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Medical Forum WA

Locality: Warwick, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9203 5222

Address: 8 Howlett Street 6006

Website: http://www.mforum.com.au

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25.01.2022 It has been a long time coming, but Australia is edging towards a real-time prescription monitoring service. https://mforum.com.au/real-time-prescription-monitoring/ #escript #ehealth #rtpm #auspol

25.01.2022 Increased use of cardiac CT scans to diagnose coronary artery disease has led to incidental findings of non-cardiac abnormalities. https://mforum.com.au/incidental-findings-on-cardiac-ct-sc/ #clinical #ctscan

25.01.2022 In the news for November 2020: Vale Professor Michael Quinlan; Docs back plastic ban; Hit on screening; Albany long haul; Mental health boost; Radiotherapy report; Occupational asthma; Subiaco thinks big. #mforum #inthenews #november2020

25.01.2022 Q&A with Dr Gemma Hounslow, Retired Busselton GP. #questionsandanswers https://mforum.com.au/qa-with-dr-gemma-hounslow/

23.01.2022 Reflux symptoms (regurgitation, belching, heartburn) are common and not necessarily pathological. However, recurrent reflux can result in chronic aerodigestive disease. https://mforum.com.au/clinical-update-reflux-induced-respi/ #clinical #relux #respiratorydisease

23.01.2022 Albany doctor Jonathan Ramachenderan, whose blog, theHealthyGP, is gaining wide readership, writes here about his work and life and how he manages them both. #palliativecare #passion #listening

23.01.2022 The traditional understanding of aging goes something like this: the older we get, the more susceptible to degenerative diseases we become, until we face an eventual death. But is it actually so clear cut? https://mforum.com.au/the-science-of-living-longer/... #longevity #lifespan #healthspan

23.01.2022 Telethon Kids Institute researchers are looking beyond magic bullets and aiming for long-term benefits for our most vulnerable. https://mforum.com.au/a-universal-sentinel/ #vaccine

22.01.2022 Special counsel David McMullen explores the subtleties of ‘no gap’ health insurance deals and the impact on competition. #privatehealthinsurance #nogap

21.01.2022 How to keep Australians safe? Keep them on message, say the public health experts. Read our deep-dive into public health in the September edition of Medical Forum. https://mforum.com.au/emagazines/... #publichealth #corona #covid19 #coronavirus #medicalforum #sarscov2 #primaryhealth

21.01.2022 While technology and infectious disease epidemiology has made contact tracing more effective and efficient, the practicalities are much the same as they were four centuries ago it comes down to a conversation between two people. https://mforum.com.au/tracing-the-source-covid-19-coronavi/

19.01.2022 Don't miss your chance to win a dozen wines from Chateau Tanunda, see the review on Page 53 of November's issue or go to our website enter! #competition #doctorsdozen #chateautanunda #wines https://mforum.com.au/competitions/

18.01.2022 Opinion: Its OK to be OK! "These are not easy days. Many of us are stuck at home trying to make sense of a confusing, contagious virus. And yet, theres so much to be grateful for." https://mforum.com.au/hey-wa-its-ok-to-be-ok/... #covid #corona #sarscov2 #covid19 #coronavirus #ok #isolife

18.01.2022 Claire O’Berry meets people at the end of their lives, but she says it can also be a time of joy. She tells Ara Jansen there’s also happiness in a task which might seem impossible to some. #palliativecare #support

16.01.2022 Although concussions, as far as the broad symptomology is concerned, are relatively well known, the long-term effects are not. What happens after a concussive impact is where the ambiguity lies. https://mforum.com.au/one-bump-too-many-concussion-sub-con/ #concussion #cte #subconcussion #mforum #brainbank

14.01.2022 Heightened anxiety early in the pandemic saw a rapid rise in demand for psychological services. Yet, are more anti-anxiety and antidepressant prescriptions the best we can do? Or, can we find better long-term solutions to mental health problems? https://mforum.com.au/rethinking-mental-health-in-covid-19/ #corona

13.01.2022 Ultimately, the narrative belongs to the Australian patients who have first-hand experience of opioid overuse. The journey of drug dependency can begin innocuously, without any forewarning of the perils that lie ahead. https://mforum.com.au/the-problem-with-opioids/ #opioids #opiates #addiction

13.01.2022 Now WA is lowering its border, is the local aged care system ready and equipped to protect the vulnerable elderly? Medical Forum's November issue explores this and more on our website. https://mforum.com.au/emagazines/ #agedcare #COVID19 #waborder

12.01.2022 Former AMA president and GP Dr Tony Bartone writes about the tragedy unfolding in aged care and urges national action. https://mforum.com.au/aged-care-cant-wait/ #agedcare #auspol #agedcareRC #covid #corona #generalpractice #primaryhealth #publichealth

11.01.2022 Smoking in the workplace has been banned for years, except, it seems, in the world underground. https://mforum.com.au/environment-tobacco-smoke-smoking-in/ #fifo #undergroundmining #healthandsafety #mforum

10.01.2022 The highs and low of step-parenting can be tricky terrain to negotiate, writes Karalee Katsambanis. #step-parenting

08.01.2022 In the September edition of Medial Forum we take a deep dive into public health messaging in the time of corona. You can read this article and the rest of the September on our website now. https://mforum.com.au/emagazines/... #mforum #publichealth #gp #generalpractice #emagazine

08.01.2022 Advance Health Directives are hard gigs at the best of time. COVID is making them essential, says GP Dr Cathy Parsons. #agedcare #COVID19 #racf

07.01.2022 The residential aged care sector in WA has had the grace of time to prepare for an outbreak of COVID-19. Brightwater’s Jennifer Lawrence details some of the plans. #agedcare #COVID19

07.01.2022 Behind the headlines, politicians and health bureaucrats are finely tuned teams of investigators meticulously tracing each contact of a confirmed COVID-19 case. https://mforum.com.au/tracing-the-source-covid-19-coronavi/ #corona #covid19 #covid #sarcov2 #coronavirus #auspol #contacttracing #publichealth

06.01.2022 Clinical explainer: Frailty refers to a state of increased vulnerability and diminished reserve in response to an external stressor, with poor ability to return to baseline. With an ageing population, it is increasing. https://www.medicalhub.com.au/frailty-the-what-why-how/... #frailty #clinical #explainer

06.01.2022 Sexual dysfunction is a common side effect of #antidepressants in males and females, affecting 30-40% of users. Despite their frequency, sexual side effects are under-reported by patients, and often under-emphasised by clinicians. http://ow.ly/aE2850Ac7Gu... #sexualdysfunction

03.01.2022 Clinical A/Prof Sarah Cherian heads up a service which helps refugees and migrants find their feet and make their home in a new country. #feature #medicalprofile #refugeehealth https://mforum.com.au/compassion-in-turbulent-times/

02.01.2022 Chateau Tanunda has produced wines for 130 years and has survived by changing with the times but keeping the traditions of the Barossa intact. #winereview #chateautanunda

02.01.2022 Public health may have once been the the quiet achiever of the health system, but COVID-19 has changed all that. https://mforum.com.au/the-rise-of-public-health/ #publichealth

01.01.2022 Contact tracing may have become part of the vernacular in these COVID-19 times, however, it has been part of public health practice for centuries - the first utilised in 1576 to trace the spread of bonic plague in northern Italy. https://mforum.com.au/tracing-the-source-covid-19-coronavi/ #corona #covid-19 #covid