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Delaying the National Cervical Screening Program
The National Screening Register was planned to be active on 23 February 2017. Due to administrative concerns, there has been further delay in the renewed National Cervical Screening Program until 1 December 2017. In the meantime the Health Department has advised us that we should continue with our current National Screening Program. This is pap […] Read more
Professor Robert Langer has reviewed the evidence base for hormone replacement therapy (HRT). He reviewed the 2002 Women’s Health Institute clinical trial on HRT. “This was a very important paper where serious errors were made during this study in that many of the key investigators were not involved in the publication of results”. It was […] Read more
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Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
This distressing condition was reviewed by Mattison and Adele in Australian New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in March 2017. For women who have recurrent thrush (that is four or more episodes in a twelve month period), other diagnoses should be excluded. Six months of weekly Fluconazole (Diflucan) is commonly recommended. Local therapies are […] Read more
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New Australian Cervical Cancer Screening Program
As of May 2017, the traditional Pap smear will be replaced by the high risk HPV test also known as the oncogenic HPV test. This will be funded by Medicare and women with no symptoms between the ages of 25 and 74 will be offered screening. The screening will be every five years for those […] Read more
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Helping endometriosis with diet and exercise
We know that some foods can boost our immune system and protect our bodies from some illnesses and diseases. Unfortunately, there has been very little research done to figure out if eating certain foods can help improve endometriosis symptoms. We do know that by eating lots of fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats and limit your […] Read more