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International Trans Day of Visibility - 31 March 31 March 2022 Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day dedicated to celebrating transgender people and their accomplishments. For Trans Day of Visibility, the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) in WA are celebrating their very own hero: Alyce. Alyce is one of the bowel screening advocates encouraging everyone to take part in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program sends bowel screening test kits to eligible Australians aged 50-74. If detected early, bowel cancer can be successfully treated in more than 90 per cent of cases. Bowel cancer testing is free, easy to do and can be completed in the comfort of your own home. Age is the number one risk factor so everybody from the age of 50, regardless of gender and sexuality, should screen for bowel cancer. The LGBTQI+ Cancer Screening Campaign has been developed by the WA cancer... -
Dietitian's Day 2022 26 March 2022 As long ago as 400BC Hippocrates proposed that there was a connection between nutrition and mental wellbeing when he famously said ‘let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’. Centuries on and research still continues into the ‘holisitic’ nature of our mental and physical health. Though the stomach seems a fairly unremarkable utilitarian organ, the magical world of the ‘microbiome’ with its thousands of bacteria and trillions of microorganisms, is now recognised as being integral to the functioning of the brain. So much so that what you eat and how you populate the microbiome can have a direct impact on mental health conditions such as depression. The central message of Giulia Ender’s best-selling book ‘Gut’ (external site) is that if you do the right thing by your gut, it will do the right thing by you (you can also watch he... -
World Tuberculosis Day 2022 24 March 2022 Whilst we are in the throws of the most disruptive moment that most of us can remember in our lifetime, it seems perplexing that a disease rarely spoken of in Australia remains the greatest major global pandemic of all time. Tuberculosis, commonly known as ‘TB’, is a bacterial respiratory infection that is transmitted from person to person through the air. TB has caused many more deaths than COVID; worldwide on average 11 million new cases are diagnosed each year and 1.5 million people died from TB in 2020 alone. The ABC reports (external site) that “Resources have been stripped from the global TB fight to deal with the pandemic at hand, which experts say could cause a balloon in missed diagnoses and treatment in the years to come.” According to the World Health Organisation, due to symptoms which can remain mild for many months and which are common amongst chil... -
World Social Work Day 2022 15 March 2022 It’s hard to think of a profession involving more altruistic notions than social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversity. These are the motivations of our social workers in their daily work life, helping people who are in crisis and need support. The 2022 theme for World Social Work Day is Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind (external site). We’re prompted to consider the reality of the physical and mental trauma that results from climate disasters for example, the displacement of people and the mental anguish after climate-driven events such as the bushfires and floods in Australia. The Australian Association of Social Workers is calling on the government to take action to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees to minimise these social impacts and to acknowledge the resilience of citizens and social workers in the fac... -
New agreement uses 3D technology to help treat rare genetic disorder 14 March 2022 Last week, Channel 7 interviewed KEMH’s Gareth Baynam and Curtin Uni's Richard Palmer, about the WA face diagnostic technology that is receiving global attention, potentially unlocking the answers to a rare genetic disease. Perth nurse Emily Wheeler, a patient of Professor Baynam’s, is one in 50,000 people who suffer from the rare genetic disorder, Hereditary Angioedema (HAE). As a result of HAE, Emily experiences swelling mainly in her stomach, adding up to 4kg of fluid to her abdomen during painful attacks that usually last a week. But thanks to a new agreement between WA’s King Edward Memorial Hospital, Curtin University, Takeda Global, SingHealth in Singapore and FrontierSI, researchers will use 3D facial analysis technology to help understand and eventually guide the treatment of this rare disease. Professor Baynam, Cliniface and study clinical lead, is the Head of...
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18/10/2023