In this Healthed lecture, Professor Ernest Somerville will detail some of these difficult areas and provide practical advice on issues such as where there's a history of provoked seizures (as opposed to unprovoked seizures), the different rules for commercial vs private licences, dealing with unreliable patients and patients who pressure the doctor to claim they are fit to drive when their history would suggest otherwise. 

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In this Healthed lecture, Associate Professor Daryl Efron, provides the latest recommendations and a clear outline about the most appropriate questions, investigations and assessment tools that can be used to help identify children likely to have autism spectrum disorder. In addition, he will recommend next steps in terms of referrals, management options and the role of the GP in supporting, monitoring and ensuring holistic care of these children and their families. 

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• Ridia’s own health journey lead to an epiphany that changed the way she thinks and practices medicine
• Do your research and open your mind to the thought of change
• Incredible time to be a GP to make a change in patients lives 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total Time: 25 mins

Guest: Dr Ridia Lim, Opthalmologist and Glaucoma Specialist

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• Dental referral requires a sleep physician referral and a conversation with the dentist is required to obtain all necessary information
• If a patient is referred to a sleep physician, the GP needs to note and ask if a jaw advancement splint is an appropriate form of treatment
• For patients who are considering alternative therapies, health professionals should highlight that in the end it is the lifestyle change that is hugely important, and not to rely on any one therapy

Host: Dr David Lim | Total Time: 32 mins

Expert: Dr Dinukshi Daniels, Fellow of Dental Sleep Medicine Program Manager

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In this Healthed lecture, A/Prof Mark Green gives an overview of the what, where and how endocrine disrupting chemicals are potentially influencing the health of young Australians.

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In this Healthed lecture, A/Prof Jason Ong outlines the most relevant new recommendations to the assessment and management of sexually transmitted diseases as they present here in Australia. In addition, he will discuss the current 'state of play'  in terms of STIs in this country and how best these can be prevented, detected and managed.

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In this Healthed lecture, Professor Dave Singh presents the key features to help identify those patients who need better control of their asthma and how to determine the treatable factors that can be targeted. In addition, he will provide simple strategies that clinicians can use to improve these patients' respiratory health both immediately and in the long-term.

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• What is affirmative consent?
• What do we need to do if a patient discloses an incident of non-consensual sexual encounter?
• What help can we offer the person?
• How should we exercise our duty of care and obligation?
• Sometimes we may be overwhelmed by what we hear and what we think we need to do, but it really is less complex than that

Host: Dr David Lim | Total Time: 37 mins

Expert: Tara Hunter, Mental Health Social Worker

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• This interview will cover emerging paradigms. It is hoped that the contents will challenge our conventional understanding of these issues and may allow for engagement with these new ideas
• How to advise what a good diet looks like (for example: the ancestral diet)
• Nutrition transition over time
• Population studies of 150 years in the US provides good evidence on dietary consumption and the accumulation of data overtime has uncovered consistent trends to inform the latest recommendations.

Host: Dr David Lim | Total Time: 23 mins

Expert: Dr Chris Knobbe, Ophthalmologist

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In this Healthed lecture, Prof Andrew Sindone presents the case for including other health professionals in the care of patients with heart failure. He will outline the important role they can play and the specific needs they can meet, and how, with effective collaboration and communication, their inclusion will help ensure heart failure patients live longer, healthier lives.

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