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The Health News – 30 November 2016

30 November 2016

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• Justice Malcolm Blue today visited the Royal Adelaide Hospital to inspect five alleged defects as part of a civil trial between the State Government and project consortium South Australian Health Partnership and an independent expert. Alleged defects include incorrect room sizes, the height of a loading dock and water pipes being laid through a data equipment room.

• It appears scurvy, a historical disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and generally associated with old-world sailors on long voyages, is making a surprise comeback in Australia, due to poor modern dietary habits. Clinician-researcher Professor Jenny Gunton heads the Diabetes Centre at Westmead Hospital and investigated whether a vitamin C deficiency was behind one of her patient’s unhealed wounds.

• An eighth person has died following last week’s freak thunderstorm asthma event in Melbourne, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services said. Last week hospitals were overwhelmed when after a cool change and storm caused respiratory problems for thousands of people, with more than 8,500 attending emergency departments.

The Health News – 29 November 2016

29 November 2016

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• The media has been blocked from a Supreme Court visit to the site of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital site on Tuesday to look at five alleged building defects. The alleged faults in the $2 billion hospital include incorrect room sizes, air-conditioning woes, sewer pipes in a data equipment room, a 200-millimetre ceiling space and the height of a loading dock.

• NSW Premier Mike Baird and Health Minister Jillian Skinner announced the State Government would spend $550 million to upgrade the Nepean Hospital, and a further $26 million on the car park. Earlier this year, senior hospital staff spoke out about resourcing shortfalls and called on the Government to honour its election pledges.

• Sharon Bryce from the Australian Tissue Donation Network said the majority of people are not aware of bone donation. In the past decade 25,000 Australians have benefited from bone grafts manufactured in the Australian Biotechnologies lab.

The Health News – 28 November 2016

28 November 2016

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• Cambodia has offered a limited amnesty to Australians who have paid for surrogacy services, saying they can collect their babies without fear of arrest.The assurance comes a week after Australian nurse Tammy Davis-Charles was arrested in Phnom Penh for operating a surrogacy agency and allegedly falsifying documents. The amnesty will only apply to the 23 pregnancies that were arranged by Ms Davis-Charles.

• The Australian Medical Association launched its national 2016 report card on Indigenous health, taking the unusual step of homing in on one disease as its priority —rheumatic heart disease (RHD). AMA president Michael Gannon said the association had chosen to focus on the disease because it wanted to see it eradicated entirely.

• The WA Health Minister John Day has confirmed a worldwide shortage of meningococcal vaccine has caused wait times to blow out in Western Australia. While cases of B strain are decreasing, another strain is on the rise. Twenty cases of meningococcal have been reported in WA this year, five of those were the B strain, two were the Y strain and 12 have been the newer W strain.

Australia’s High Asthma Rate and How Premature Children are more Likely to have It [Interview][Transcript]

25 November 2016

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Guest: Associate Professor Graham Hall
Presenter: Patrick Reyes
Guest Bio: Professor Graham Hall is a Research Strategy leader and the Head of the Paediatric Respiratory Physiology group at the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth. Graham completed his PhD at the Telethon Institute before working in the University Children’s Hospitals in Zurich and Bern in Switzerland. In 2003, he was appointed as Senior Respiratory Scientist of the Respiratory Laboratory at Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth before returning to full-time research at the Telethon Kids Institute in mid-2010 as the Head of Paediatric Respiratory Physiology. Prof Hall an internationally recognized pediatric respiratory physiologist and contributes to a number of national and international working groups aimed at improving the standard of lung function testing.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, Associate Professor Graham Hall joins us to discuss health issues associated with preterm birth, among these is the possibility of having asthma in light with the celebration of Lung Health Awareness Month this November. Professor Hall will talk about current statistics for asthma in Australia, why does Australia have one of the highest asthma rates in the world as well as some of the common triggers for asthma. November 17 commemorates World Prematurity Day and Professor Hall will also share his thoughts the health issues associated with preterm birth, among these is the increased possibility of having asthma.

Quality of Life for the Epileptic [Interview][Transcript]

25 November 2016

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Guest: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity currently serves as Associate director, division of Neurology, Section Chief of epilepsy and neurophysiology at Children’s Mercy Hospital. He is also the Director of Children’s Mercy Hospital’s level 4 epilepsy center, which is one of the few level 4 pediatric epilepsy centers in the country. He has developed and is directing the clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital. He has also developed and is directing the Neurodiagnostic Program. He finished his medical degree at Cairo University in Egypt. Dr. Abdelmoity then started molecular neurobiology research at UT Southwestern at Dallas, where he later started his pediatric Neurology residency.

Segment overview: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity, MD, Director of Children’s Mercy Hospital’s level 4 epilepsy center, discusses quality of life, treatment options, and compares the different therapies available, for those living with epilepsy.

Epilepsy Treatment Options [Interview][Transcript]

25 November 2016

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Guest: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity currently serves as Associate director, division of Neurology, Section Chief of epilepsy and neurophysiology at Children’s Mercy Hospital. He is also the Director of Children’s Mercy Hospital’s level 4 epilepsy center, which is one of the few level 4 pediatric epilepsy centers in the country. He has developed and is directing the clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital. He has also developed and is directing the Neurodiagnostic Program. He finished his medical degree at Cairo University in Egypt. Dr. Abdelmoity then started molecular neurobiology research at UT Southwestern at Dallas, where he later started his pediatric Neurology residency.

Segment overview: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity, MD, Director of Children’s Mercy Hospital’s level 4 epilepsy center, talks about the treatment gap and how options like VNS therapy (Vagus nerve stimulation) can help.

The What and Why of Epilepsy [Interview][Transcript]

25 November 2016

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Guest: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity currently serves as Associate director, division of Neurology, Section Chief of epilepsy and neurophysiology at Children’s Mercy Hospital. He is also the Director of Children’s Mercy Hospital’s level 4 epilepsy center, which is one of the few level 4 pediatric epilepsy centers in the country. He has developed and is directing the clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital. He has also developed and is directing the Neurodiagnostic Program. He finished his medical degree at Cairo University in Egypt. Dr. Abdelmoity then started molecular neurobiology research at UT Southwestern at Dallas, where he later started his pediatric Neurology residency.

Segment overview: Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity, MD, Director of Children’s Mercy Hospital’s level 4 epilepsy center, discusses truths, myths and misconceptions about epilepsy.

The Health News – 25 November 2016

25 November 2016

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• Cambodia is the latest country in our region to ban commercial surrogacy, as what happened in India, Thailand and Nepal. Australian officials are hurriedly meeting with Cambodian authorities to try to negotiate transitional arrangements so parents can bring their children home.

• Townsville Hospital has become the first in the state to trial the use of 3D cameras to treat patients with diabetes who live in rural and remote areas. Associate Professor Usman Malabu, who is overseeing the trial, said he believed the method would lead to better treatment for rural patients.

• Thousands of people were affected by the condition on Monday, after heavy rain caused rye grass pollen to absorb moisture and burst, dispersing smaller particles that became trapped in people’s lungs. At least four people died, hospitals were swamped with emergency patients, and firefighters and police were called on to help paramedics respond to thousands of calls for assistance.

The Health News – 24 November 2016

24 November 2016

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• It’s estimated that 1,480 women will be diagnosed with the disease in 2016, and 1,040 will die. Jane Hill, CEO of Ovarian Cancer Australia said it can be difficult to diagnose ovarian cancer because the symptoms are ones that many women will have from time to time, and they are often symptoms of less serious and more common health problems.

• The Grattan Institute has recommended a sugar sweetened beverage tax to address obesity rates, which have climbed in recent decades. The food industry, sugar cane growers, sugar millers and farmers have opposed proposals for sugar taxes, saying there was no evidence they improve health.

• As part of a project called Words for Wellbeing, hailed as an Australian-first, Queensland health professionals will be prescribing books, websites and apps along with medicines.The project was designed by the West Moreton Hospital and Health Service (WMHHS), in the Ipswich region, west of Brisbane.

Maintaining LDL Cholesterol Levels to Prevent Heart Disease [Interview][Transcript]

23 November 2016

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Guest: Dr. Joanna McMillan
Presenter: Henry Acosta
Guest Bio: Dr Joanna is one of Australia’s favourite and most trusted health and wellbeing experts. She is a PhD qualified nutrition scientist and Accredited Practising Dietitian, and a former fitness instructor, giving her the sound credentials required to help us all make head or tail of the increasingly confusing nutrition and health messages in the media. Joanna is a regular on television, radio and in print media, and is the founder of Get Lean, an online lifestyle change program. She is a proud ambassador for Diabetes Australia, The Skin and Cancer Foundation and FoodBank.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome Dr. Joanna McMillan here to share her insights on how we can reduce our cholesterol levels and maintain our heart health. She reminds us that eating well is crucial for heart health with some foods offering particular benefits. Among the foods she in encouraging us to include in our daily diet is Beta Heart, this is a great tasting healthy oats and barley drink rich in beta-glucan. A daily serve delivers over 3g beta-glucan, which when consumed as part of a healthy diet with healthy fats, is scientifically proven to reduce cholesterol.