Feb 24, 2021 | Babies and Pregnancy, MonashIVFJC, Procedures
Fertility treatment for me is so special. I love it. I love being involved at such an important time in a woman’s life or in a couple’s life to help them achieve their dream of having a baby. It’s something that I just can’t imagine doing...
Feb 24, 2021 | Cancer Care
When you’re treated for cancer, the goal, usually, if it’s an early cancer, is to eradicate the cancer. There is sometimes a thing called recurrence. That means the cancer comes back. In some situations, it’s still possible to completely eradicate a...
Feb 24, 2021 | Cancer Care, Videos
Cancer diagnosis is one of those things that really should be done as promptly as possible. It’s not urgent, like having a heart attack. It doesn’t need to be diagnosed in the next 30 minutes or next one hour. Equally, it’s not something if you have...
Feb 24, 2021 | Breast Cancer, Cancer Care, Ear Nose and Throat Health
Radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, is a really important treatment mechanism for most cancers. It’s used widely in a range of cancers, but sometimes not widely enough. And certainly one of the most important things, if you have a cancer, is that your treatment...
Feb 24, 2021 | Breast Cancer, Cancer Care, Women's Health
Young women and breast cancer is an important topic. And I think the most important thing to remember about it, in fact, is that it’s not very common. Although it’s very high-profile, the vast majority of breast cancer occurs in women beyond the age of 45...
Feb 24, 2021 | Heart Attacks and Strokes
So, the only way to know that you don’t have a blockage in the blood vessels to the heart, for absolute certain, is to have an angiogram. But, healthy people, without signs of heart disease shouldn’t have an angiogram, because there is a small risk...
Feb 24, 2021 | Coronavirus - COVID-19, Coronavirus - Vaccinations, Tests and Investigations
After tens of thousands of clinical trials there are no serious side affects noted from the Covid -19 vaccination. The worst would be a sore arm, and a little bit of fever as the vaccine takes affects. For those in danger of anaphylactic reaction, everyone is observed...
Feb 24, 2021 | Coronavirus - COVID-19
Our early approach of going early and going hard has yielded great benefit for Australia, and the other handful of countries that followed similar patterns. Apart from saving tens of thousands of lives and money, this approach will also facilitate travel bubbles...
Feb 24, 2021 | Coronavirus - COVID-19, Respiratory Health, Seasonal Health
It is important to wear face masks and get vaccinated for flu to avoid peak infection season. Interest in the flu season Interest in the flu season in 2020 started off badly. It was an early season and there were quite a lot of infections, at least in some states in...
Feb 24, 2021 | Addictions, Mythbusters
ICE is a particularly nasty drug with a bad reputation. People in regional areas a more prone to it being pushed on them. Ice is a form of methamphetamine. It’s called crystal meth and it comes in clear crystals which is why it gets the name “ice”....
