsidies on GF food

Suzanne Harrison·October 4, 2024

Amid a widespread cost-of-living crisis, people diagnosed with coeliac disease are paying significantly more for basic staples. Could the introduction of doctor-prescribed subsidies be the solution? Read More...

Features Lead Articles

·8 mins read·

Q&A with Dr Shirley Bowen

Medical Forum·October 3, 2024

Dr Shirley Bowen took over the role of Department of Health Director General five months ago. She shares with Medical Forum some of her visions for the sector and answers some key questions that her department faces in the coming years. Read More...

Close-Up Features Lead Articles

·9 mins read·

Outcomes-based rating begins in WA

Cathy O’Leary·October 3, 2024

In what is said to be an Australian-first, WA’s biggest health insurer will ask hospital patients to rate their clinical care including whether they are happy with the outcome. Read More...

Features Lead Articles

·8 mins read·

Zantac back on the market

Medical Forum·October 3, 2024

Two forms of the anti-reflux drug Zantac are back on the Australian market, five years after being pulled off because of safety concerns. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·1 min read·

Magpie season warning

Medical Forum·October 3, 2024

Doctors could be bracing for a run of eye injuries, courtesy of some feathered friends. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·1 min read·

Movie giveaway

Medical Forum·October 3, 2024

Saturday Night At 11.30pm on October 11 in 1975, a troupe of young comedians and writers changed television...

Medical Forum Weekly

·1 min read·

Features

Losing doctors to burnout – how to solve an ongoing problem

Meet Dr Brigid Corrigan – plastic surgeon who loves her hands on job

The ongoing pain of medicine shortages

Clinicals

Management of abdominal vascular compression syndromes

Exercise physiology and active rehabilitation for whiplash injuries

Climate change and pregnancy: can extreme weather impact when babies are born?

Uterine artery embolisation: A minimally invasive option for fibroids and adenomyosis

Guest Columns

Tackling vaccine hesitancy – what can GPs do?

Commercial property outlook: falling interest rates and immense opportunity

Brain food: the link between Alzheimer’s, depression and diet

Avoiding the retirement red zone – planning for your best retirement

Lifestyle

Belle of the ball – meet the Perth actor playing a Disney princess

It’s all about the chemistry – meet Optus Stadium’s executive chef

The politics of comedy – He Huang at Perth Comedy Festival

Read all about the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival

LATEST ARTICLES

Tech enlisted to help brain injury care

The dignity in medicine

Call for health-led subsidies on GF food

Q&A with Dr Shirley Bowen

Outcomes-based rating begins in WA

Zantac back on the market

Magpie season warning

Movie giveaway

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