Working with hands helps feet
Dr Femi Oshin didn’t take a direct route to medicine, but an engineering degree has certainly helped the vascular surgeon in his area of passion – diabetic foot disease in rural and remote communities. Read More...
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Every breath we take
It’s a critical time to talk about lungs. Read More...
Arlewood Estate – following in the family tradition
Arlewood Estate is located at Forest Grove in the Karridale subregion of Margaret River. It was originally planted in 1999 but didn’t find its way into the hands of Gary Gossati and family until 2009 when they purchased it as a run-down vineyard. Read More...
Sleepy FIFOs
Previous research has found FIFO shift workers are particularly sleep-deprived and at risk of developing sleep disorders, and a new study by ECU will look at where remote workers in the resources industry are sleeping to see how it impacts their quality of sleep. Read More...
Urgent care pulls pollies to Clarkson
Clarkson Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has opened its doors, with much fanfare and in the presence of the Federal Minister for Health, Mr Mark Butler. Read More...
Podcast: Reinventing the service model with Saturn Pathology
Medical Forum's journalist, Eric Martin, sits down for a discussion about the impact of values and life experience on the creation of a new model for the delivery of pathology services with Dr Jonathan Grasko, the managing director of Saturn Pathology. Read More...
Intergenerational report 2023
Over the next 40 years as the population ages, real total health spending on those aged over 65 years is expected to increase around six-fold, while spending on those aged over 85 years is expected to increase around nine-fold, according to the Intergenerational Report 2023, released last week. Read More...
Ross River Virus warning for the South West
WA Health is warning residents and travellers that Ross River virus (RRV) has been detected in mosquitoes collected from the South West for the first time in two years. Read More...