INTERVIEWS

Overview:
• The head of Bendigo Community Health Services is encouraging the sector to tackle preventable chronic diseases using a similar tactics to anti-smoking campaigns.

• South Australia is trailing the national average for emergency department (ED) waiting times, new hospital figures have revealed. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found 66 per cent of the state’s emergency patients are seen on time, compared with 74 per cent nationally.

• Indonesia’s health ministry has apologised after a printing error led to posters being put up claiming that HIV can be transmitted through mosquito bites, swimming and sneezing, as well as human saliva and sweat.

Guest: Dr. Ross Walker
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Dr Walker has a medical practice in Lindfield on the upper north shore of Sydney. He provides a service in all aspects of echocardiography, focusing on stress echocardiography which is a well-accepted, accurate method for assessing heart disease, not involving irradiation or injections. There are presently no other stress echo services on the upper North Shore. Dr Walker commenced stress echocardiography in 1992 and has since performed 15,000 studies, over 30,000 trans thoracic echoes and 2,000 trans oesophageal echoes. Stress echocardiography provides much more information to the practitioner than stress testing alone. Dr Walker has published seven books (all of which have been best sellers) on preventative cardiology and lectures both nationally and internationally on this subject. Dr Walker’s other area of expertise is in the field of preventative cardiology and he has also commenced a related service in arterial screening.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome Dr Ross Walker one of Australia’s leading cardiologist with a passion for people and health. He is considered one of the world’s best keynote speakers and life coaches. Dr. Walker is also a regular presenter on the Nine Network’s Today Show, A Current Affair and has most recently appeared as the medical expert on Excess Baggage. He also presents on radio stations 2UE, 6PR, 4BC and 3AW. Dr. Walker said recently that Ubiquinol, the active form of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), may soon be standard protocol for Australian healthcare practitioners seeking to address patients with cardiovascular disease and potentially congestive heart failure. Implementing this treatment plan into patient care shows very promising results for the thousands of Australians living with congestive heart failure, hypertension, statin-induced myopathy and for those undergoing cardiac surgery.

Guest: Leanne Raven
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Leanne is the CEO of SIDS and Kids, a health promotion charity in Australia dedicated to saving the lives of babies and children during pregnancy, birth, infancy and childhood and supporting bereaved families. Leanne is passionate about primary health care, driving improvements in population health, strengthening the consumer experience and transforming systems and cultures. Managing change, working within organisations to strengthen capacity and building purpose driven and innovative organisations is her key focus. Her work in this area in the not for profit sector was recently acknowledged by the Telstra Business Women’s Awards where Leanne was the 2013 Victorian Winner in the Business Innovation category.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, know more about the advocacy of SIDS and Kids as we are joined by their CEO Leanne Raven. They are a high profile and well respected national not-for-profit organisation with a highly successful history in health promotion, bereavement support, advocacy and research. They are located in Melbourne and have offices in each state and territory of Australia. SIDS and Kids works to find answers for parents by funding and supporting vital research into stillbirth, SIDS and safe sleeping practices. Through evidence based community education, they aim to prevent these deaths and advocate for and support bereaved families.

Overview:
• Horse owners concerned about the Hendra vaccine have struggled to gain support for their cause, but now they have a Queensland Government politician Jim Pearce, who took up the cause three weeks ago and, had more than 5000 messages of support. And he has come out swinging, much to the frustration of veterinarians.

• The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reviewed the safety of anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, as well as newer anti-inflammatory drugs known as Cox-2 inhibitors. After considering submissions from health experts and the drug manufacturers, labels will be updated to say: “Do not use for more than a few days at a time unless a doctor has told you to. Excessive use of the drugs can be harmful and increase the risk of heart attack, stroke or liver damage.”

• Western Australia’s health system will face significant job cuts over the next eight months as the Health Department tries to reduce costs in line with national funding levels. WA hospitals are funded using national and state formulas to match their so-called “activity level”, or the work they undertake treating patients.

Overview:
• Terry Slevin, director of education and research at the Cancer Council of Western Australia, told 720 ABC Perth there were at least 26 smartphone apps on the market.  He said they might be a useful prompt to remind people to check their skin and go to the doctor or to keep photographic records of moles they were worried about — but that is all.

• Recent figures from Alzheimer’s Australia suggest around 25,100 Australians aged between 30 and 64 live with the degenerative illness.Graham Gilmore was 58 when he started showing signs of Younger Onset Dementia (YOD). He was having regular memory lapses and was having trouble with some aspects of his work.

• The World Health Organisation has warned the overuse of antibiotics is fuelling dangerously high resistance levels and called on individual countries to tackle misconceptions about the drugs.

Guest: Claire Orange
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Speech Pathologist, Professional Counsellor, Accredited Resilience and SEL Trainer and Professional Parenting Coach. Employed in major teaching hospitals in Australia and overseas since 1993. Established a Community Kindergarten with attached Language Development Centre, worked in private practise and developed a small group therapeutic program for children experiencing social issues at school for implementation in Allied Health clinics. Author of Highway Heroes; Smart Life Skills 4 Kids and the Kids’ & Parent’s Notebooks – Social and Emotional Toolbox series (2015).

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we are joined by Best Program 4 Kids Director Claire Orange from Western Australia. Their mission is to help kids, parents and professionals all over the world to understand, learn, teach and use social skills and emotional self-regulation strategies to become resilient, happy and successful. They offer new social and emotional learning programs and resources for kids, parents and professionals. They believe that social and emotional learning is the cornerstone of happiness and success and those who are competent in this area have positive and healthy relationships and a greater chance of positive mental health outcomes throughout life.

Guest: John Croft
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: John Croft has a unique mixture of skills, talents and qualifications, which has enabled him to help build, the marine nutraceutical industry in New Zealand. John Croft is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on the life cycle, farming methods and therapeutic uses of marine extracts, including the remarkable New Zealand native shellfish, green lipped mussel. He is the author of five books, all of which have been very supportive of biotechnology: Life in the Sea; Relief from Arthritis: Deep Sea Shark Liver Oil; Health from the Sea, Freedom from Disease, Arthritis and Aging, A Solution from the Sea. John writes in a format that takes academic research and repackages it for public consumption; the same applies to his lectures. John’s career started out in the British merchant marine, where he spent 10 years at sea, three of which as a ship’s captain. In 1958, John took on the job as mate and master of a fishery patrol vessel operated by the British government, charged with investigating the effects of pollution from estuaries on marine life.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, learn more about arthritis and the remarkable therapeutic uses of green lipped mussel from our guest John Croft. John’s job as mate and master of a fishery patrol vessel led to a job setting up a laboratory to carry out fisheries research. In the 1970s, John helped to set up a marine farm and research hatchery for the cultivation of New Zealand green-lipped mussels. John also recently teamed with Wagner to highlight more than 30 years of research into a new online research and learning hub devoted to the New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel. John is a strong believer in the principle of balance for everything in life particularly in matters of health. He points out that the oceans are the most balanced medium on our planet and it is this belief that has made him such an enthusiastic international lecturer on the broad range of health giving benefits of marine derived products which he backs up with the scientific evidence.

Guest: Dr. Chris Shade
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Dr Shade is a globally recognised expert on mercury and liposomal delivery systems. He has lectured and trained doctors in the U.S. and internationally on the subject of mercury, heavy metals and the human detoxification system. Dr Shade’s current focus is on the development of cutting-edge, lipid-based delivery systems for nutraceuticals, such as liposomes and micro-emulsion systems to address the growing need of high quality, affordable detoxification solutions. Dr Shade has a diverse spectrum of interests and experiences, ranging from traditional Scottish stone masonry and geology to open-ocean sailing and marine chemistry. This diversity is the key to harmonising theoretical development and practical application for true alchemical solutions.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we are joined by Dr Chris Shade to talk about the launch of FX Medicine. This is a new , innovative health research and information portal for healthcare professionals and patients, which will be live from mid-November. FX Medicine is a gateway to evidence-based complementary and integrative medicine. They believe that there is an abundance of research and therapeutic innovation which is often ignored or dismissed. Its mission is to bring together education, research news and stories to create an online reference for those seeking evidence-based information associated with natural-based therapies.

Overview:
• Australian scientists are confident a goo-like substance that was instrumental in the creation of life on Earth also holds significant medical benefits. The molecules of the primordial goo, known as prebiotic compounds, date back billions of years.

• Albany Health Campus is expected to resume elective surgeries, after a fire closed down a section of the hospital on Friday. A temporary operating theatre was set up to deal with emergency cases.

• A $1.2m loss for the Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation (RivMed) in Wagga Wagga has been described as a one off. Last year a $30, 000 loss was reported, but an auditor said the true financial situation was unclear due to a lack of record keeping.

Overview:
• Health Minister Sussan Ley has released an issues paper on private health insurance reform. Health insurers could be asked to provide better value for money for rural and regional customers.

• Residents in Western Australia’s Goldfields are being warned to get vaccinated after a recent increase in mumps cases. Since March there has been 300 cases of mumps. The WA Country Health Service said the Goldfields cases were linked to outbreaks elsewhere in the state, which began in the Kimberley in March.

• A new study has identified the workplace as a major cause of psychological and physical ill-health. From long hours to economic insecurity, our jobs could literally be killing us. So what practices lead to a healthy workplace?