One of the negative consequences of the premature adoption of novel therapies is that subsequent research assumes its value and enhances it with faster and wider implementation. Stroke thrombolysis has promoted new systems of care for stroke, including the development of stroke centres, Telestroke services and stroke ambulances with CT scanners.
Evidence-based medicine reveals a grim planetary health scenario which is deemed to worsen unless climate change can be mitigated or controlled. The speed of change is alarming and many prestigious medical associations now call climate change a medical emergency.
This issue of the Journal breaks new ground, by focusing on the research output of a single major Australasian teaching hospital, the Royal Perth Hospital.
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant dyslipidemia with an estimated worldwide prevalence of 1 in 250. It is characterised by elevation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol from birth. If untreated, FH confers a significant risk for premature cardiovascular disease.
In an erudite and moving article first published in the Weekend Australian, Senator Patrick Dodson has questioned the benefit of the proposed WA legislation for “voluntary assisted dying” (a euphemism for euthanasia) for aboriginal Australians.
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