Podcasts
Diagnosis of Alzheimer's and treatment of Dementia and how nutrition can help
Professor James Burrell and Dr Heather Francis
Today we are exploring the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, treating dementia and how nutrition can help with cognitive decline. This podcast is sponsored by Macquarie University Hospital, part of Macquarie University Health – a trailblazer in healthcare, education and research. Professor James Burrell graduated with a combined Arts/Medicine degree from the University of New South Wales in 2000. He completed basic physicians training at Prince of Wales Hospital, before progressing through ad...
Finding a cure for asthma
Professor Gary Anderson
My name is Sally Block, the MJA’s news and online editor. “The MJA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we live and work across Australia. This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wangal people. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present.” This week the MJA has published a supplement called Cure asthma – it’s a collaboration between keen Australian stakeholders, and co-ordinated by The University of Melbourne and Asthma Australia. As the name...
Australia's first male infertility guidelines
Associate Professor Darren Katz
Australia now has its first Male Infertility guidelines. The Guidelines are featured today as an Online First ahead of their official publication in MJA later this year. Associate Professor Darren Katz is a Urologist at the University of Melbourne’s department of Surgery. He is Medical Director of Men’s Health Melbourne. Here’s here to speak to us about the guidelines and joins me now.
Australia's new Lung cancer screening program
Professor Vivienne Milch
Australia has its first new cancer screening programme in 20 years, this time for lung cancer. Today we’ll be discussing this new programme in depth as well as the role of primary care and the supports available in delivering the programme. This podcast is Sponsored by the Australian Government National Lung Cancer Screening Program. Professor Vivienne Milch is Medical Director, at Cancer Australia. Professor Milch is also Medical Advisor to the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health, D...
Cardiac surgery in elderly patients
Professor Michael Vallely and Dr Nargis Shaheen
Today we are exploring cardiac surgery in elderly patients. This podcast is sponsored by Macquarie University Hospital, part of Macquarie University Health – a trailblazer in healthcare, education and research. Professor Michael Vallely is a leading cardiothoracic surgeon who has clinical and academic interests in minimising the invasiveness of cardiothoracic surgery and is a world authority on total arterial, anaortic, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. He also has interests in minimal...
Hong Kong Flu
Dr John Gerrard
Welcome to this podcast from the Medical Journal of Australia. My name is Sally Block, the MJA’s news and online editor. “The MJA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we live and work across Australia. This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present.” Between 1968 and 1970, Australia was hit by a pandemic known as the Hong Kong Flu. The MJA is publishing an historical piece ...
Advances in glaucoma and age-related macular disease
Dr Helen Do and Dr Aparna Raniga
Today we are exploring advances in glaucoma and age-related macular disease. This podcast is sponsored by Macquarie University Hospital, part of Macquarie University Health – a trailblazer in healthcare, education and research. Dr Helen Do is an ophthalmic surgeon with a specialising in medical retina and cataract surgery with a focus on diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration at Macquarie University hospital. She is a clinical lecturer at Macquarie University and Sydney University. And...
Clinical Care Standards - a decade of excellence
Conjoint Professor Carolyn Hullick and Dr Alice Bhasale
A little over 10 years ago the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care released its first national clinical care standard. A perspective on the subject is published in the MJA today and a webinar is being held tomorrow where the Commission will showcase the five stories of excellence discussed in today’s podcast. The link to the webinar is here. The Chief Medical Officer of the Commission Conjoint Professor Carolyn Hullick and its Clinical Care Standards Director Dr Alice ...
Re-thinking coronary heart disease
Professor Will Parsonage and Associate Professor Sarah Zaman
The likelihood of a man or woman dying of coronary heart disease is much less than it was half a century ago with better treatments and a reduction in smoking. However, as our special guests will explain today, the overall burden of coronary disease continues to grow and it still remains the single leading cause of death in Australia. The MJA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we live and work across Australia. This podcast was recorded on the lands of t...
Clinicians’ discretion to contact patients’ at-risk relatives about their genetic risk
Dr Jane Tiller
Australia’s privacy regulator has recently updated its guidance to clinicians about contacting their patients’ relatives about their genetic risk of disease. The MJA is featuring an article on the subject by Dr Jane Tiller as an Online First this week, ahead of its publication in the Journal in August. Dr Tiller is a lawyer, genetic counsellor and public health researcher. She’s the Ethical, Legal and Social Adviser in Public Health Genomics at Monash University and is our special guest to...