Western Australia's Independent Monthly for Health Professionals

Switching off muscular dystrophy?

Medical Forum·September 29, 2023

Researchers have gained insight into how a toxic protein, known to trigger muscular dystrophy, could be ‘switched off’ – a pre-clinical discovery that could spearhead a treatment for the debilitating disease which affects around 870,000 people worldwide, including more than 1,000 Australians. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·3 mins read·

Increasing the cost of selling tobacco

Medical Forum·September 29, 2023

New research into the impact of tobacco retailer licensing fees on tobacco availability has prompted public health experts to call on all Australian Governments to adopt a higher minimum standard of licensing to help drive down smoking rates. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·4 mins read·

Taurine, the anti-pathogenic fart machine

Medical Forum·September 21, 2023

An international team of scientists has discovered a new intestinal microbe that feeds exclusively on taurine and produces the foul-smelling gas hydrogen sulphide - Taurinivorans muris. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·3 mins read·

How much weed in an Aussie joint?

Medical Forum·September 21, 2023

The amount of cannabis used in joints (purely cannabis), spliffs (cannabis and tobacco), and cones (pipes or bongs) in Australia varies a lot based on an individual's own preparation techniques, according to Australian research. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·2 mins read·

Australia’s next-gen MPOX diagnostic tool

Medical Forum·September 21, 2023

In response to the 2022 global outbreak of the monkeypox virus (MPXV), researchers have harnessed cutting-edge genetic technology to develop Australia’s first genetic assay for the detection of the virus. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·3 mins read·

The placenta’s role in pregnancy loss

Medical Forum·September 21, 2023

A placental examination was found to be an accurate pathologic determination of more than 90% of previously unexplained pregnancy losses, according to new findings reported on 19th September in the Reproductive Sciences. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·3 mins read·

20 years of global smoke pollution

Medical Forum·September 21, 2023

The world’s first study of the increase in pollution from landscape fires across the globe over the past two decades revealed that over 2 billion people are exposed to at least one day of potentially health-impacting environmental hazard annually – a figure that has increased by 6.8% in the last ten years. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·3 mins read·

The carbon footprint of a hospital bed

Medical Forum·September 21, 2023

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the University of Waterloo assessed a Canadian hospital bed to reveal its...

Medical Forum Weekly

·3 mins read·

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