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The Specialties of Hospitalist and Nocturnist [Interview][Transcript]

7 March 2016

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Guest: Dr. Sylvia Morris
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Sylvia E. Morris received her M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine and Master’s in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. A former assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine, she is currently an independent healthcare consultant and a community health advocate. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Holistic Medicine. Morris cares for hospitalized patients with a variety of conditions. Some of her areas of expertise include: hospital medicine, preventive medicine, holistic medicine, and internal medicine – including chronic diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity.

Segment overview: Dr. Silvia Morris, MD, discusses the specialty of hospitalist and nocturnist.

Guiding Women in Strengthening their Muscles to Reduce Pelvic Floor Weakness [Interview][Transcript]

7 March 2016

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Guest: Chelsea Cornelius
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Chelsea Cornelius was promoted from being the Project Manager of Analytica Ltd from November 2008 – July 2014 (5 years 9 months) to now currently being the ‘Product Development Manager’ Chelsea has a double degree in Mechanical Engineering and Arts (Cultural Studies) and Masters in Biomedical Engineering and has been working for Analytica for the past 5 ½ years. She is the PeriCoach Product Development/Project Manager and has been working on the project from its very early stages. Chelsea has developed relationships within the industry, and consulted with physiotherapists to design a device that meets all of their requirements and recommendations.

Segment overview: Chelsea was the lead engineer in developing Analytica’s lead product the PeriCoach – a pelvic floor exercise aide for women. The PeriCoach is an easy-to-use, clinician-recommended, home personal trainer device and app to manage and monitor pelvic floor exercises allowing users to keep track of their progress and set realistic goals for. This data management system also enables their treating clinician – GP, physiotherapist, urogynaecologist etc. – to log on to a portal and monitor their patient’s progress remotely.

The Health News – 7 March 2016

7 March 2016

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Overview:
• Leaders in an Aboriginal community north of Adelaide are pushing to make the area a dry zone in a bid to reduce alcohol-fuelled violence. About 100 people live in Davenport, just outside Port Augusta, but its population swells during summer.

• As Australia grapples with how to combat a childhood obesity crisis, a group of US researchers have suggested the humble emoji may hold the key to encouraging children to make healthier food decisions.

• Incidents in the South Australian health system are being subjected to secret inquiries beyond the reach of the coroner’s court, the state’s Opposition says. Andrew Knox is one of 10 people whose chemotherapy treatment was botched at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) and Flinders Hospital, when he received half the necessary dose.

The Health News – 4 March 2016

7 March 2016

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Overview:
• The new government in Vanuatu is planning to impose strict medical requirements on future political candidates, in an effort to deal with the long-running issue of elected MPs who don’t live long enough to see out their term of office.

• There is not enough money to run dedicated programs for problem gamblers in Tasmania despite there being a government fund to help such people, chief executive of treatment centre Holyoake Sarah Charlton has said.

• British researchers at the University College London discovered the gene responsible for grey hair and say it is a breakthrough that could be used by some people to stop their own greying process.

Recognizing Nurses, Midwives for their Professionalism, Innovation and Care in their Work [Interview][Transcript]

4 March 2016

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Guest: Narelle Place
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Narelle graduated from a Bachelor of Nursing in 2013 from Federation University in Ballarat (formally University of Ballarat) and has spent her first two years of nursing in the Oncology department of Barwon Health. Narelle was named ‘Outstanding Graduate’ in the HESTA Nursing Awards in 2015 for her work in optimising the medication labelling process on intravenous medication, improving pain management for patients with a naso-gastric tube and her ongoing excellence in advocating for the needs of her patients. For her win, Narelle received $5000 to further her education and is currently completing her Graduate Certificate in Cancer and Haematology Nursing at the University of Sydney.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome Narelle Place as she shares her inspiring story in winning last year’s Outstanding Graduate Award for the HESTA Nursing Awards. She has been recognised for ongoing advocacy for patients and for improving procedures requiring sedation while undergoing cancer treatments. Narelle enjoys the continuity of patients in the oncology department and feels this kind of work is unique as she’s able to stay with her patients across the course of their treatment. Nominations are welcome for an individual or team who has made a real difference to the lives of patients or to the quality of a service. Nominations can come from a variety of people in the field including patients, carers, colleagues and Australian nursing workers themselves.

The Health News – 3 March 2016

3 March 2016

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Overview:
• Researchers from Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital are calling for the credibility of online health information to be strengthened, with hopes of alleviating pressure on other areas of the sector.

• Cancer patients who are single are more likely to die within 10 years than those with a partner, according to a new Queensland study. The study, by researchers from the Queensland University of Technology and Cancer Council Queensland, looked at more than 176,000 cases of the 10 leading cancers between 1996 and 2012.

• The deadline for an assisted-death law comes from Canada’s Supreme Court, which ruled in January that the country’s parliament had to have legislation passed and in force by June.

The Health News – 2 March 2016

2 March 2016

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Overview:
• Health Minister Sussan Ley has promised to act on concerns about the number of people needing organ transplants after taking herbal supplements.

• Dental waiting times are more than a year across most of South Australia’s public system and as long as 17 months in the state’s south-east. South Australian Dental Service executive director Geoff Franklin said he hoped the waits could be cut to three to six months.

• A breakthrough study of over 450 pancreatic cancer genomes, published in Nature, has shown that pancreatic cancer is in fact four distinct diseases. The study was led by researchers from the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative, Garvan, the University of Melbourne and the University of Queensland.

The Health News – 1 March 2016

1 March 2016

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• Australians are not willing to “stick their heads out” to advocate against soft drink consumption compared to groups in the United States, nutrition professor Marion Nestle says

• Mount Isa’s Lead Health Management Committee has started devising a new strategic plan to include ways of minimising health risks associated with airborne contaminants other than lead. It follows a Queensland Government decision last year to widen the scope of the committee to include cadmium, arsenic and sulphur dioxide.

• Actor Samuel Johnson is quitting acting so he can devote his time to raising $10 million for cancer research, he has announced in a long and emotional Facebook post that attacks funding cuts to research in Australia.

The Health News – 29 February 2016

29 February 2016

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Overview:
• Queensland patients could be given access to medicinal marijuana before the end of the year, under a plan to be put before State Parliament.

• The health of residents in Port Hedland’s west end could be adversely affected by long-term exposure to dust in the area, a West Australian Government-commissioned report has found.

• Technology experts say a plan to digitise hospitals was destined to fall short, and their warnings were ignored. With pockets full from the mining boom, Western Australia sunk billions of dollars into the introduction of “new hospital IT” — trying to bring hospitals into the 21st century and make paper records disappear.

The Sleep Easily System and Steps to Healthy Sleep Habits [Interview][Transcript]

26 February 2016

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Guest: Dr. Richard Shane
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Richard Shane, Ph.D., has been a psychotherapist for 35 years. He is the Behavioral Sleep Specialist for New West Physicians, Colorado, with 85 physicians serving over 170,000 patients. From 2010 through 2014, he was the Behavioral Sleep Specialist for Lutheran Medical Center Sleep Center in Denver. Dr. Shane discovered specific body sensations that are neurological switches for sleep. He further researched the neurophysiology of sleep and developed the Sleep Easily Method.

Segment overview: Dr. Richard Shane, Phd, talks about the additional steps health professionals can take to support good sleep and how they may help their clients experience the health benefits of good sleep.