In this Healthed lecture, Prof Tony Cunningham AO, FAHMS, Infectious Diseases Physician; Director, Centre for Virus Research at The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, outlines the practical steps that can be taken to improve vaccine access and uptake in older people, an update on upcoming changes to the schedule, examine when unfunded vaccines are still clinically important, preview the upcoming new and important zoster vaccine and explains how adult immunisations need to be timed in the midst of the COVID vaccine roll-out.

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In this episode: 

Non-fasting tests are clinically useful

Request Total Cholesterol, HDL-Cholesterol, Triglycerides and Non-HDL-Cholesterol

An LDL-Cholesterol alone is not enough

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 25 mins

Guest: A/Prof David Sullivan, Physician, Chemical Pathologist, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney Central Clinical School

 

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Tuesday 16 March 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm AEDT

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In this episode: 

What needs to be done, how to do it, what questions need to be asked, how to interpret them

Learn about red flags, the at-risk person and how to engage them

Learn about malignant emotional pain and what to do about it

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 52 mins

Guest: Dr David Horgan, Psychiatrist; Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne; Founder, Australian Suicide Prevention Foundation

 

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Tuesday 16 March 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm AEDT

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In this episode: 

Initial assessment of a thyroid nodule or a patient presenting with symptoms due to a thyroid nodule

Investigation of thyroid nodules, differentiating between benign and malignant

Management options

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 27 mins

Guest: A/Prof Catherine Sinclair, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgeon in Australasia and the United States

 

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Tuesday 16 March 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm AEDT

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In this Healthed lecture, A/Prof Michael d’Emden, Endocrinologist; Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital, provides a timely update on the latest developments including continuous glycaemic monitoring, selecting which drug to add on after metformin, whether or not non-insulin injectables should be used earlier, how best to judge who should receive SGLTs and DPP-IVs and whether or not there is still a place for sulphonylureas.

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In this Healthed lecture, Prof Andrew Sindone, Cardiologist; Director, Heart Failure Unit at Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Concord Hospital, explains that influenza has been identified as a trigger for an elevated risk of myocardial infarction (6-10x), stroke (3-8x) and HF hospitalization (5% increase) within 1 week of influenza-like illness. Plausible biological mechanisms for this association are now emerging. Influenza vaccination may prevent cardiovascular events. This has considerable clinical and health policy importance given the profound underuse of vaccination and the potential impact which influenza vaccination may have on high-risk patients.

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In this Healthed lecture, Dr Michaela Murray, Paediatrician; Children's Private Medical Group, Epworth Richmond, Blackburn Specialist Centre; VMO, Mitcham Private Hospital, provides an update on the “best practice” approach to reduce fever, rational and safe use of antipyretics, practical hydration strategies, common sources of infection to examine for, red flags and when to refer for further and urgent assessment.

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Rhinitis and sinusitis are difficult to differentiate but it is important that we do

A very clear and practical guide on managing upper respiratory tract disorders

How to use sublingual immunotherapy

What is neurogenic rhinitis?

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 52 mins

Guest: Prof Richard Harvey, Nose, Sinus & Rhinoplasty Surgeon

 

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Tuesday 2 February 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm AEDT

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In this episode: 

What’s new in the updated depression guidelines

Non-negotiable lifestyle modifications that can make a big clinical difference, the importance of psychological treatment, when to refer

First-line drugs are escitalopram, vortioxetine and agomelatine; second line: venlafaxine, mirtazapine and bupropion.

When to switch and augment, how to use the MIDAS approach to pharmacotherapy

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 35 mins

Guest: Prof Philip Boyce, Professor of Psychiatry; Head of Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Sydney; Head of Perinatal Psychiatry Clinical Research Unit, Westmead Hospital

 

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Tuesday 2 February 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm AEDT

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A/Prof John Litt AM, Public Health Physician and Associate Professor, Discipline of General Practice at Flinders University will go through the factors that contribute to lower influenza vaccine effectiveness. John will then describe the manufacturing process of two influenza vaccines – cell vs egg, and outline the possible advantages of the cell culture influenza vaccine. Current data on influenza vaccine effectiveness and flu vaccination in the age of COVID-19 will also be covered.

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