Strep A trial to help combat RHD in WA
Healthy West Australians are being called on to help combat Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) by signing up to be voluntarily infected with Strep A, the bacterium that causes the common sore throat. Read More...
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What causes osteoarthritis?
Researchers in the US and Japan have discovered a new mechanism which leads to the joint deterioration associated with osteoarthritis. Read More...
Procrastination and poor health
One of the first studies to emerge from Sweden in the new year has linked procrastination with a range of negative health outcomes - just as many Australians get ready to head back to work for 2023. Read More...
Medicinal cannabis spreads its leaves
The first in-depth study of Australia’s medicinal cannabis program, led by the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, shows that the drug has been prescribed for over 140 various conditions since the beginning of the program in 2016. Read More...
Can migraines protect against diabetes?
People who suffer from migraines are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, a new study found. Read More...
Computer navigation in spine surgery
“Low back pain and neck pain are the two largest causes of musculoskeletal disability” – Global Health Metrics, Lancet. 390, 2017 Read More...
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – a centrally mediated condition?
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is often thought of as a peripheral condition with onset after injury (e.g. limb fracture, surgical procedure). The syndrome dates back at least to the American Civil War when neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell described the presentation of soldiers who developed severe neuropathic pain in a limb after low-velocity musket ball injuries. He coined the term, Causalgia. Read More...
Reflections on pain
Pain is the most common symptom presenting to doctors, yet arguably we don’t understand it all that well. It is something felt by all of us at some stage, but the experience is unique to each individual. Read More...
